17:50 Aintree

Friday 14 May 2021

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racingtv.com Handicap Chase

Off time: 17:50 | Winning time: 4m 56.48s

1^st

Captain Tom Cat

611-4

5/6f

T: Dr R D P NewlandJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Led, joined in the lead 4th, led 11th, kicked on 4 out, yet to be pressed or asked any questions when left clear 2 out, eased down closing stages, impressive op Evens tchd 11/10

2^nd

Empire De Maulde

711-1

16/1

T: J EwartJ: B S Hughes

Mid-division, lost position and towards rear after the 5th, headway after 3 out, further progress and went 2nd run to the last, kept on but no match for the winner op 14/1 tchd 12/1

3^rd

Ballywood

712-1

14/1

T: A KingJ: Tom Cannon

Mid-division, closer and tracked leader after 5 out, ridden to chase leader in 3rd after 3 out, left 2nd after 2 out, headed before the last and weakened run-in op 10/1 tchd 9/1

4^th

Solar Impulse

1110-11

13/2

T: Ian WilliamsJ: C J Todd (3)

Held up in rear, ridden after 3 out, passed one rival close home but never involved tchd 6/1 and tchd 7/1

5^th

Militarian

1111-12

6/1

T: Andrew MartinJ: J Martin (7)

Tracked leader, joined leader and disputed lead after the 4th, outpaced and dropped to mid-division after the 11th, ridden 4 out, weakened closing stages op 13/2 tchd 7/1

Also Ran

Maypole Class

711-9

12/1

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

Mid-division, pushed along when making a mistake 4 out, soon towards rear, pulled up before 3 out tchd 14/1

Isaac Wonder

611-2

8/1

T: M ScudamoreJ: Brendan Powell

Tracked leader, chased leader in 2nd after 4 out, fell when pushed along 2 out op 7/1

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Non-Runners

Hollywoodien⁶²

Weight: 12-1| Age: 10

T: T Symonds J: Aidan Coleman

Mr Whipped³⁴

Weight: 12-2| Age: 8

T: B Ellison J: Ryan Mania

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.50Pl:£1.10, £6.10EX:£11.20Trifecta:£73.40Tricast:£113.55SF:£14.12Swingers:£3.30, £2.70, £10.60

Forecasts

Captain Tom Cat (5/6), Hollywoodien (9/4), Militarian (6/1), Solar Impulse (13/2), Isaac Wonder (8/1), Maypole Class (12/1), Ballywood (14/1), Empire De Maulde (16/1), Mr Whipped (33/1)

Plenty of these arrive with question marks against them so it could be worth siding with CAPTAIN TOM CAT to make a winning start over fences given he arrives in excellent form over hurdles and is in the excellent hands of Dr Richard Newland. Hollywoodien is feared most on the back of his Hereford second with Empire de Maulde also worth considering with his Kelso fourth under his belt.

CAPTAIN TOM CAT (IRE)
HOLLYWOODIEN (FR)
EMPIRE DE MAULDE (FR)

Prize Money

1st: £5,882.002nd: £2,710.003rd: £1,354.004th: £678.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00