14:25 Sandown

Saturday 13 March 2021

All13:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:45

Paddy Power Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3)

Off time: 14:25 | Winning time: 4m 14.85s

1^st

Langer Dan

510-10

5/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up in last pair, dropped to rear 3 out, urged along briefly soon after, steady headway between horses before 2 out, went 2nd on bit after 2 out, upsides last, led run-in, quickened right away op 9/2 tchd 11/2

2^nd

4 ½

Miss Heritage

710-13

8/1

T: L WadhamJ: R Johnson

Tracked leader, led narrowly 3 out, kept on well, joined and not fluent last, headed and not pace of winner run-in op 11/1

3^rd

5 ½

Mack The Man

710-8

12/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: James Bowen

Chased leaders in 4th, headway into 2nd going well before 2 out until after 2 out, plugged on in 3rd op 11/1

4^th

Hasanabad

610-1

12/1

T: Ian WilliamsJ: S Bowen

Held up in last trio, headway on inside before 2 out, plugging on in 4th when bad mistake last op 9/1

5^th

Miranda

611-12

11/2

T: P F NichollsJ: Angus Cheleda (7)

Tracked leaders on inside, pushed along before 2 out, weakened soon after op 5/1 tchd 6/1

6^th

Natural History

610-12

2/1f

T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore

Raced keenly, led, narrowly headed but still held together 3 out, weakened rapidly before next op 9/4 tchd 5/2

7^th

Fransham

711-8

18/1

T: Mrs P SlyJ: Kielan Woods

Waited with in rear, never involved

Also Ran

Mick Maestro

811-1

12/1

T: N KentJ: C J Todd (3)

Mid-division when rein broke and taken out of race after 2nd, pulled up op 25/1

Malaya

711-0

7/1

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Chased leaders on inside, not much room on inside and weakened rapidly soon after 3 out, tailed off and pulled up before next

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Non-Runners

One True King²¹

Weight: 10-11| Age: 6

T: N & W Twiston-Davies J: Sam Twiston-Davies

Diego Du Charmil⁷⁷

Weight: 11-11| Age: 9

T: P F Nicholls J: H Cobden

Highway One O Two⁷

Weight: 11-3| Age: 6

T: C Gordon J: Tom Cannon

Leoncavallo¹⁵⁴

Weight: 11-8| Age: 9

T: D Pipe J: T Scudamore

Hang In There⁷⁶

Weight: 10-11| Age: 7

T: Miss E C Lavelle J: Thomas Bellamy

Eamon An Cnoic¹⁶

Weight: 10-6| Age: 10

T: D Pipe J: Fergus Gillard

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.60Pl:£1.40, £2.80, £3.80EX:£45.80Trifecta:£490.80Tricast:£458.84SF:£44.98Swingers:£7.50, £9.20, £12.00

Forecasts

Natural History (2/1), Langer Dan (5/1), Miranda (11/2), Malaya (7/1), Miss Heritage (8/1), Leoncavallo (8/1), Highway One O Two (10/1), Mack The Man (12/1), Hasanabad (12/1), Mick Maestro (12/1), One True King (14/1), Eamon An Cnoic (14/1), Diego Du Charmil (16/1), Fransham (18/1), Hang In There (25/1)

LANGER DAN was an eyecatcher on his first run back after wind surgery and might be worth siding with for in-form Dan Skelton as he's well treated on the pick of last season's efforts. This is much harder than the Plumpton handicap Natural History hacked up in recently but he has the scope for a good deal better given his Flat ability. Leoncavallo and One True King are also on the shortlist.

LANGER DAN (IRE)
NATURAL HISTORY
LEONCAVALLO (IRE)

Prize Money

1st: £28,230.002nd: £10,645.003rd: £5,320.004th: £2,655.005th: £1,335.006th: £665.007th: £335.00