15:35 Cheltenham

Friday 10 December 2021

All12:0512:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:35

Citipost Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 15:36 | Winning time: 5m 58.81s

1^st

Kansas City Chief

1210-0

9/1

T: N P MulhollandJ: Miss Victoria Malzard (7)

Raced keenly, made virtually all, stayed on gamely run-in, unchallenged, good ride op 12/1

2^nd

1 ¼

Botox Has

510-11

4/1

T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore

Held up in mid-division, smooth headway out wide before 2 out, went 2nd between last two, ridden before last, stayed on same pace run-in, not pace to challenge op 9/2 tchd 5/1

3^rd

4 ½

Ask Dillon

811-3

18/1

T: F O'BrienJ: Max Kendrick

Chased leaders on inside, pushed along after 2 out, ridden before the last, 3rd and one pace run-in tchd 14/1

4^th

3 ¼

Sporting John

611-12

5/4f

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: T J O'Brien

Waited with in last trio, headway on inside after 2 out, ridden and stayed on same pace in 4th and no impression run-in op 11/8

5^th

6 ½

Onagatheringstorm

610-6

9/2

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Mistakes in last pair, nit 4th, mistake 8th, headway out wide after 2 out, weakened before the last

6^th

5 ½

The Wrekin

510-0

8/1

T: H D DalyJ: R Patrick

Tracked winner until 2 out, weakened soon after op 6/1

7^th

Ernesto

610-0

28/1

T: Ian WilliamsJ: Tom Buckley (5)

Raced keenly in mid-division, stumbled 3rd, good headway on inside chasing leaders next, stepped at 4 out, pushed along after next, weakened after 2 out op 33/1

8^th

5 ½

Ferrobin

710-0

50/1

T: M YoungJ: Charlie Hammond

Raced keenly and always in rear, never a factor, tailed off op 33/1

9^th

2 ¾

Shannon Bridge

810-9

33/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Kept wide, prominent, settled tracking leading pair 2nd, 2nd again 2 out until between last two, weakened soon after op 28/1 tchd 25/1

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Non-Runners

Agrapart³⁶

Weight: 11-3| Age: 10

T: Mrs J Williams J: Chester Williams

Saint Dalina²⁶⁵

Weight: 10-4| Age: 7

T: C E Longsdon J: Sam Twiston-Davies

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£10.00Pl:£2.00, £1.60, £2.30EX:£38.10Trifecta:£735.90Tricast:£645.17SF:£45.63Swingers:£4.70, £17.40, £11.40

Forecasts

Sporting John (5/4), Botox Has (4/1), Onagatheringstorm (9/2), The Wrekin (8/1), Kansas City Chief (9/1), Agrapart (10/1), Saint Dalina (12/1), Ask Dillon (18/1), Ernesto (28/1), Shannon Bridge (33/1), Ferrobin (50/1)

Having largely failed to deliver over fences last term, SPORTING JOHN got firmly back on track when making a winning return/handicap debut back over hurdles here last month, proving his effectiveness at 3m in the process. With further improvement on the cards, he gets the vote to follow up. First-time cheekpieces should help Botox Has so Gary Moore's charge is feared most, ahead of Ask Dillon.

SPORTING JOHN (IRE)
BOTOX HAS (FR)
ASK DILLON (IRE)

Previous Winners

2020

Come On Teddy

Weight: 10-2 |Age: 6

J: Sam Twiston-Davies | T: T R George

11/2

Prize Money

1st: £11,447.002nd: £5,262.003rd: £2,631.004th: £1,316.005th: £658.006th: £328.00