16:10 Kempton

Saturday 25 February 2023

All13:5014:2515:0015:4016:1016:4517:20

Coral Racing Club Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:10 | Winning time: 5m 12.50s

1^st

Mark Of Gold

611-11

4/1

T: G & J MooreJ: Caoilin Quinn (5)

Raced keenly tracking leaders, went 2nd home turn, led 2 out, came clear between last two, easily tchd 7/2

2^nd

Ballyhome

1211-6

25/1

T: F O'BrienJ: Jack Hogan (5)

Led but pressed, headed and mistake 2 out, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner op 28/1 tchd 22/1

3^rd

Will Carver

811-11

7/1

T: N J HendersonJ: D A Jacob

Held up towards rear, headway on inside home turn, went modest 3rd between last two op 11/2 tchd 8/1

4^th

Scarpia

911-5

12/1

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Chased leaders on inside, pushed along and one pace in 3rd before 2 out, weakened into 4th between last two op 9/1 tchd 16/1

5^th

Ivaldi

511-6

5/2f

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Held up well off the pace in rear, gained a place after 3 out, no great headway when went left 2 out and the last, plugged on op 3/1 tchd 9/4

6^th

Halo Des Obeaux

612-0

9/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Bryony Frost

Pressed leader, hit 5th, lost 2nd home turn, chased leaders, weakened before 2 out op 11/1

7^th

8 ½

Don Hollow

611-2

10/3

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up in 5th, ridden and struggling home turn, tailed off, flattened the last op 7/2 tchd 3/1

Also Ran

Vintage Fizz

611-4

16/1

T: Jedd O'KeeffeJ: Charlie Hammond

Off the pace in rear, mistake 4th, never a factor, tailed off when went sharply left 2 out, pulled up before the last op 10/1

Pontresina

1010-13

66/1

T: B LundJ: J J Burke

Held up in 6th, pushed along and outpaced soon after 3 out, soon behind tailed off and pulled up before 2 out tchd 50/1

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Non-Runners

Royaume Uni⁶¹

Weight: 11-10| Age: 6

T: G & J Moore J: J E Moore

Lock's Corner²⁹

Weight: 11-9| Age: 9

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

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.00Pl:£1.50, £5.00, £2.20EX:£80.20Trifecta:£751.50Tricast:£673.74SF:£85.07Swingers:£14.50, £5.50, £18.60

Forecasts

Ivaldi (5/2), Don Hollow (10/3), Mark Of Gold (4/1), Will Carver (7/1), Lock's Corner (8/1), Halo Des Obeaux (9/1), Scarpia (12/1), Royaume Uni (12/1), Vintage Fizz (16/1), Ballyhome (25/1), Pontresina (66/1)

A competitive handicap. IVALDI shaped quite well on what was effectively his handicap debut last time and gets the nod ahead of fellow unexposed type Don Hollow. Gary Moore's Mark of Gold has a very good strike-rate over hurdles and also makes the shortlist.

IVALDI (FR)
DON HOLLOW (GER)
MARK OF GOLD

Previous Winners

2022

Storm Dennis

Weight: 10-6 |Age: 6

J: Tom Cannon | T: C Gordon

7/2

Prize Money

1st: £6,918.002nd: £3,183.003rd: £1,592.004th: £796.005th: £397.00