14:15 Plumpton

Sunday 8 May 2022

All13:4014:1514:5015:2516:0016:3017:0017:30

Joan Mellett Memorial Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:16 | Winning time: 5m 3.12s

1^st

Royal Ruby

1011-9

11/2

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Pushed along leaving start, midfield, headway to chase leaders 4th, awkward next, mistake 9th, hit next, went right approaching 11th, led 11th, pushed along before 2 out, stayed on from last op 18/5 tchd 7/2

2^nd

Shentri

512-0

10/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Tristan Durrell (7)

Towards rear, bad mistake 1st, headway when mistake 3 out, soon pushed along, went second approaching 2 out, kept on from last, no match for winner op 17/2

3^rd

Catch The Cuban

610-9

15/2

T: J TizzardJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Chased leaders, pushed along before 3 out, lost second before 2 out, no extra approaching last op 9/2

4^th

Dindin

911-9

12/1

T: D PipeJ: Philip Armson (5)

Held up in rear, blundered 6th, not fluent next, headway into midfield 10th, ridden after 3 out, made no impression op 16/1 tchd 18/1

5^th

Salamanca School

510-12

11/4f

T: W GreatrexJ: Tom Cannon

Disputed lead, led outright 2nd, headed 11th, ridden 3 out, weakened before next op 10/3 tchd 7/2

Also Ran

Mystical Clouds

911-6

7/2

T: J ButlerJ: J M Quinlan

Midfield, headway to chase leaders 10th, hampered before next, every chance when slithered on landing and fell 3 out

The Flying Sofa

911-4

9/2

T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore

Disputed lead, headed 2nd, ridden after 7th, dropped to rear 10th, pulled up before next op 13/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.50Pl:£2.60, £4.80EX:£57.50Trifecta:£242.40SF:£50.48Swingers:£7.60, £5.30, £10.10

Forecasts

Salamanca School (11/4), Mystical Clouds (7/2), The Flying Sofa (9/2), Royal Ruby (11/2), Catch The Cuban (15/2), Shentri (10/1), Dindin (12/1)

A winner at Newcastle in March, MYSTICAL CLOUDS found things happening plenty quick enough for him dropped back to 2¼m at Kempton last month. With this step back up in trip sure to be in his favour, John Butler's charge can regain the winning thread. Second choice is Salamanca School, who maintained his unbeaten record over fences at this course 3 weeks ago, with the returning Royal Ruby also fancied to go well.

MYSTICAL CLOUDS (IRE)
SALAMANCA SCHOOL (FR)
ROYAL RUBY

Prize Money

1st: £6,862.002nd: £3,161.003rd: £1,580.004th: £791.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00