15:40 Sedgefield

Wednesday 7 February 2024

All13:4014:1014:4015:1015:4016:1016:40

Paxtons No.1 CaseIH Dealer In UK&Ireland Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:42 | Winning time: 5m 17.90s

1^st

Big Bee Hive

711-8

11/4

T: S EnglandJ: Jonathan England

Mid-division, headway 10th, led before last, stayed on well, won going away tchd 5/2

2^nd

Bebside Banter

711-5

11/8f

T: C GrantJ: Danny McMenamin

Led and not fluent 1st, headed 5th, led 8th, headed before last, no impression on winner flat, kept on tchd 6/4

3^rd

Blazing Hartingo

610-4

6/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: B S Hughes

Prominent, slow 10th, pushed along 2 out, 3rd and held last, kept on op 13/2

4^th

1 ½

Cudgel

1111-5

14/1

T: J WaltonJ: C O'Farrell

Held up in rear, outpaced 12th, stayed on approaching last, went 4th post op 12/1

5^th

Augharue

712-0

16/1

T: W ColtherdJ: Sam Coltherd

Led until 1st, led 5th, headed 8th, no extra before last, lost 4th post

6^th

2 ½

Dakota Moirette

1111-10

25/1

T: A CrookJ: J Kington

Chased leaders, jumped left 13th, no extra before last op 22/1

7^th

4 ¼

Stowaway John

1011-0

50/1

T: Miss S E ForsterJ: S Mulqueen

Not always fluent, held up in rear, headway when jumped left 9th, weakened before 2 out op 33/1 tchd 40/1

8^th

Mizuma

911-13

18/1

T: D BrookeJ: Henry Brooke

Held up towards rear, bumped 11th, struggling 12th, not fluent and behind 3 out tchd 16/1

Also Ran

Methusalar

811-10

8/1

T: P & M BowenJ: G Sheehan

Mid-division, mistake 3rd, jumped left and not fluent 5th, not fluent 7th, bad mistake and dropped rear 11th, behind after, pulled up before 2 out op 15/2 tchd 17/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.75Pl:£1.30, £1.20, £2.00EX:£7.90Trifecta:£40.10Tricast:£20.07SF:£7.45Swingers:£1.60, £3.50, £2.40

Forecasts

Bebside Banter (11/8), Big Bee Hive (11/4), Blazing Hartingo (6/1), Methusalar (8/1), Cudgel (14/1), Augharue (16/1), Mizuma (18/1), Dakota Moirette (25/1), Stowaway John (50/1)

BEBSIDE BANTER can make light of a 4 lb rise and extend his unbeaten Sedgefield chase record to 3. Methusalar looked set to go close when departing 2 out over C&D in November and is second choice ahead of chase newcomer Big Bee Hive, who caught the eye in a hurdle here last time.