15:10 Haydock

Monday 30 December 2019

All12:2512:5513:3014:0014:3515:1015:40

racingtv.com Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: 5m 58.1s

1^st

Ravenhill Road

811-9

5/2j

T: J Parkinson & S SmithJ: Danny Cook

Prominent, led 3rd, not fluent 7th, headed 13th, led 4 out, stayed on well flat op 3/1 tchd 7/2

2^nd

Gold Opera

1011-5

7/1

T: K DalgleishJ: Craig Nichol

Chased leaders, went 2nd before 3 out, hung left after 2 out, every chance flat, held towards finish tchd 13/2 and tchd 8/1

3^rd

3 ¼

Charmix

911-5

13/2

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: Callum Bewley

Bumped 1st, soon back in mid-division, closed 7th, went 3rd 2 out, stayed on same pace flat tchd 6/1

4^th

Craiganboy

1010-5

11/2

T: N W AlexanderJ: Grant Cockburn (3)

Held up in rear, took keen hold, not fluent 1st, mistake 6th and 8th, closed 12th, went 3rd briefly flat, one pace op 4/1 tchd 5/1

5^th

1 ¾

Nesterenko

1010-9

5/2j

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch

Led until 3rd, led 13th, headed 4 out, beaten from next op 7/2

6^th

Lough Derg Jewel

811-12

16/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes

Prominent on outside, bumped 1st, slow next, lost place 3 out, weakened next op 14/1

7^th

Newberry New

710-6

25/1

T: W BethellJ: Lucy Alexander

Towards rear, slow 2nd, ridden and brief effort 11th, slow next, soon behind op 20/1

Also Ran

Justforjames

1011-7

10/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Miss Becky Smith (3)

Held up towards rear, blundered and unseated rider 10th op 11/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.40Pl:£1.70, £1.90, £2.30EX:£20.90Trifecta:£119.10Tricast:£103.11SF:£21.05Swingers:£4.40, £3.90, £9.00

Forecasts

Ravenhill Road (5/2), Nesterenko (5/2), Craiganboy (11/2), Charmix (13/2), Gold Opera (7/1), Justforjames (10/1), Lough Derg Jewel (16/1), Newberry New (25/1)

There are 'ifs' and 'buts' about the vast majority of those declared, not least the upped-in-trip Ravenhill Road so this is clearly a race in which to adopt a cautious approach. Charmix could be on the way back for Lucinda Russell, although we'll know more after this particular race while Justforjames would've been of more interest without a 3lb weights rise. The in-form Venetia Williams took this race in 2018 with Didero Vallis, but her representative this time around (Nesterenko) isn't convincing as an eight-race chasing maiden. Therefore, for very small stakes we'll chance the 2018 runner-up GOLD OPERA who is slowly easing back to a more workable mark.

Gold Opera
Justforjames
Craiganboy

Previous Winners

2018

Didero Vallis

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 5

J: Charlie Deutsch | T: Miss V Williams

9/2

Prize Money

1st: £9,747.002nd: £2,862.003rd: £1,431.004th: £716.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00