14:50 Taunton

Saturday 18 January 2020

All13:0513:4014:1514:5015:2515:5516:25

Weatherbys Portman Cup Chase

Off time: 14:50 | Winning time: 7m 37.00s

1^st

Yala Enki

1011-0

11/10f

T: P F NichollsJ: Bryony Frost

Led and disputed, hit 10th, in front 12th, hit 16th, clear before 3 out, hit next, stumbled on landing last, kept on strongly op 11/8

2^nd

5 ½

Rock The Kasbah

1011-0

4/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: T J O'Brien

Hit 1st, chased leading pair, went 2nd after 14th until 4 out, ridden and well held before next, went 2nd again at the last, no chance with winner tchd 7/2 and tchd 9/2

3^rd

1 ½

Valtor

1111-0

5/1

T: N J HendersonJ: James Bowen

Held up tracking leaders on inside, closer in 3rd at 15th, hit 17th, went 2nd next until the last, no extra in 3rd op 4/1

4^th

Royal Vacation

1011-0

13/2

T: C L TizzardJ: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.

Ran in snatches and wide, chased leaders, lost place 6th, rallied next, mistake 10th, outpaced when not fluent 14th rallied before next, weakened soon after, tailed off op 7/1 tchd 6/1

Also Ran

RTR

Daklondike

811-0

9/1

T: D PipeJ: David Noonan

Refused to race and took no part tchd 10/1

Regal Flow

1311-0

33/1

T: R H BucklerJ: Sean Houlihan

Led and disputed, hit 11th, headed next, lost 2nd after 14th, weakened before 15th, behind when blundered next and pulled up op 28/1 tchd 40/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.90Pl:£1.40, £1.40EX:£5.40Trifecta:£24.10SF:£5.90Swingers:£1.60, £1.50, £5.50

Forecasts

Yala Enki (11/10), Rock The Kasbah (4/1), Valtor (5/1), Royal Vacation (13/2), Daklondike (9/1), Regal Flow (33/1)

A select field for this £50,000 prize includes last year's hero Royal Vacation, who should again be right in the thick of the action and appears to have been laid out for a repeat bid. Assuming he is none the worse for his exertions though, recent Welsh National third YALA ENKI gets a marginal call with the ground in his favour. He may try to dominate this from the front. Valtor is feared as he is very talented when on his game and has done well over timber so far this term, while Rock The Kasbah, so narrowly denied in Grade 3 company at Cheltenham last time, is also a player if things go his way. The other two have plenty to find on official figures.

Yala Enki
Royal Vacation
Valtor

Previous Winners

2019

Royal Vacation

Weight: 10-12 |Age: 9

J: Aidan Coleman | T: C L Tizzard

7/1

Prize Money

1st: £31,280.002nd: £9,240.003rd: £4,620.004th: £2,310.005th: £1,155.006th: £580.00