13:20 Cheltenham

Saturday 14 December 2019

All12:1012:4513:2013:5514:3015:0515:40

Cheltenham Club Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:20 | Winning time: 4m 23.42s

1^st

Northern Beau

610-0

12/1

T: M ScudamoreJ: Brendan Powell

Led until 3rd, prominent, ridden to lead before 2 out, stayed on gamely op 22/1

2^nd

2 ¼

Eamon An Cnoic

810-10

5/1

T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore

Jumped right at times, held up in rear, headway 9th, mistake 3 out, chased winner from 2 out, kept on, unable to challenge op 4/1

3^rd

Ballywood

511-8

11/2

T: A KingJ: Tom Cannon

Held up in mid-division, headway after 3 out, 4th 2 out, went 3rd approaching last, kept on tchd 5/1

4^th

Art Of Payroll

1011-1

14/1

T: H FryJ: J J Burke

Rear of mid-division, closed from 9th, jumped right and not fluent 4 out, no impression before 2 out, went 4th flat op 16/1

5^th

1 ¼

The Bay Birch

811-10

16/1

T: M SheppardJ: Stan Sheppard (3)

Prominent until 1st, chased leaders, outpaced after 3 out, well held 2 out op 22/1

6^th

1 ¾

Destrier

611-12

5/4f

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Handily placed, every chance before 2 out, soon ridden and beaten, weakened after op 11/8

7^th

Croco Bay

1211-4

10/1

T: B I CaseJ: Kielan Woods

Prominent, led 3rd, headed before 2 out, soon weakened op 8/1 tchd 9/1

Also Ran

Theinval

911-7

14/1

T: N J HendersonJ: J McGrath

Held up in rear, mistake 9th, behind 4 out, tailed off next, pulled up before 2 out op 11/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£13.90Pl:£2.80, £1.80, £1.60EX:£73.20Trifecta:£387.80Tricast:£369.56SF:£68.81Swingers:£9.60, £11.60, £3.80

Forecasts

Destrier (5/4), Eamon An Cnoic (5/1), Ballywood (11/2), Croco Bay (10/1), Northern Beau (12/1), Art Of Payroll (14/1), Theinval (14/1), The Bay Birch (16/1)

The form claims of Destrier clearly stand out in this race having been placed in the Haldon Gold Cup last time behind two very capable sorts and the fact that he returns to race left-handed can only be a bonus. However, BALLYWOOD just makes a shade more appeal on the back of his promising effort at Ascot last time and with prominently ridden Grand Annual winner Croco Bay in the field this race could set up perfectly for him. Theinval will surely be of more interest in the spring but a market move for Art Of Payroll should be noted. He travelled well here on his penultimate outing over 4f further and although he disappointed when last seen another wind op may have sorted the problem.

Ballywood
Destrier
Art Of Payroll

Previous Winners

2018

Ozzie The Oscar

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 7

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

11/4

Prize Money

1st: £18,768.002nd: £5,544.003rd: £2,772.004th: £1,386.005th: £693.006th: £348.00