13:42 Fontwell

Tuesday 26 December 2023

All11:5712:3213:0713:4214:1714:5215:27

BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:43 | Winning time: 4m 53.12s

1^st

Gorcombe Moonshine

610-2

10/3

T: R WalfordJ: Harry Kimber (3)

Led, headed 2nd, pressed leader from next, pushed along before 3 out, led next, kept on from last op 4/1 tchd 5/1

2^nd

2 ½

Valirann Gold

610-7

13/2

T: H BrownJ: Ned Fox (5)

Chased leaders, lost place 8th, soon pushed along, stayed on from 2 out, went second final 50yds op 6/1

3^rd

2 ½

Clondaw Robin

1010-2

17/2

T: A IrvineJ: James Best

Prominent, led 2nd, ridden and headed 2 out, weakened and lost second final 50yds op 15/2

4^th

Hector Jaguen

612-0

3/1f

T: G & J MooreJ: Caoilin Quinn (3)

Midfield, hit 3rd, not fluent 8th, pushed along before 3 out, went third next, no extra and lost third flat

5^th

Ballymagee

710-12

9/2

T: R L LlewellynJ: Rex Dingle

Midfield, went third after 7th, mistake 3 out, soon no impression op 5/1 tchd 4/1

Also Ran

Dusky Days

611-11

5/1

T: Jamie SnowdenJ: James Davies

Not fluent on occasion, mid-division, mistake 4th, ridden approaching 7th, soon dropped to rear, pulled up before 8th op 9/2 tchd 4/1

Broadoak

810-2

14/1

T: Mrs F M ShawJ: Ben Godfrey (3)

Held up in rear, struggling when slow 4 out, pulled up before next op 12/1

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Non-Runners

Speaker Thomas³⁹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: B Pauling J: Beau Morgan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.70Pl:£2.30, £3.10EX:£26.70Trifecta:£135.80Tricast:£166.92SF:£24.25Swingers:£4.30, £4.60, £6.20

Forecasts

Speaker Thomas (9/4), Hector Jaguen (3/1), Gorcombe Moonshine (10/3), Ballymagee (9/2), Dusky Days (5/1), Valirann Gold (13/2), Clondaw Robin (17/2), Broadoak (14/1)

SPEAKER THOMAS remains the type to do better over fences and can build on an encouraging start for Ben Pauling and come out on top. Dusky Days and Hector Jaguen are a couple of the other likely players.