15:33 Hereford

Sunday 5 February 2023

All13:3314:0314:3315:0315:3316:0316:33

Black Mountain Botanicals Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:36 | Winning time: 3m 59.75s

1^st

Rooster Cogburn

1011-7

7/2

T: P & M BowenJ: Ben Jones

Jumped left at times, made all, came clear from 2 out, stayed on strongly, unchallenged op 10/3 tchd 4/1

2^nd

6 ½

Billingsley

1112-0

3/1f

T: A RalphJ: Jay Tidball (7)

Chased winner throughout, pushed along and held before 2 out, no chance with winner op 7/2 tchd 4/1

3^rd

Broadoak

810-2

9/1

T: Mrs F M ShawJ: David Noonan

Held up in last pair, outpaced in 6th 4 out, ridden home turn, rallied into modest 3rd towards finish op 6/1 tchd 11/2 and tchd 10/1

4^th

Twotwothree

1012-2

11/1

T: S AllwoodJ: R T Dunne

Held up in 4th, plugged on in modest 3rd after 2 out, lost that placing close home op 10/1 tchd 9/1

5^th

Megalodon

1010-2

12/1

T: P HendersonJ: Sean Houlihan

Held up off the pace in 5th, pushed along after 5th, outpaced 7th, no chance after op 20/1

6^th

4 ¾

Starvoski

811-6

16/5

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: David Bass

Chased leaders, ridden before 2 out, weakened quickly after 2 out op 11/4 tchd 7/2

Also Ran

Court Royale

1011-13

9/2

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Adam Wedge

Off the pace in last pair, tailed off 4 out, pulled up

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Non-Runners

Ardmayle⁶⁸

Weight: 11-7| Age: 11

T: A Stronge J: Brendan Powell

Ben Brody³²

Weight: 10-13| Age: 13

T: D J Jeffreys J: Kielan Woods

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.80, £4.80Pl:£2.70, £2.70, £2.10, £2.10EX:£16.90, £16.90Trifecta:£121.10, £121.10Tricast:£85.73SF:£15.16Swingers:£2.90, £2.90, £5.80, £5.80, £5.70, £5.70

Forecasts

Billingsley (3/1), Starvoski (16/5), Rooster Cogburn (7/2), Court Royale (9/2), Ardmayle (11/2), Broadoak (9/1), Twotwothree (11/1), Megalodon (12/1), Ben Brody (20/1)

ARDMAYLE is only 1 lb higher than for his win at Southwell in March and he shaped well enough on his return there in November. Court Royale fared better than the distance beaten suggests at Ludlow and rates the main threat ahead of Billingsley.