15:23 Taunton

Wednesday 21 December 2022

All12:5313:2313:5314:2314:5315:2315:53

Invest Southwest Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:26 | Winning time: 4m 52.03s

1^st

Letsbe Avenue

710-10

17/2

T: Kieran BurkeJ: Harry Kimber (3)

Held up off the pace in mid-division, headway chasing leaders when pecked at 10th, went 2nd 4 out, closed on leader approaching 3 out, lost 2nd next, left in 2nd at the last, stayed on under pressure to lead final 100 yards op 5/1

2^nd

1 ¼

Gaelic Thunder

710-2

11/2

T: C HonourJ: Bryan Carver

Prominent, led before 2nd, clear 8th, reduced lead and pushed along before 3 out, headed when left in lead at the last, headed and no extra final 100 yards op 15/2 tchd 8/1

3^rd

Urabamba

711-4

16/1

T: K WoollacottJ: Thomas Bellamy

Held up off the pace towards rear, headway chasing leaders 4 out, left modest 3rd at the last op 10/1 tchd 9/1

4^th

1 ½

Imperial Joe

611-9

3/1f

T: T DennisJ: Sean Houlihan

Soon off the pace in last pair, steady headway chasing leaders after 4 out, left modest 4th at the last op 11/4

5^th

2 ½

Legendary Rhythm

610-10

11/2

T: T SymondsJ: Benjamin Poste

Soon chasing leaders, went 2nd soon after 10th until hit 4 out, chased leaders, weakened before 3 out op 6/1 tchd 7/1

6^th

2 ¼

My Rockstar

610-2

25/1

T: Mrs H E ReesJ: Harry Reed

Off the pace towards rear, headway chasing leaders before 4 out, ridden in 3rd after 4 out, weakened before next op 28/1 tchd 33/1

Also Ran

Doyen La Lutte

612-0

9/1

T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore

Chased leader 2nd who went clear 8th, hit 9th, ridden before 10th, lost 2nd soon after, soon weakened, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out op 11/1 tchd 12/1

Folly Gate

711-8

10/3

T: Mrs J WilliamsJ: Mr Peter Summers (7)

Held up off the pace towards rear, headway chasing leaders 4 out, went 2nd 2 out, ridden to lead out wide and going strongly when blundered and unseated rider last op 7/2 tchd 9/2

Captain Cuckoo

1011-5

125/1

T: Mark GillardJ: Theo Gillard (3)

Behind, reminders after 4th, badly hampered and carried left by loose horse before 4 out, tailed off and pulled up before next op 50/1

Call Me Freddie

711-4

80/1

T: Mrs R FordJ: R P McLernon

Slight lead until before 2nd, chased leaders, pushed along before 9th, soon ridden, weakened approaching 10th, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out op 66/1 tchd 50/1

Megalodon

910-9

16/1

T: P HendersonJ: T J O'Brien

In mid-division until mistake and towards rear 1st, went badly right 2nd, tailed off and pulled before 6th op 14/1 tchd 18/1

Estate Italiana

510-4

50/1

T: Alexandra DunnJ: James Davies

Off the pace in mid-division, blundered and unseated rider 8th op 40/1 tchd 33/1

Dark Storm

610-2

25/1

T: W G M TurnerJ: Ben Ffrench-Davis (7)

Behind, tailed off 7th, pulled up soon after op 50/1

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Non-Runners

Lightning Gold³⁶

Weight: 10-12| Age: 7

T: Mrs R Ford J: Mitchell Bastyan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.50Pl:£3.10, £2.40, £3.90EX:£67.90Trifecta:£574.20Tricast:£754.69SF:£55.65Swingers:£9.20, £17.10, £16.20

Forecasts

Imperial Joe (3/1), Folly Gate (10/3), Gaelic Thunder (11/2), Legendary Rhythm (11/2), Lightning Gold (6/1), Letsbe Avenue (17/2), Doyen La Lutte (9/1), Urabamba (16/1), Megalodon (16/1), My Rockstar (25/1), Dark Storm (25/1), Estate Italiana (50/1), Call Me Freddie (80/1), Captain Cuckoo (125/1)

IMPERIAL JOE jumped with aplomb when making a winning start over fences at Newton Abbot in May and was just touched off at the same course the following month. This 6-y-o probably has more to offer in this sphere and will prove a tough nut to crack if ready to roll following a summer break. Folly Gate put in a good shift over C&D last time and is next on the list ahead of Letsbe Avenue and Doyen La Lutte, who can be expected to leave her low-key chase debut well behind in time.

IMPERIAL JOE (IRE)
FOLLY GATE (FR)
LETSBE AVENUE (IRE)

Prize Money

1st: £4,629.002nd: £2,133.003rd: £1,066.004th: £534.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00