14:40 Perth

Friday 23 April 2021

All13:3014:0514:4015:1515:5016:2016:5017:20

William Hill Highland National Handicap Chase (For The Julian Llewellen Palmer Memorial Trophy)

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 7m 47.84s

1^st

Cyclop

1011-11

12/1

T: M SheppardJ: B S Hughes

Midfield, hit 4 out, left in third 2 out, ridden and went second at last, kept on strongly final 110yds, led close home

2^nd

Mance Rayder

810-9

17/2

T: H HogarthJ: Danny McMenamin

Tracked leaders, went second 3 out, led going well before 2 out, extended lead at last, soon ridden, headed close home op 10/1 tchd 8/1 and tchd 11/1

3^rd

Bafana Blue

1011-2

16/1

T: M A BarnesJ: Ross Chapman

Disputed lead throughout, ridden and headed before 2 out, lost second at last, soon weakened op 22/1

4^th

Buck Dancing

1210-11

50/1

T: J BediJ: Aaron Anderson (7)

Held up, headway 4 out, ridden 3 out, looked held when left in fourth at last op 25/1

5^th

Tea Time On Mars

911-2

5/1f

T: Mrs S GardnerJ: Lucy Gardner

Tracked leaders, not fluent 18th, struggling 4 out, looked held when made mistake 2 out tchd 9/2

6^th

Boyhood

1011-10

9/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: C Gethings

Held up, ridden after 17th, headway after 4 out, weakened from 3 out op 17/2 tchd 8/1

7^th

Duc De Grissay

811-8

11/2

T: A M ThomsonJ: Ryan Mania

Held up, headway from 16th, lost position after 18th, ridden 3 out, tailed off tchd 13/2

Also Ran

Head To The Stars

1011-12

20/1

T: H D DalyJ: R Patrick

Midfield, untidy 10th and dropped to rear, detached before 13th, pulled up before 16th tchd 22/1

Lithic

1011-8

12/1

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

Held up, hampered 16th, pushed along 4 out, beaten when pulled up before 2 out op 16/1

Alminar

811-3

7/1

T: N J HawkeJ: Kieren Buckley (7)

Tracked leaders, pushed along 4 out, ridden 3 out, tracked leaders when fell 2 out tchd 15/2

Monkey Puzzle

910-12

18/1

T: O SherwoodJ: J J Burke

Midfield, untidy 16th and dropped to rear, pulled up before 17th op 16/1

Big Difference

810-12

8/1

T: B PaulingJ: D A Jacob

Disputed lead throughout, ridden and lost second 3 out, left in fourth 2 out, keeping on when fell at last op 7/1 tchd 6/1

The Wicket Chicken

910-7

12/1

T: N P MulhollandJ: S Bowen

Tracked leaders, bad mistake and nearly unseated rider 13th, dropped to rear, pulled up before 16th op 16/1

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Non-Runners

Seaston Spirit²²

Weight: 11-10| Age: 8

T: O Sherwood J: Non Runner

Gran Paradiso²⁹

Weight: 10-11| Age: 9

T: T Davidson J: Harry Reed

Overworkdunderpaid²

Weight: 11-5| Age: 8

T: L Morgan J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£10.00Pl:£3.30, £3.00, £5.40EX:£147.30Trifecta:£2,248.60Tricast:£1,643.85SF:£109.02Swingers:£18.70, £34.80, £32.80

Forecasts

Tea Time On Mars (5/1), Gran Paradiso (5/1), Duc De Grissay (11/2), Alminar (7/1), Big Difference (8/1), Mance Rayder (17/2), Boyhood (9/1), Cyclop (12/1), Lithic (12/1), The Wicket Chicken (12/1), Bafana Blue (16/1), Monkey Puzzle (18/1), Seaston Spirit (20/1), Head To The Stars (20/1), Overworkdunderpaid (20/1), Buck Dancing (50/1)

A typically competitive renewal of this staying chase in which GRAND PARADISO is taken to complete a quick-fire hat-trick following a pair of victories at Sedgefield last month. Tristan Davidson has his string in fine order and he should go close granted luck in running. Cyclop excels over these marathon trips so rates as the main threat for Matt Sheppard, ahead of Big Difference and Alminar.

GRAN PARADISO (IRE)
CYCLOP (IRE)
BIG DIFFERENCE (IRE)

Prize Money

1st: £12,853.002nd: £5,921.003rd: £2,959.004th: £1,482.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00