14:12 Chepstow

Saturday 9 December 2023

All11:5512:2713:0213:3714:1214:4715:2015:50

Coral Racing Club Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:13 | Winning time: 6m 37.80s

1^st

Sporting Ace

711-0

6/1

T: N B KingJ: J M Quinlan

Chased leaders, pushed along 12th, close up 4 out, led last, stayed on op 7/1

2^nd

3 ½

Lagonda

810-13

13/2

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Shane Quinlan (3)

Prominent, not fluent 12th, led before 5 out, headed last, held flat, kept on tchd 6/1 and tchd 15/2

3^rd

2 ¾

Hurricane Highway

511-10

5/2f

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Adam Wedge

Held up in rear, headway 10th, close 3rd when pecked and slithered on landing 4 out, not able to fully recover, kept on op 4/1

4^th

Hurlerontheditch

711-7

6/1

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: David Bass

Led until before 5 out, no extra from 4 out op 3/1

Also Ran

Grove Road

711-7

12/1

T: A WatsonJ: Nick Scholfield

Ran in snatches on outside, struggling 11th, pulled up before 5 out tchd 14/1

Ballydisco

611-5

10/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: Ben Sutton (7)

In rear, mistake 4th, pushed along before 8th, mistake next, pulled up before 10th op 9/1

Iberio

610-11

3/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: Ben Jones

In touch on inside, not much room when ran out and unseated rider 10th tchd 7/2

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Non-Runners

Take Your Time⁴⁹

Weight: 11-2| Age: 8

T: P F Nicholls J: Angus Cheleda

Pimlico Point¹⁹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 6

T: Kerry Lee J: R Patrick

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.30Pl:£3.20, £3.00EX:£47.90Trifecta:£170.40Tricast:£120.87SF:£41.34Swingers:£5.80, £3.20, £3.30

Forecasts

Hurricane Highway (5/2), Iberio (3/1), Take Your Time (9/2), Pimlico Point (5/1), Sporting Ace (6/1), Hurlerontheditch (6/1), Lagonda (13/2), Ballydisco (10/1), Grove Road (12/1)

There was plenty to like about TAKE YOUR TIME's performance when making a winning start over fences at Newton Abbot and a 3 lb rise is negligible given that he was a hurdles winner here off a 9 lb higher mark than this in 2021. The 8-y-o shades preference ahead of Hurlerontheditch, who had the race in safe-keeping when coming down at the final fence at Warwick. Pimlico Point also made a promising start to his chase career and merits respect, while Hurricane Highway is worth a second look, too.

TAKE YOUR TIME (IRE)
HURLERONTHEDITCH (IRE)
PIMLICO POINT (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022

Manothepeople

Weight: 10-11 |Age: 7

J: P J Brennan | T: F O'Brien

6/4

Prize Money

1st: £6,337.002nd: £2,916.003rd: £1,458.004th: £730.005th: £364.006th: £372.00