15:35 Sandown

Saturday 4 January 2020

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Read Nico De Boinville's Unibet Blog Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:35 | Winning time: 4m 9.90s

1^st

Mill Green

811-1

14/1

T: N J HendersonJ: J McGrath

Held up off the pace in mid-division, good headway on outside chasing leader before 2 out, led before the last, narrowly headed last, rallied to lead again towards finish op 12/1

2^nd

Eldorado Allen

611-12

7/1

T: C L TizzardJ: R M Power

Held up in mid-division, closer but still off the pace in 4th after 2nd, chased leaders approaching 2 out, led last, driven and kept on run-in, headed and no extra towards finish op 9/2

3^rd

8 ½

Totterdown

911-9

7/2

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Led and soon clear, reduced lead 2 out, wandered and headed before the last, weakened run-in op 6/1

4^th

1 ½

Smarty Wild

611-0

9/2

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson

Chased leaders, hit 3rd, chased clear leader 3 out, lost 2nd before next, soon weakened op 5/1

5^th

Distingo

710-11

12/1

T: G & J MooreJ: Joshua Moore

Held up well off the pace towards rear, good headway on wide outside 2 out, 5th and no impression when hit last op 16/1

6^th

Gunnery

710-2

9/4f

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Chased clear leader until 3 out, weakened before next op 5/2

7^th

Blu Cavalier

1011-11

12/1

T: A StrongeJ: Ben Jones (5)

Off the pace in 5th after 2nd, weakened 4 out tchd 14/1

8^th

1 ¾

John Constable

910-8

25/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Isabel Williams (7)

Always behind, never on terms tchd 20/1

9^th

1 ¾

Ainchea

711-5

16/1

T: C L TizzardJ: H Cobden

Always towards rear, never on terms

10^th

Remiluc

1111-11

40/1

T: C GordonJ: L P Aspell

Always behind, never on terms, tailed off op 33/1

Also Ran

Ruacana

1110-3

20/1

T: Miss Z C DavisonJ: Page Fuller (3)

Raced wide in mid-division, weakened before 3 out, , pulled up soon after

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£17.80Pl:£4.30, £2.90, £1.40EX:£170.50Trifecta:£829.40Tricast:£430.10SF:£110.95Swingers:£10.20, £10.70, £7.60

Forecasts

Gunnery (9/4), Totterdown (7/2), Smarty Wild (9/2), Eldorado Allen (7/1), Distingo (12/1), Blu Cavalier (12/1), Mill Green (14/1), Ainchea (16/1), Ruacana (20/1), John Constable (25/1), Remiluc (40/1)

A good handicap to conclude the card and one that has several options with Gunnery sure to be in the thoughts of many after his 12L demolition job at Doncaster last Saturday. He may not be able to lead this time and a quick return may not be suitable. TOTTERDOWN has twice run his field ragged over C&D and despite a 12lb rise in the weights be may be able to make similar tactics work again this time around. The Tizzard pair Eldorado Allen and Ainchea are both C&D winners returning from long breaks and it will be interesting to see what the market says about that pair. Mill Green and Smarty Wild are two others to consider in what looks a competitive finale.

Totterdown
Gunnery
Eldorado Allen

Previous Winners

2019

Monsieur Lecoq

Weight: 10-12 |Age: 5

J: Lizzie Kelly | T: Mrs J Williams

11/4

Prize Money

1st: £15,640.002nd: £4,620.003rd: £2,310.004th: £1,155.005th: £578.006th: £290.00