13:15 Ascot

Saturday 18 January 2020

All12:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:05

Matchbook Amateur Riders' Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:15 | Winning time: 6m 22.50s

1^st

Townshend

912-0

20/1

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Mr Jamie Neild (7)

Held up last, progress on outside 13th, challenged going well when pecked 3 out, led 2 out, soon clear, pushed out op 16/1

2^nd

3 ½

Graceful Legend

911-12

5/1

T: B I CaseJ: Mr Charlie Case (7)

Held up in touch, niggled along before 4 out, stayed on to take 2nd flat, not trouble winner tchd 4/1

3^rd

3 ¼

Nearly Perfect

611-0

5/4f

T: N B KingJ: Jack Andrews (3)

With leader, led 6th to 10th, led 3 out to 2 out, soon ridden, one pace op 11/8

4^th

Dawson City

1111-10

6/1

T: P GundryJ: Miss Chloe Emsley (7)

Led to 5th, with leaders, led 4 out to 3 out, soon ridden, one pace from 2 out op 7/1 tchd 11/2

5^th

Get On The Yager

1011-8

5/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Tristan Durrell (7)

With leaders, pecked 2nd, led 5th to 6th, led 10th to 4 out, every chance when not much room and stumbled badly 3 out, soon ridden and weakened, tailed off op 7/2

Also Ran

Barbrook Star

811-2

11/2

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: Thomas Doggrell (7)

Held up in touch, pushed along after 14th, not fluent 16th, soon ridden and struggling, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out op 7/1 tchd 6/1 and tchd 8/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£20.10Pl:£5.70, £2.00EX:£59.80Trifecta:£146.90SF:£109.88Swingers:£18.00, £9.20, £1.70

Forecasts

Nearly Perfect (5/4), Graceful Legend (5/1), Get On The Yager (5/1), Barbrook Star (11/2), Dawson City (6/1), Townshend (20/1)

In a race where his older, more experienced rivals have all got a bit to prove the novice NEARLY PERFECT gets the nod for Neil King. He won well at Wincanton and looked a sound enough jumper from the front. The mare Graceful Legend won well in similar conditions at Bangor before unseating last time out marking her out as the biggest danger to the selection. Barbrook Star could yet have more to give given his relative youth.

Nearly Perfect
Graceful Legend
Barbrook Star

Prize Money

1st: £9,608.002nd: £2,980.003rd: £1,489.004th: £745.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00