19:25 Kilbeggan

Friday 10 July 2020

All16:2516:5517:2517:5518:2518:5519:2519:55

AXA Farm Insurance Midlands National Handicap Chase

Off time: 19:25 | Winning time: 6m 14.20s

1^st

Freewheelin Dylan

811-5

11/1

T: D A McLoughlinJ: Ricky Doyle (3)

Made virtually all, ridden and strongly pressed approaching last, stayed on well under pressure inside final furlong, all out op 14/1

2^nd

nse

Three Musketeers

1011-5

5/1

T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell

Towards rear, closer into 7th 4 out, improved into 5th after 2 out, pushed along and short of room approaching last, went 3rd on inner after last, 2nd close home, stayed on well, just failed op 5/2

3^rd

1 ¼

Swingbridge

1210-12

50/1

T: G ElliottJ: Kevin Sexton

Mid-division, closer in 5th 4 out, ridden in 3rd after 2 out, close 2nd at last, dropped to 3rd and no extra close home tchd 33/1 and tchd 66/1

4^th

Plinth

1010-11

9/1

T: E BolgerJ: Darragh O'Keeffe

Pushed along in rear early, slight mistake 1st, closer in rear of mid-division at 3rd, went 8th 4 out, ridden in 5th after 2 out, soon briefly checked, close 3rd on outer at last, no extra inside final furlong op 10/1 tchd 17/2 and tchd 11/1

5^th

The Big Lense

711-4

33/1

T: G ElliottJ: L P Dempsey

Mid-division on inner, 6th 4 out, ridden in 6th after 2 out, close 4th and slight mistake at last, no extra inside final furlong op 25/1 tchd 18/1

6^th

4 ½

Moonshine Bay

711-6

14/1

T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: R M Power

Tracked leaders, ridden in 2nd 2 out, 6th approaching last, no extra op 16/1 tchd 18/1

7^th

Megalomaniac

711-0

9/1

T: H De BromheadJ: Rachael Blackmore

Tracked leaders, headway into 2nd 4 out, ridden from next, no impression from 2 out op 7/1 tchd 10/1

8^th

3 ¾

Woods Well

911-1

16/1

T: G ElliottJ: Gavin Brouder (7)

Rear of mid-division on outer, pushed along in rear at 3rd, no impression under pressure from 3 out, some modest late progress op 22/1

9^th

Full Cry

1010-13

16/1

T: H De BromheadJ: D Robinson (3)

Tracked leaders, dropped to mid-division and slight mistake 7th, ridden and no impression from 4 out op 14/1

10^th

Cap York

811-10

10/1

T: N MeadeJ: E Walsh (7)

Mid-division, dropped to rear of mid-division at halfway, ridden in rear at 8th, no impression op 12/1

11^th

Creadan Grae

811-0

33/1

T: G ElliottJ: D F O'Regan

Tracked leaders, ridden in 3rd 4 out, weakened from next op 25/1 tchd 18/1 and tchd 40/1

12^th

Judgement Day

811-8

12/1

T: H De BromheadJ: H Morgan (7)

Tracked leaders on inner, short of room and checked on inner before 4 out, ridden and weakened after 4 out op 10/1 tchd 9/1

13^th

3 ½

The Red Menace

611-4

9/1

T: N MeadeJ: Sean Flanagan

Mid-division on outer, dropped to rear at 4th, trailing 8th, no impression, never a factor op 14/1 tchd 16/1

Also Ran

Yanworth

1011-7

10/3f

T: E BolgerJ: Mark Walsh

In rear, slight mistake 5th and pulled up quickly op 6/1

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Non-Runners

From Eden²

Weight: 10-9| Age: 7

T: G Elliott J: Reserve 2

Get Out The Gate¹⁶

Weight: 10-7| Age: 7

T: G Elliott J: Reserve 3

Tesseract³⁴³

Weight: 10-13| Age: 9

T: A A Howard J: Simon Torrens

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€13.10Pl:€3.30, €2.90, €15.50EX:€85.70Trifecta:€0.00Tricast:€2,679.45SF:€66.47

Forecasts

Yanworth (10/3), Three Musketeers (5/1), Plinth (9/1), Megalomaniac (9/1), The Red Menace (9/1), Cap York (10/1), Freewheelin Dylan (11/1), Judgement Day (12/1), Tesseract (12/1), Moonshine Bay (14/1), Woods Well (16/1), Full Cry (16/1), Get Out The Gate (16/1), From Eden (20/1), The Big Lense (33/1), Creadan Grae (33/1), Swingbridge (50/1)

FULL CRY enjoys it round this course and put up some of his best performances last spring and summer at this track. He lost his way a bit in the winter but has dropped down the weights as a consequence and should go well. If Tesseract had had a race prior to this contest he would likely be a much shorter price. Nevertheless, if he can run a similar race to his performance last year when finishing second then he will go close. Swingbridge may prove the best of the Gordon Elliott contingent. The veteran is no stranger to winning races and goes well on this track.

Full Cry
Tesseract
Swingbridge

Previous Winners

2019

Na Trachtalai Abu

Weight: 10-12 |Age: 9

J: J J Burke | T: J Motherway

12/1

Prize Money

1st: €45,000.002nd: €15,000.003rd: €7,500.004th: €3,750.005th: €2,250.006th: €1,500.00