13:15 Cheltenham

Friday 15 December 2023

All12:0512:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:35

Catesby Estates Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:17 | Winning time: 4m 7.16s

1^st

Go Dante

711-5

7/2f

T: O MurphyJ: S Bowen

Prominent, led narrowly 2 out, not fluent next, ridden and ran on gamely op 4/1

2^nd

1 ¼

Doddiethegreat

711-11

13/2

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Close up, tracked leaders 2 out, ridden and every chance next, stayed on one pace op 6/1 tchd 7/1

3^rd

Panjari

510-11

17/2

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Led 2nd, ridden and headed 2 out, still every chance next, stayed on one pace op 11/2 tchd 9/1

3^rd

Donnacha

510-11

5/1

T: N J HawkeJ: David Noonan

Held up towards rear, headway to track leaders 2 out, ridden and stayed on one pace flat op 11/2

5^th

Williethebuilder

411-5

9/2

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up towards rear, ridden and headway approaching last, stayed on one pace tchd 5/1

5^th

In This World

511-0

40/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Tristan Durrell (5)

In rear, ridden and headway approaching last, nearest finish tchd 50/1

7^th

2 ¾

Kaleb

511-4

18/1

T: Miss A MurphyJ: J M Quinlan

Held up towards rear, pushed along 3 out, ridden and kept on flat, never nearer op 20/1

8^th

7 ½

Wonderful Eagle

410-6

10/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: M G Nolan

Prominent, pushed along 2 out, ridden and weakened approaching next op 11/1 tchd 12/1

9^th

Mr Mackay

410-7

12/1

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: James Turner (7)

In touch, ridden and headway approaching last, weakened flat op 10/1

10^th

5 ½

Thecompanysergeant

612-0

20/1

T: D HoganJ: Donagh Meyler

In touch, ridden and weakened approaching last op 18/1

11^th

Ginger Mail

711-2

16/1

T: N W AlexanderJ: Danny McMenamin

Keen led 1st, close up next, ridden and weakened approaching last op 18/1 tchd 20/1

12^th

Skytastic

711-1

33/1

T: B PaulingJ: Ben Jones

Prominent, lost place 3rd, towards rear next, not a factor after op 25/1 tchd 22/1

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Non-Runners

Lebowski¹

Weight: 11-2| Age: 8

T: Miss Lucinda V Russell J: Non Runner

Jagwar⁴⁷

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: O Greenall & J Guerriero J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.50Pl:£1.90, £2.30, £1.00, £0.90EX:£30.60Trifecta:£134.40, £85.40Tricast:£57.72SF:£26.44Swingers:£5.40, £2.60, £4.10, £4.00, £3.30

Forecasts

Go Dante (7/2), Williethebuilder (9/2), Donnacha (5/1), Doddiethegreat (13/2), Jagwar (13/2), Panjari (17/2), Wonderful Eagle (10/1), Mr Mackay (12/1), Lebowski (14/1), Ginger Mail (16/1), Kaleb (18/1), Thecompanysergeant (20/1), Skytastic (33/1), In This World (40/1)

A cracking handicap in which it may pay to focus on the least exposed runners. PANJARI could be underestimated by an opening hurdle mark of 117 judged on Flat ability and gets the nod for Paul Nicholls. The promising Doddiethegreat seems unlikely to give up his unbeaten record without a fight and is second choice ahead of Williethebuilder and Donnacha.

PANJARI (IRE)
DODDIETHEGREAT (IRE)
WILLIETHEBUILDER (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022

Punctuation

Weight: 10-12 |Age: 5

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

9/2

Prize Money

1st: £13,202.002nd: £6,075.003rd: £3,038.004th: £1,520.005th: £758.00