14:50 Wetherby

Saturday 13 January 2024

All12:3513:1013:4014:1514:5015:2515:57

William Hill Pick Your Places Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:52 | Winning time: 5m 23.90s

1^st

Santos Blue

711-5

15/8f

T: D SkeltonJ: Ben Sutton (7)

Held up, closed 2nd, led and mistake 2 out, rider soon lost right iron, rider kicked left iron out before headed last, soon led again, stayed on op 9/4

2^nd

2 ¼

Foster'sisland

911-1

10/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Emma Smith-Chaston (3)

Held up towards rear, slow 5th, headway before 3 out, led last, soon headed, held after, kept on op 14/1

3^rd

Singapore Trip

610-2

10/1

T: Micky HammondJ: B S Hughes

Held up towards rear, not fluent 6th, headway before 3 out, switched right and went 3rd before last, stayed on flat op 9/1 tchd 8/1

4^th

Milldam

610-10

7/2

T: Jamie SnowdenJ: G Sheehan

In touch on inside, pushed along before 3 out, losing place when not fluent 2 out, weakened before last

5^th

1 ¼

Romeo Brown

1011-2

20/1

T: J Parkinson & S SmithJ: Nick Scholfield

Led until 2 out, weakened last op 14/1

6^th

9 ½

Into Overdrive

912-0

20/1

T: M WalfordJ: Jamie Hamilton

Slowly away, held up in rear, took keen hold, weakened before 3 out op 22/1 tchd 16/1

7^th

Benassi

711-0

7/2

T: O MurphyJ: Fergus Gregory

Tracked leaders, challenged 6th, weakened before 3 out op 11/4

8^th

1 ½

Lesser

1010-13

12/1

T: R T PhillipsJ: Adam Wedge

Mid-division on outside, not fluent 3rd, headway before 5th, lost place before not fluent 3 out, soon well beaten tchd 18/1

Also Ran

Ilikedwayurthinkin

1010-12

50/1

T: B HaslamJ: Jack Hogan (3)

Prominent, lost place after 6th, soon behind, pulled up before 3 out op 40/1 tchd 33/1

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Non-Runners

Espoir De Romay⁴³

Weight: 11-12| Age: 10

T: K Bailey & M Nicholls J: David Bass

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.88Pl:£1.20, £2.70, £2.40EX:£17.70Trifecta:£139.10Tricast:£152.16SF:£20.51Swingers:£4.20, £4.50, £12.70

Forecasts

Santos Blue (15/8), Milldam (7/2), Benassi (7/2), Foster'sisland (10/1), Singapore Trip (10/1), Lesser (12/1), Espoir De Romay (12/1), Romeo Brown (20/1), Into Overdrive (20/1), Ilikedwayurthinkin (50/1)

A case can be made for a few of these so at the likely odds it is worth siding with ESPOIR DE ROMAY to build on his encouraging Newbury seventh (form working out well) and capitalise on a reduced mark. Milldam rates a big threat on the back of his recent Ffos Las success though, while a solid case can also be made for Romeo Brown, Santos Blue and Benassi.

ESPOIR DE ROMAY (FR)
MILLDAM (FR)
ROMEO BROWN

Previous Winners

2023

Iroko

Weight: 11-2 |Age: 5

J: K Brogan | T: O Greenall & J Guerriero

13/8

Prize Money

1st: £6,337.002nd: £2,916.003rd: £1,458.004th: £730.005th: £364.00