14:05 Aintree

Saturday 9 November 2019

All12:2012:5513:3014:0514:4015:1515:50

Virgin Bet Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 5m 7.50s

1^st

Riders Onthe Storm

611-5

4/1c

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Held up towards rear, took keen hold, headway from 9th, led 12th, hit 3 out, stayed on op 9/2

2^nd

1 ¾

Cepage

711-12

4/1c

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch

Prominent, led 8th, headed 12th, every chance 2 out, held by winner last, kept on tchd 7/2

3^rd

Oldgrangewood

811-1

4/1c

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up, headway before 4 out, 3rd from next, no impression, one pace op 9/2

4^th

Duke Street

711-6

9/2

T: Dr R D P NewlandJ: B S Hughes

Slow 1st, soon handy, effort 9th, ridden and beaten 4th from 3 out, one pace op 4/1

5^th

Copper West

810-10

14/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: J J Burke

Held up towards rear, ridden 9th, never involved, plugged on flat op 12/1

6^th

Bigmartre

811-12

25/1

T: H WhittingtonJ: Page Fuller (3)

Led until 8th, led 12th, lost place before 4 out tchd 28/1

7^th

1 ½

War Sound

1011-3

17/2

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: T J O'Brien

Held up in rear, blundered 10th, some headway 3 out, no impression op 8/1 tchd 9/1

8^th

Indian Temple

1011-9

40/1

T: T ReedJ: Harry Reed (3)

Prominent until 4th, chased leaders, lost place from 9th, well beaten 4 out

Also Ran

The West's Awake

811-10

25/1

T: E J O'GradyJ: Phillip Enright

Chased leaders on outside, lost place before 4 out, soon behind, pulled up after

The Russian Doyen

611-5

8/1

T: C L TizzardJ: T Scudamore

Chased leaders, mistakes, lost place 4th, well beaten from 12th, well behind before 3 out, soon pulled up op 7/1 tchd 9/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.00Pl:£1.80, £1.70, £1.60EX:£23.70Trifecta:£106.40Tricast:£68.03SF:£20.62Swingers:£4.70, £3.10, £3.90

Forecasts

Riders Onthe Storm (4/1), Cepage (4/1), Oldgrangewood (4/1), Duke Street (9/2), The Russian Doyen (8/1), War Sound (17/2), Copper West (14/1), Bigmartre (25/1), The West's Awake (25/1), Indian Temple (40/1)

A very competitive contest on paper. Oldgrangewood is dangerously well handicapped if he can get back to anything like his form of two years ago, following wind surgery. War Sound lost his way a little after winning here last year, but he is a danger to all if firing now freshened again. Cepage, Bigmartre and The Russian Doyen can all have cases made, but the unexposed and in-form DUKE STREET gets the vote now reverting to chases, as there could still be a fair bit more to come.

Duke Street
Cepage
Oldgrangewood

Previous Winners

2018

War Sound

Weight: 10-13 |Age: 9

J: T J O'Brien | T: P Hobbs & J White

11/2

Prize Money

1st: £49,520.002nd: £14,704.003rd: £7,352.004th: £3,664.005th: £1,840.006th: £928.007th: £464.008th: £224.00