15:05 Ascot

Saturday 31 October 2020

All12:1512:4713:2013:5514:3215:0515:4016:17

Sodexo Handicap Hurdle (Listed)

Off time: 15:05 | Winning time: 3m 45.10s

1^st

Kid Commando

611-4

11/4f

T: A J HoneyballJ: Aidan Coleman

Made virtually all, drew clear flat, stayed on well op 5/2

2^nd

4 ¾

Malaya

611-6

5/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Bryony Frost

Chased leaders, lost place after 2nd, closed from 5th, chased winner after 3 out, not fluent last, no impression flat op 15/2

3^rd

Scaramanga

511-9

10/3

T: P F NichollsJ: Bryan Carver (5)

Held up in rear, effort on outside 5th, 3 lengths 3rd when blundered 2 out, soon no extra op 9/2

4^th

Dear Sire

811-10

12/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: Theo Gillard (7)

Held up in rear, headway 3 out, went 4th before 2 out, no chance with leaders op 11/1

5^th

2 ¾

Byron Flyer

911-0

18/1

T: Ian WilliamsJ: W T Kennedy

Tracked leaders, went 2nd before 3rd until after 3 out, weakened before 2 out op 28/1 tchd 16/1

6^th

2 ¾

Hang In There

611-7

13/2

T: Miss E C LavelleJ: Nick Scholfield

Held up in rear, not fluent 2nd, headway before next, weakened after 3 out op 5/1

7^th

4 ¾

Caius Marcius

911-9

15/2

T: N G RichardsJ: Danny McMenamin (3)

Led until 1st, tracked leaders, lost place 5th, well beaten after 3 out op 8/1 tchd 7/1 and tchd 17/2

8^th

Countister

811-3

15/2

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Held up in mid-division, outpaced 3 out, soon weakened op 5/1

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Non-Runners

Teqany¹³

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: F O'Brien J: C Brace

Sebastopol²⁷³

Weight: 11-10| Age: 6

T: T Lacey J: R Johnson

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.70Pl:£1.10, £2.00, £1.70EX:£17.40Trifecta:£79.20Tricast:£47.11SF:£17.55Swingers:£4.40, £2.90, £3.40

Forecasts

Kid Commando (11/4), Scaramanga (10/3), Malaya (5/1), Sebastopol (6/1), Hang In There (13/2), Caius Marcius (15/2), Countister (15/2), Teqany (10/1), Dear Sire (12/1), Byron Flyer (18/1)

None of these can be safely discounted. It may be worth siding with COUNTISTER, who failed to fire in a couple of Grade 3 handicaps last season but is just 2 lb above the mark off which she was third in the 2019 County Hurdle. The unexposed Kid Commando is next best ahead of Malaya, who signed off last season with a decent effort here, while Sebastopol is also firmly in calculations.

COUNTISTER (FR)
KID COMMANDO
MALAYA (FR)

Previous Winners

2019

Gumball

Weight: 11-6 |Age: 5

J: Ben Jones | T: P Hobbs & J White

11/2

Prize Money

1st: £10,251.002nd: £3,847.003rd: £1,926.004th: £959.005th: £482.006th: £241.00