14:30 Plumpton

Sunday 9 April 2023

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:25

South Downs Cider Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:31 | Winning time: 4m 16.8s

1^st

Pleasure Garden

610-9

17/2

T: K JewellJ: Tom Cannon

Chased leaders, led 4th until before 8th, chased leader, upsides when left clear last op 9/1 tchd 8/1

2^nd

2 ¼

Elmount

712-1

5/1

T: A RalphJ: Jay Tidball (7)

Held up in last trio, headway chasing leaders before 8th, left 2nd at the last op 6/1 tchd 13/2

3^rd

Clondaw Robin

1010-2

50/1

T: A IrvineJ: Philip Armson (3)

Chased leaders, pushed along and outpaced omitted 3 out, left remote 3rd last op 33/1 tchd 28/1

4^th

3 ¾

Harry The Norseman

710-2

10/3

T: C E LongsdonJ: Lily Pinchin (3)

Chased leaders, weakened before omitted 3 out, left remote 4th last op 4/1 tchd 9/2

Also Ran

Hector Jaguen

612-3

7/4f

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

Led until 4th, pressed leader, led again before 8th, bad mistake when saddle slipped and rider lost irons 3 out (normal 4 out), pushed along before 2 out, ridden between last two, joined when bad mistake and unseated rider last op 11/8

Extraordinary Man

711-13

9/1

T: D G BridgwaterJ: Brendan Powell

Held up and behind, some headway when fell 3 out (normal 4 out) op 15/2 tchd 7/1 and tchd 10/1

Albert Van Ornum

611-1

50/1

T: P ButlerJ: Luke Scott (7)

Well in rear, badly hampered and brought down 4th op 25/1 tchd 66/1

Agent Saonois

710-2

11/2

T: N P MulhollandJ: Bryan Carver

Off the pace in last pair, pushed along and struggling in rear after 7th, tailed off and pulled up before omitted 3 out op 7/1

Checkitsme

610-2

125/1

T: Cynthia WoodsJ: Benjamin Poste

Jumped poorly in rear, mistakes 2nd and next, refused 4th op 50/1

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Non-Runners

Mordred³⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: M F Harris J: Mitchell Bastyan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.50Pl:£2.40, £1.70, £7.80EX:£58.10Trifecta:£1,635.00Tricast:£2,010.88SF:£51.30Swingers:£7.10, £31.40, £30.30

Forecasts

Hector Jaguen (7/4), Harry The Norseman (10/3), Mordred (4/1), Elmount (5/1), Agent Saonois (11/2), Pleasure Garden (17/2), Extraordinary Man (9/1), Clondaw Robin (50/1), Albert Van Ornum (50/1), Checkitsme (125/1)

With a return to a left-handed track likely to suit it might be worth chancing AGENT SAONOIS to make a winning return from a break for the Neil Mulholland team. Last week's Fontwell scorer Hector Jaguen rates an obvious threat, while Mordred also merits respect on the back of his Southwell third.

AGENT SAONOIS (FR)
HECTOR JAGUEN (FR)
MORDRED (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022

Richie Valentine

Weight: 11-9 |Age: 8

J: Chris Ward | T: J G M O'Shea

17/2

Prize Money

1st: £4,753.002nd: £2,187.003rd: £1,094.004th: £547.005th: £273.00