17:35 Cheltenham

Saturday 24 October 2020

All14:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:0017:35

Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:35 | Winning time: 3m 58.09s

1^st

I Am Maximus

411-0

4/1

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Prominent, ridden turning for home, rapid headway to lead entering straight, ran on strongly final furlong op 5/1 tchd 10/3

2^nd

1 ¾

My Drogo

511-0

50/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Towards rear, smooth headway into midfield turning for home, ran on strongly to challenge leaders on straight, kept on final furlong but could not match winner op 33/1

3^rd

Tile Tapper

611-4

9/1

T: C HonourJ: Bryan Carver

Held up in touch, ridden and lost ground before home turn, switched left and ran on final furlong op 18/1 tchd 20/1

4^th

1 ½

Smurphy Enki

511-4

10/3f

T: C GordonJ: Tom Cannon

Led, headed entering straight, weakened final furlong op 11/4 tchd 7/2

5^th

3 ½

Shantou's Melody

411-0

15/2

T: J & A O'NeillJ: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.

Prominent, ridden and close up entering straight, weakened final furlong op 7/1 tchd 13/2

6^th

Masteroftheheights

411-4

33/1

T: M F HarrisJ: P J Brennan

Held up towards rear, ran on under pressure straight op 28/1 tchd 40/1

7^th

5 ½

Jack's A Legend

511-0

25/1

T: A E JonesJ: T J O'Brien

Held up towards rear, ridden and outpaced turning for home, kept on one pace op 33/1 tchd 40/1

8^th

Animal

411-4

20/1

T: Miss S SmithJ: M G Nolan

Midfield, headway under pressure before home turn, one pace straight op 10/1

9^th

Fearless Fracas

611-0

22/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: J J Burke

Midfield on outside, some headway turning for home, no extra final furlong op 18/1 tchd 33/1

10^th

4 ½

Calidad

411-0

11/2

T: H WhittingtonJ: D A Jacob

Pressed leader, ridden and weakened entering straight op 4/1

11^th

5 ½

Grand Lord

411-0

14/1

T: S EdmundsJ: C Gethings

Held up, ridden and outpaced before home turn op 33/1 tchd 40/1

12^th

3 ¾

Major Robinson

411-4

9/1

T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore

Midfield, ridden before home turn, weakened straight op 10/1 tchd 12/1

13^th

Don Alvaro

411-0

50/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson

Midfield, ridden and lost ground before home turn, no impression op 28/1

14^th

2 ½

Seymour Promise

411-0

33/1

T: C L TizzardJ: R M Power

Always towards rear op 20/1

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Non-Runners

Restandbethankful⁴⁷

Weight: 11-4| Age: 4

T: O Murphy J: Adrian Heskin

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.10Pl:£2.00, £10.40, £2.90EX:£210.10Trifecta:£2,924.30SF:£203.58Swingers:£54.50, £8.30, £110.00

Forecasts

Smurphy Enki (10/3), I Am Maximus (4/1), Calidad (11/2), Shantou's Melody (15/2), Restandbethankful (8/1), Tile Tapper (9/1), Major Robinson (9/1), Grand Lord (14/1), Animal (20/1), Fearless Fracas (22/1), Jack's A Legend (25/1), Masteroftheheights (33/1), Seymour Promise (33/1), My Drogo (50/1), Don Alvaro (50/1)

SMURPHY ENKI spreadeageld his field when making a sparkling winning bumper debut at Wincanton so is taken to make a winning return in this much tougher contest for the excellent Chris Gordon team. Nicky Henderson landed this contest 12 months ago and his well-bred newcomer I Am Maximus is feared most, although debut bumper scorers Restandbethankful and Major Robinson are also greatly respected.

SMURPHY ENKI (FR)
I AM MAXIMUS (FR)
RESTANDBETHANKFUL

Previous Winners

2019

Time Flies By

Weight: 11-0 |Age: 4

J: B J Geraghty | T: N J Henderson

13/2

Prize Money

1st: £8,758.002nd: £2,587.003rd: £1,294.004th: £647.005th: £323.006th: £162.00