14:30 Newton Abbot

Saturday 31 August 2019

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:25

Pete's Dragons Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:30 | Winning time: 5m 15.60s

1^st

As You Like

811-12

3/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: R P McLernon

Chased leaders on inside, mistake 12th, challenged 2 out, soon led, edged left flat, ridden out op 5/2 tchd 12/5

2^nd

1 ¼

Field Exhibition

912-0

5/1

T: G HarrisJ: Ben Jones (7)

Held up in last, took keen hold, headway 11th, went 2nd 4 out, led 2 out, soon headed, held towards finish op 6/1

3^rd

Court Duty

711-10

5/2f

T: J L FlintJ: R Johnson

Chased leader, led 5th, mistake and headed 2 out, weakened last op 11/4 tchd 3/1

4^th

Bramble Brook

911-12

4/1

T: C L TizzardJ: H Cobden

Led until 5th, chased leader until 12th, outpaced after 3 out, soon well held op 9/2

5^th

Spring Steel

1011-3

20/1

T: Alexandra DunnJ: Adam Wedge

Took keen hold, chased leaders, went 2nd 12th until 4 out, lost place before 2 out op 14/1

Also Ran

Al Shahir

712-0

4/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Chased leaders on outside, mistake 5th, not fluent 9th, blundered and weakened 4 out, pulled up after 3 out op 5/1

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Non-Runners

Cropley³⁰

Weight: 10-0| Age: 10

T: D Burchell J: S Bowen

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.90Pl:£1.90, £2.80EX:£19.70Trifecta:£46.10SF:£18.54Swingers:£3.50, £2.10, £3.40

Forecasts

Court Duty (5/2), As You Like (3/1), Bramble Brook (4/1), Al Shahir (4/1), Field Exhibition (5/1), Cropley (12/1), Spring Steel (20/1)

Pluses and minuses can be found for most of the runners in a field that contains three C&D winners. Field Exhibition and As You Like both hold a decision over the quirky Bramble Brook and should be able to confirm that form given their greater tenacity within a race and at the finish. COURT DUTY put in one of his best rounds of jumping when winning over C&D so a return here may well help him over a rare fall last time; he still looks nicely weighted. Spring Steel is worth another chance to confirm his comeback form while Cropley isn’t totally out of this based on his comeback effort at Stratford.

Court Duty
As You Like
Spring Steel

Previous Winners

2018

Roll The Dough

Weight: 10-9 |Age: 9

J: R Johnson | T: P Hobbs & J White

13/8

Prize Money

1st: £6,271.002nd: £1,841.003rd: £921.004th: £460.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00