19:20 Fontwell

Thursday 24 August 2023

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Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 519 Handicap Chase

Off time: 19:21 | Winning time: 5m 39.60s

1^st

Tango Echo Charlie

911-9

5/1

T: Dr R D P NewlandJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Mid-division, headway 5th, went 2nd 3 out, led last, stayed on, driven out

2^nd

Hardy Boy

611-8

2/1f

T: B PaulingJ: Kielan Woods

Led until 4th, not fluent 10th, led before 4 out, hung right, mistake and headed last, no extra towards finish tchd 11/5

3^rd

Friary Rock

811-6

4/1

T: L MorganJ: H Cobden

Chased leader after 1st, led 4th, headed before 4 out, weakened last tchd 9/2

4^th

Dindin

1011-2

8/1

T: D PipeJ: Jack Tudor

Prominent early, chased leaders, not fluent and ridden 13th, weakened 3 out op 7/1

5^th

1 ½

Joly Maker

911-4

22/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: Max Kendrick

Always towards rear op 16/1

Also Ran

Glengeever

711-11

5/1

T: B LundJ: G Sheehan

Rousted along at times, mid-division, slow jump 2nd and 3rd, effort 4 out, weakened before 3 out, blundered 2 out, pulled up before last op 11/2 tchd 6/1

Sermando

911-3

13/2

T: Alexandra DunnJ: David Noonan

Towards rear, pushed along in last 5th, behind 12th, pulled up before 3 out op 8/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.00Pl:£2.70, £1.70EX:£18.30Trifecta:£60.80SF:£16.46Swingers:£2.70, £4.30, £1.90

Forecasts

Hardy Boy (2/1), Friary Rock (4/1), Tango Echo Charlie (5/1), Glengeever (5/1), Sermando (13/2), Dindin (8/1), Joly Maker (22/1)

HARDY BOY may not be the most fluent of jumpers, but he's acquitted himself well on all completed starts over the larger obstacles so far and Ben Pauling's 6-y-o is narrowly preferred to double his tally back down in trip at the expense of Sermando, who was unlucky to bump into a handicap blot reverted to fences at Worcester 4 weeks ago. The lightly raced 9-y-o Tango Echo Charlie makes his chasing debut and he looks best of the remainder.