13:10 Plumpton

Monday 18 December 2023

All12:4013:1013:4014:1014:4015:1015:40

Harry Philips Birthday Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:11 | Winning time: 5m 3.24s

1^st

Oxygen

511-0

5/2

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch

Handy on inner, led 9th, ridden before last, stayed on well when pressed run-in op 2/1 tchd 11/4

2^nd

Pepe Le Moko

511-5

2/1f

T: Mrs J WilliamsJ: David Noonan

Prominent, pushed along after 3 out, chased leader 2 out, ridden before last, kept on run-in, no telling impression op 15/8

3^rd

Scarface

611-9

9/2

T: J TizzardJ: Brendan Powell

Chased leaders, mistake 4th and towards rear, not fluent at times, pushed along after 10th, plugged on 2 out, took 3rd run-in, not trouble front pair op 5/1

4^th

2 ¾

Mullinaree

711-13

28/1

T: S HosieJ: M G Nolan

Led, hit 8th, headed 9th and remained pressing leader, mistake 4 out, ridden before 2 out, hung left and no extra from before last op 40/1

5^th

1 ¾

Hardy Fella

612-0

5/1

T: Miss E C LavelleJ: Thomas Bellamy

Chased leaders, ridden home turn, no impression when mistake 2 out, soon held op 13/2

6^th

Godot

610-13

33/1

T: A IrvineJ: Tom Cannon

Close up, pushed along and steadily lost ground 4 out, in rear and held home turn op 25/1

7^th

1 ½

Monjules

511-5

9/1

T: H FryJ: Lorcan Murtagh

Held up in rear, pushed along home turn, hit 2 out and beaten op 10/1 tchd 11/1

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Non-Runners

Red Windsor²⁸

Weight: 11-6| Age: 6

T: C Gordon J: Rex Dingle

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.50Pl:£1.80, £1.60EX:£7.20Trifecta:£25.10Tricast:£19.55SF:£8.15Swingers:£1.50, £2.50, £2.30

Forecasts

Pepe Le Moko (2/1), Oxygen (5/2), Scarface (9/2), Hardy Fella (5/1), Monjules (9/1), Red Windsor (10/1), Mullinaree (28/1), Godot (33/1)

It's tough to get away from OXYGEN, who justified strong support back over fences for the first time since his 4-y-o days in France when scoring at Lingfield just under 5 weeks ago, and representing a yard in red-hot form, he looks one to keep firmly on the right side of. Pepe Le Moko looks the obvious danger having made the perfect start in this sphere at Warwick last month, with another last-time-out winner Hardy Fella rounding off the shortlist.