17:20 Ascot

Sunday 2 April 2023

All13:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:4517:20

Ascot Shop Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:20 | Winning time: 5m 10.61s

1^st

Ivaldi

510-12

7/2f

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Raced keenly with head bowed, made all, came clear from 2 out, not fluent last, stayed on strongly, unchallenged tchd 18/5

2^nd

9 ½

Espoir De Romay

912-0

16/1

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: David Bass

Held up towards rear on inside, hit 5th, headway on inside before 2 out, where not fluent, went 3rd and kept on run-in, took 2nd inside final 100 yards, no chance with winner tchd 18/1

3^rd

Rocky Man

510-13

9/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Headway chasing leaders 3rd, pushed along in 3rd after 3 out, went 2nd and hit 2 out, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner, lost modest 2nd inside final 100 yards op 17/2 tchd 10/1

4^th

3 ½

Hasty Parisian

510-2

14/1

T: M F HarrisJ: Harry Reed

Chased winner, pushed along after 3 out, lost 2nd next, weakened into 4th run-in op 16/1

5^th

nse

Fifty Ball

810-13

17/2

T: G & J MooreJ: N F Houlihan (3)

Held up towards rear, closer in mid-division at 6th, pushed along in 5th after 3 out, plugged on run-in op 13/2

6^th

Ballybegg

811-8

18/1

T: Kerry LeeJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Held up in mid-division, headway out wide before 2 out, plugged on run-in

7^th

4 ¼

Sir Psycho

711-6

16/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Angus Cheleda (5)

Mid-division before 3rd, headway chasing leaders next, pushed along in 4th after 3 out, weakened next

8^th

Gentleman At Arms

611-8

16/1

T: S EdmundsJ: C Gethings

Held up off the pace towards rear, moderate late headway, never involved tchd 18/1

9^th

Certainly Red

911-8

15/2

T: Mrs L RichardsJ: Rex Dingle

Raced wide chasing leaders, weakened before 3 out op 5/1 tchd 8/1

10^th

1 ¼

Jerrash

611-8

11/2

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

Off the pace in last pair, tailed off when hampered by faller 2 out, never involved op 7/1

11^th

J'Ai Froid

1012-0

40/1

T: L MorganJ: Adam Wedge

Off the pace towards rear, reminder after 6th, never on terms, tailed off op 33/1

12^th

Shantou Express

811-4

25/1

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: Thomas Bellamy

Raced wide chasing leaders, pushed along before 3 out where went left, soon lost place and behind, tailed off op 22/1

Also Ran

Top Of The Bill

711-1

10/1

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Jordan Nailor

Off the pace in last pair, tailed off when unseated rider at the last

Clay Rogers

811-0

14/1

T: O MurphyJ: S Bowen

Chased leaders on inside, pushed along and weakened after 4 out, towards rear and struggling when fell 2 out op 20/1 tchd 12/1

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Non-Runners

Lord Accord¹⁷

Weight: 11-6| Age: 8

T: N P Mulholland J: Adrian Heskin

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.50Pl:£1.90, £6.30, £3.10EX:£78.50Trifecta:£585.50Tricast:£479.57SF:£60.20Swingers:£17.20, £6.20, £29.70

Forecasts

Ivaldi (7/2), Jerrash (11/2), Certainly Red (15/2), Fifty Ball (17/2), Rocky Man (9/1), Top Of The Bill (10/1), Hasty Parisian (14/1), Clay Rogers (14/1), Espoir De Romay (16/1), Sir Psycho (16/1), Gentleman At Arms (16/1), Ballybegg (18/1), Shantou Express (25/1), Lord Accord (25/1), J'Ai Froid (40/1)

ROCKY MAN was on the up prior to seeming amiss last time, so he's worth a chance too resume progress and land this at the possible expense of Hasty Parisian, who is on a handy mark. Certainly Red is a big player if he can reproduce his recent chasing form back over the smaller obstacles.