13:50 Ayr

Saturday 22 April 2023

All13:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:4517:20

CPMS Novices' Champion Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:50 | Winning time: 5m 58.03s

1^st

Sail Away

711-8

13/2

T: D SkeltonJ: Bridget Andrews

Made all, jumped well, clear 10th, unchallenged op 6/1

2^nd

Forward Plan

710-11

9/1

T: A J HoneyballJ: Ben Godfrey (3)

Chased leaders, hit 2nd, blundered 8th, went 2nd 3 out, no impression on winner, mistake last op 10/1

3^rd

City Chief

612-0

15/8f

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Disputing lead when mistake 1st, chased winner, mistake 3rd and 10th, lost 2nd and no impression on winner 3 out, kept on op 7/4

4^th

Temptationinmilan

710-8

11/2

T: C ByrnesJ: Philip Byrnes (5)

Held up in mid-division, hampered 5th, headway 8th, mistake and no impression on winner 3 out, disputing 3rd last op 6/1

5^th

3 ½

Donna's Double

710-5

16/1

T: A M ThomsonJ: B S Hughes

In rear, effort after 15th, no impression in 5th 4 out, mistake 2 out, kept on tchd 14/1

6^th

Hold The Note

910-2

12/1

T: Ewan WhillansJ: Danny McMenamin

Towards rear, closed on outside 2nd, hit 6th, lost place 12th, struggling 13th, well behind 4 out, tailed off op 14/1

Also Ran

Oscar Elite

811-11

4/1

T: J TizzardJ: H Cobden

Chased leaders, blundered badly and lost place 5th, last 7th, behind when went wrong and pulled up before 11th

Where It All Began

711-2

11/1

T: G ElliottJ: Adrian Heskin

Rear of mid-division, slightly hampered 5th, blundered 12th, soon behind, tailed off 14th, pulled up after

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Non-Runners

Ned Tanner³¹

Weight: 10-6| Age: 7

T: N W Alexander J: Sean Quinlan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.50Pl:£1.70, £2.60, £1.40EX:£72.10Trifecta:£219.90Tricast:£152.09SF:£61.04Swingers:£8.10, £3.20, £3.70

Forecasts

City Chief (15/8), Oscar Elite (4/1), Temptationinmilan (11/2), Sail Away (13/2), Forward Plan (9/1), Where It All Began (11/1), Hold The Note (12/1), Ned Tanner (14/1), Donna's Double (16/1)

Low-mileage 7-y-o SAIL AWAY shaped as though all his ability remains firmly intact when runner-up back from a 10-month absence at Chepstow. Moving back up in trip here looks a good move and he could be the answer. It wasn't a particularly strong Grade 2 novice that City Chief won at Wetherby but he is greatly respected nonetheless. Oscar Elite is also feared on the back of his creditable effort in the Ultima and Irish-raider Temptationinmilan shoud have a part to play, too.

SAIL AWAY (FR)
CITY CHIEF (IRE)
OSCAR ELITE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022

Dusart

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 7

J: N de Boinville | T: N J Henderson

2/1

Prize Money

1st: £26,015.002nd: £11,960.003rd: £5,980.004th: £2,990.005th: £1,495.006th: £745.00