13:50 Sandown

Saturday 8 January 2022

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

Unibet Horserace Betting Operator Of The Year Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:50 | Winning time: 4m 18.30s

1^st

Gunsight Ridge

711-0

11/4

T: O MurphyJ: Aidan Coleman

Raced on inside chased leaders, 2nd before 3 out, challenged next, ridden to lead between last two, ridden and hung both ways run-in, stayed on strongly op 5/2

2^nd

1 ¾

Bun Doran

1111-4

12/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: C Gethings

Led, pushed along and joined 2 out, ridden and headed between last two, chased winner, stayed on run-in, always held op 11/1 tchd 16/1

3^rd

9 ½

Moonlighter

911-11

6/1

T: Nick WilliamsJ: H Cobden

Raced keenly, soon tracking leader, pushed along and lost 2nd before 3 out, plugged on in moderate 3rd op 13/2

4^th

8 ½

Numitor

811-2

9/4f

T: H MainJ: T Scudamore

Chased leaders, went left 9th, weakened before 3 out op 11/4 tchd 85/40

Also Ran

Paddy's Poem

1111-6

25/1

T: N J GiffordJ: James Davies

Held up, mistake 2nd, tailed off when mistake 7th (water), mistake and went left next, went badly left 9th, pulled up before next op 28/1

Monsieur Lecoq

811-2

8/1

T: Mrs J WilliamsJ: Chester Williams (3)

Raced keenly tracking leaders out wide, lost place 5th, jumped slowly and reminders 6th, soon behind, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out op 6/1 tchd 17/2

Up The Straight

811-2

9/2

T: R RoweJ: N F Houlihan (3)

Tracked leaders out wide until lost place before 4th, reminders in 5th place before 6th (water), struggling when hit 4 out, ridden in remote 4th when pulled up and dismounted run-in op 5/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.75Pl:£1.80, £5.30EX:£31.20Trifecta:£178.90SF:£31.02Swingers:£5.30, £2.80, £9.10

Forecasts

Numitor (9/4), Gunsight Ridge (11/4), Up The Straight (9/2), Moonlighter (6/1), Monsieur Lecoq (8/1), Bun Doran (12/1), Paddy's Poem (25/1)

The vote goes to NUMITOR, who has taken his form up a notch in recent starts and Heather Main's charge is likely to take some stopping if given an easy time of things on the front end. He can notch a fourth win from just 7 starts over fences here. Gunsight Ridge bumped into a subsequent Grade 2 winner at Exeter last month so he rates as an obvious danger, ahead of Up The Straight.

NUMITOR
GUNSIGHT RIDGE
UP THE STRAIGHT (IRE)

Previous Winners

2021

Ibleo

Weight: 11-9 |Age: 8

J: Charlie Deutsch | T: Miss V Williams

13/8

Prize Money

1st: £15,609.002nd: £7,176.003rd: £3,588.004th: £1,794.005th: £897.006th: £447.00