13:37 Chepstow

Saturday 3 December 2022

All11:5312:2713:0213:3714:1214:4715:22

Coral Welsh Grand National Trial Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:38 | Winning time: 6m 4.12s

1^st

Farinet

710-5

5/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Shane Quinlan (5)

Made all, jumped well, pushed along after 5 out, cleared away 4 out, stayed on strongly and went further ahead from 2 out, eased on long run-in, comfortably op 13/2 tchd 15/2

2^nd

Secret Reprieve

810-4

9/2

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Adam Wedge

Front mid-division, went 4th 12th, headway into 2nd 5 out, soon pushed along, jumped right 4 out, chased leader in clear 2nd from after 3 out, kept on, no match for easy winner op 11/2

3^rd

2 ¾

Grand Mogul

810-2

66/1

T: Miss G HaywoodJ: Benjamin Poste

In rear, mistake and blundered 2nd, headway to track leaders after 13th, ridden in 4th 4 out, plugged on for 3rd run-in, not trouble leaders op 50/1 tchd 80/1

4^th

Southfield Harvest

810-2

9/2

T: P F NichollsJ: Angus Cheleda (5)

Towards rear, headway to chase front rank 9th, pushed along home turn, mistake and ridden 4 out, soon beaten op 7/2

5^th

9 ½

Caribean Boy

811-4

17/2

T: N J HendersonJ: D A Jacob

Handy, pushed along home turn, well held from 4 out and weakened op 10/1

6^th

Secret Investor

1012-0

14/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Lorcan Williams

Mid-division, not fluent 1st, tracked leaders 4th, chased leader 5 out, soon pushed along, faded 4 out, slow jump 3 out and tired op 9/1 tchd 16/1

Also Ran

Elegant Escape

1010-12

20/1

T: J TizzardJ: Brendan Powell

Mid-division, pushed along and dropped to rear 6th, lost touch before 9th, pulled up before 11th op 16/1

Bennys King

1110-12

40/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Bridget Andrews

Chased leaders, lost position 9th and soon reminders in rear, pulled up 5 out op 33/1

Time To Get Up

910-8

14/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.

Towards rear, not fluent 5th, pushed along 11th and struggling, pulled up op 8/1 tchd 16/1

Wayfinder

810-2

85/40f

T: Miss R CurtisJ: P J Brennan

Tracked leaders, bad mistake 12th and dropped away, pulled up op 11/4 tchd 2/1

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Non-Runners

Nearly Perfect⁶⁸¹

Weight: 10-2| Age: 8

T: N B King J: J M Quinlan

Grumpy Charley²⁴

Weight: 10-5| Age: 7

T: C Honour J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.00Pl:£2.20, £1.70, £14.00EX:£30.80Trifecta:£1,026.00Tricast:£1,328.00SF:£28.28Swingers:£4.50, £66.80, £53.50

Forecasts

Wayfinder (85/40), Secret Reprieve (9/2), Southfield Harvest (9/2), Farinet (5/1), Caribean Boy (17/2), Secret Investor (14/1), Time To Get Up (14/1), Grumpy Charley (16/1), Elegant Escape (20/1), Nearly Perfect (20/1), Bennys King (40/1), Grand Mogul (66/1)

Most of these have questions to answer so the thriving WAYFINDER is taken to complete a C&D 4-timer. Secret Reprieve has raced only 3 times since winning the Welsh National off this mark almost 2 years ago, but he likely needed his comeback run so should fare better here, while the market should reveal expectations for the classy Secret Investor who is returning after a long absence.

WAYFINDER (IRE)
SECRET REPRIEVE (IRE)
SECRET INVESTOR

Previous Winners

2021

Iwilldoit

Weight: 10-6 |Age: 8

J: Stan Sheppard | T: S Thomas

12/1

Prize Money

1st: £13,008.002nd: £5,980.003rd: £2,990.004th: £1,495.005th: £748.006th: £372.00