14:55 Doncaster

Saturday 5 March 2022

All13:4514:2014:5515:3016:0516:4017:15

Virgin Bet Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:55 | Winning time: 4m 8.80s

1^st

Bun Doran

1110-9

11/2

T: T R GeorgeJ: C Gethings

Chased leader, hampered and dropped towards rear 8th, switched left and ridden 3 out, progress to chase leaders 2 out, stayed on under pressure to lead flat, all out op 9/2

2^nd

King D'Argent

711-2

12/1

T: D SkeltonJ: David England

Held up in rear, steady headway 7th, smooth progress to chase leaders 4 out, led 2 out, awkward last, headed flat, kept on strongly close home op 10/1

3^rd

Cheddleton

711-12

15/8f

T: J CandlishJ: Darragh O'Keeffe

Led, headed narrowly 4th, left in lead 8th, narrow advantage 4 out, headed before 3 out, lost touch with leaders 2 out, kept on flat op 2/1 tchd 9/5

4^th

The Big Bite

911-8

9/4

T: Henry OliverJ: J J Burke

Midfield, pushed along and dropped towards rear 7th, headway under pressure to press leader 4 out, led narrowly before 3 out, headed 2 out, close up when blundered last, no extra op 5/2 and tchd 11/4

5^th

Cedar Hill

810-5

15/2

T: A M ThomsonJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Held up towards rear, in rear 3rd, ridden before 4 out, no impression op 7/1 tchd 13/2 and tchd 8/1

Also Ran

Malystic

811-9

10/1

T: P D NivenJ: Callum Bewley

Held up towards rear, midfield 2nd, pressed leader 3rd, led narrowly 4th, blundered and unseated rider 8th

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Non-Runners

Return Ticket¹¹²

Weight: 11-1| Age: 9

T: R Menzies J: Non Runner

Gaelik Coast³⁵

Weight: 11-1| Age: 8

T: D McCain Jnr J: Non Runner

Fanzio²⁷

Weight: 10-12| Age: 7

T: R Hobson J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.50Pl:£1.90, £3.80EX:£64.80Trifecta:£120.80Tricast:£153.87SF:£53.52Swingers:£8.30, £2.10, £4.40

Forecasts

Cheddleton (15/8), The Big Bite (9/4), Gaelik Coast (9/2), Bun Doran (11/2), Cedar Hill (15/2), Malystic (10/1), Fanzio (10/1), King D'Argent (12/1), Return Ticket (12/1)

This is a really competitive affair and cases can be made for most of the field, but the vote goes to course-specialist THE BIG BITE, who got to within a length of Game Spirit winner Funambule Sivola last time and goes from the same mark here. Cheddleton is a reliable sort and is likely to go well again, whilst the veteran Bun Doran has been shaping better of late than his falling mark suggests.

THE BIG BITE (IRE)
CHEDDLETON
BUN DORAN (IRE)

Previous Winners

2021

Getaway Trump

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 8

J: Lorcan Williams | T: P F Nicholls

11/2

Prize Money

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