15:00 Cheltenham

Sunday 17 November 2019

All12:4513:1513:5014:2515:0015:3016:00

Unibet Greatwood Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3)

Off time: 15:02 | Winning time: 4m 10.64s

1^st

Harambe

611-0

16/1

T: A KingJ: Thomas Bellamy

Held up towards rear, headway on long run before 2 out, driven to chase leaders turning in, ridden after last, stayed on strongly flat, led narrowly final strides

2^nd

Gumball

511-10

9/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: Ben Jones (5)

Held up in touch, tracked leaders 3 out (usual 4 out), upsides 2 out, every chance when not fluent last, ridden and stayed on well towards stands side rail flat, just held op 10/1

3^rd

Monsieur Lecoq

511-8

9/1

T: Mrs J WilliamsJ: Lizzie Kelly (3)

Raced keenly, prominent, led 4th, ridden when narrowly headed turning in, regained lead last, kept on, headed and dropped to 3rd final strides op 7/1

4^th

1 ¼

Quoi De Neuf

510-6

7/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Adam Wedge

Held up in touch on inside, headway 2 out, led narrowly turning in, ridden and headed last, kept on, held towards finish op 8/1

5^th

Dame De Compagnie

610-9

6/1

T: N J HendersonJ: B J Geraghty

Held up in touch, driven and outpaced after 2 out, ridden and kept on under pressure flat, never able to challenge op 7/1

6^th

3 ½

Zanza

510-13

9/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson

Held up towards rear, headway on inside 2 out, driven to chase leaders turning in, one pace when hit last, never able to challenge

7^th

Countister

711-4

16/1

T: N J HendersonJ: Aidan Coleman

Mid-division, chased leaders 2 out, driven and one pace before last, never on terms

8^th

Quel Destin

411-12

13/2

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Tracked leader, led 2nd to 4th, with leader, driven and lost place after 2 out, no impression before last tchd 7/1

9^th

Mohaayed

711-12

33/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Bridget Andrews

Led to 2nd, remained prominent on outside, lost place before 2 out, soon weakened op 40/1

10^th

Torcello

510-4

16/1

T: S LycettJ: M Goldstein

Tracked leaders, ridden before 2 out, weakened soon after

11^th

Monsieur D'Arque

510-2

25/1

T: D SkeltonJ: William Marshall (7)

Mid-division on outside, outpaced before 2 out, soon weakened, tailed off op 22/1

12^th

Benny's Bridge

611-0

9/2f

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Held up, always in rear, weakened before 2 out, tailed off op 11/2

13^th

Humble Hero

510-8

20/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

In touch on outside, blundered 2nd, lost place after 2 out, soon weakened, tailed off op 16/1

Also Ran

De Mazzaro

510-0

25/1

T: T G McCourtJ: Darragh O'keeffe (3)

Mid-division on inside, driven to chase leaders after 2 out, kept on same pace, 5th and no impression when fell last op 33/1

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Non-Runners

Grapevine¹⁵

Weight: 10-0| Age: 6

T: Mrs S Leech J: C Brace

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£12.80Pl:£4.70, £3.20, £2.80EX:£181.30Trifecta:£2,067.40Tricast:£1,396.50SF:£147.66Swingers:£31.20, £30.20, £17.00

Forecasts

Benny's Bridge (9/2), Dame De Compagnie (6/1), Quel Destin (13/2), Quoi De Neuf (7/1), Gumball (9/1), Monsieur Lecoq (9/1), Zanza (9/1), Harambe (16/1), Countister (16/1), Torcello (16/1), Humble Hero (20/1), Monsieur D'Arque (25/1), De Mazzaro (25/1), Mohaayed (33/1), Grapevine (33/1)

An open contest, if not the highest quality renewal. Monsieur Lecoq has obvious claims after his battling Welsh Champion Hurdle win, while Benny's Bridge has an excellent record here, and won easily last month, but the vote goes to TORCELLO, who is handicapped on his Irish hurdles form, but has taken big steps forward back on the Flat for new connections. His owner plotted up last year's winner, and looks to have had this race in mind for some time.

Torcello
Monsieur Lecoq
Benny's Bridge

Previous Winners

2018

Nietzsche

Weight: 10-0 |Age: 5

J: Danny McMenamin | T: B Ellison

20/1

Prize Money

1st: £56,270.002nd: £21,200.003rd: £10,610.004th: £5,300.005th: £2,660.006th: £1,330.007th: £660.008th: £340.00