14:55 Haydock

Wednesday 2 December 2020

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Read Paul Nicholls On betting.betfair Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:55 | Winning time: 4m 51.72s

1^st

The Cob

611-2

11/2

T: B PaulingJ: David Bass

Mid-division out wide, headway chasing leaders 4th, went 2nd 6th, awkward 4 out, led 3 out, clear when idled run-in, driven out op 4/1

2^nd

Oscars Leader

711-0

4/1

T: J CandlishJ: Sean Quinlan

Led until 3rd, chased leader, in front again 5th, headed 3 out, chased winner, pushed along before next, soon ridden, bad mistake last, stayed on run-in, always just held tchd 7/2

3^rd

Hijack

511-8

7/2

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Mid-division, headway chasing leaders before 3 out, went 3rd next, kept on run-in, always held op 5/1

4^th

9 ½

Ebony Jewel

611-4

9/2

T: N W AlexanderJ: Brendan Powell

Held up in last pair, steady headway approaching 4 out, outpaced 2 out, plugged on run-in tchd 5/1

5^th

1 ½

Goobinator

411-8

11/4f

T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes

Chased leaders on inside, weakened 2 out tchd 3/1

6^th

Better Getalong

911-9

14/1

T: N G RichardsJ: R D Day

Held up in last trio, pushed along before 5th, chased leaders before 4 out, pushed along after 4 out, weakened next op 12/1 tchd 10/1

7^th

Multellie

811-4

20/1

T: T D EasterbyJ: Jamie Hamilton

Chased leaders, tracked leader 2nd, led next until 6th, soon lost place op 22/1 tchd 25/1

Also Ran

Monotype

811-7

80/1

T: R BandeyJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Behind, injured and pulled up quickly after 4 out op 66/1 tchd 50/1

Laverteen

911-6

80/1

T: A DayJ: Danny Burton (5)

Chased leader until 2nd, chased leaders, weakened 4 out, tailed of and pulled up before 2 out op 40/1

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Non-Runners

Minella Charmer³⁴⁷

Weight: 11-10| Age: 9

T: James Moffatt J: Charlotte Jones

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.90Pl:£2.00, £1.40, £1.60EX:£35.50Trifecta:£157.60Tricast:£87.74SF:£28.13Swingers:£4.30, £3.90, £3.40

Forecasts

Goobinator (11/4), Hijack (7/2), Oscars Leader (4/1), Ebony Jewel (9/2), The Cob (11/2), Minella Charmer (7/1), Better Getalong (14/1), Multellie (20/1), Laverteen (80/1), Monotype (80/1)

The Jennie Candlish team continues in fine form so OSCARS LEADER is selected to build on his good reappearance run behind a progressive sort at Sandown. Goobinator is respected on the back of his Ayr win, while this is a little easier than the big-field Cheltenham handicap Hijack ran in last time so it would be no surprise to see him get back on the upgrade.

OSCARS LEADER (IRE)
GOOBINATOR (USA)
HIJACK (IRE)

Previous Winners

2019

Newtown Boy

Weight: 11-4 |Age: 6

J: Craig Nichol | T: K Dalgleish

14/1

Prize Money

1st: £6,092.002nd: £1,789.003rd: £894.004th: £447.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00