15:25 Newbury

Saturday 4 March 2023

All13:4014:1014:4515:2516:0016:3517:10

Make Your Best Bet At BetVictor Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 3m 52.22s

1^st

Fruit N Nut

711-8

6/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: Theo Gillard (3)

Chased leaders, went right 2 out, shaken up and hung left between last two, challenged last, quickened to lead run-in, idled in front towards finish, always doing enough op 5/1

2^nd

Artistic Choice

410-2

4/1

T: M L W BellJ: H Cobden

Pressed leader, led 2 out, headed and not pace of winner run-in, rallied towards finish, always held tchd 18/5

3^rd

Black Poppy

711-3

10/3f

T: Kerry LeeJ: Brendan Powell

Tracked leaders, stayed on under pressure run-in, went 3rd inside final 100 yards, not pace to challenge op 3/1

4^th

Glorious Zoff

611-6

33/1

T: F O'BrienJ: Thomas Bellamy

Held up in rear, hung left and stayed on run-in, never going pace to reach leaders op 28/1

5^th

Onemorefortheroad

812-0

9/2

T: N B KingJ: Bryony Frost

Led but pressed, pushed along and headed 2 out, held when lost 2nd at the last, weakened run-in tchd 5/1

6^th

4 ¼

Gipsy De Choisel

711-13

15/2

T: N J HendersonJ: D A Jacob

Held up in last pair, some headway on inside before 3 out, pushed along and outpaced before next op 8/1 tchd 17/2

7^th

Master Dancer

611-6

11/2

T: R BandeyJ: Harry Bannister

Raced wide chasing leaders, outpaced after 4 out, soon beaten op 6/1 tchd 5/1

Also Ran

Head Law

611-8

12/1

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

Held up in 6th, steady headway tracking leaders when badly injured and fell 2 out tchd 11/1 and tchd 14/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.20Pl:£2.20, £1.50, £1.60EX:£35.40Trifecta:£128.30Tricast:£92.42SF:£30.07Swingers:£4.30, £4.40, £3.60

Forecasts

Black Poppy (10/3), Artistic Choice (4/1), Onemorefortheroad (9/2), Master Dancer (11/2), Fruit N Nut (6/1), Gipsy De Choisel (15/2), Head Law (12/1), Glorious Zoff (33/1)

In a tight handicap the suggestion is GIPSY DE CHOISEL whose lightly-raced profile suggests he could easily still have more to come for his top connections. Juvenile Artistic Choice made a successful switch to handicaps at Huntingdon recently and is second choice ahead of Head Law, who shaped well on his reappearance and had a possible excuse for a lesser run since.

GIPSY DE CHOISEL (FR)
ARTISTIC CHOICE (IRE)
HEAD LAW (FR)

Previous Winners

2022

Black Poppy

Weight: 10-6 |Age: 6

J: Brendan Powell | T: Kerry Lee

6/4

Prize Money

1st: £10,744.002nd: £4,939.003rd: £2,470.004th: £1,235.005th: £617.006th: £308.00