16:25 Cheltenham

Wednesday 13 April 2022

All13:3014:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:00

Safran Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 16:25 | Winning time: 5m 59.23s

1^st

Wbee

710-6

16/1

T: G HanmerJ: S Bowen

In rear, not fluent 1st, effort and smooth headway well before 2 out, went 5th 2 out, chased leader before last, ridden run-in and stayed on dourly to lead on line op 11/1

2^nd

nse

Pileon

810-12

11/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: Ben Jones

Mid-division, headway to chase leaders after 3 out, led 2 out, ridden before last where jumped left, stayed on gamely run-in but headed on line op 9/1 tchd 12/1

3^rd

Risk And Roll

810-6

16/1

T: H J EvansJ: Tabitha Worsley (3)

In rear, headway into 3rd before 3 out, close up when badly hampered jumping 2 out, soon ridden in 5th, ran on after last, not trouble front pair tchd 14/1

4^th

Jesuitique

710-8

6/1

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

Chased leaders, pushed along 2 out, kept on but not pace to challenge op 13/2

5^th

6 ½

Tip Top Cat

710-3

9/1

T: F O'BrienJ: Liam Harrison (3)

Mid-division, not fluent 8th, ridden 3 out, kept on same pace, never on terms op 8/1 tchd 15/2

6^th

Haul Away

911-0

22/1

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Handy, ridden and outpaced before 2 out, soon beaten and tailed off op 18/1

Also Ran

Wholestone

1111-12

22/1

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: D A Jacob

Towards rear, ridden after 7th, struggling 9th, pulled up op 20/1 tchd 25/1

Lisnagar Oscar

911-9

10/1

T: Miss R CurtisJ: Adam Wedge

Prominent, slow jump and lost place 9th, weakened quickly and pulled up op 8/1 tchd 11/1

Zanza

810-13

11/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: M G Nolan

Towards rear, ridden in mid-division 3 out, lost touch and pulled up op 10/1

Small Present

710-8

16/1

T: J Parkinson & S SmithJ: Thomas Willmott (5)

Towards rear, pushed along after 6th, well behind 9th, pulled up op 12/1

Last Royal

710-0

5/4f

T: Kieran BurkeJ: Nick Scholfield

Led, jumped right at times, mistake and hampered rival 2 out, soon headed, ridden and weakening quickly when fell last op 15/8

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£17.00Pl:£3.10, £3.40, £4.10EX:£289.70Trifecta:£4,006.50Tricast:£2,851.28SF:£182.72Swingers:£24.60, £28.70, £20.70

Forecasts

Last Royal (5/4), Jesuitique (6/1), Tip Top Cat (9/1), Lisnagar Oscar (10/1), Pileon (11/1), Zanza (11/1), Wbee (16/1), Risk And Roll (16/1), Small Present (16/1), Haul Away (22/1), Wholestone (22/1)

LAST ROYAL got off the mark in effortless fashion in a Wincanton novice last month and he appears to have been handed a potentially lenient opening mark. As such, he gets the nod over the in-form Risk And Roll, with Jesuitique also considered returning from a 2-month break.

LAST ROYAL
RISK AND ROLL (FR)
JESUITIQUE (FR)

Previous Winners

2021

Ask Dillon

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 8

J: Liam Harrison | T: F O'Brien

5/1

Prize Money

1st: £10,892.002nd: £5,018.003rd: £2,508.004th: £1,256.00