16:15 Sandown

Thursday 15 February 2024

All13:2013:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:46

Spectra Group Alanbrooke Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:15 | Winning time: 6m 42.60s

1^st

Bretney

910-3

16/1

T: H D DalyJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Tracked leader until led after 1st, made rest, 3 lengths ahead and going strongly last, stayed on strongly to go further clear run-in

2^nd

Trincomalee

1110-12

15/2

T: L WadhamJ: Tom Cannon

Tracked leaders, not fluent 2nd, went 2nd at 12th, ridden between last two, 3 lengths down last, weakened run-in, no chance with winner op 12/1

3^rd

3 ¾

Copperhead

1011-2

4/1

T: J TizzardJ: Freddie Gingell (5)

Chased leading trio, pushed along in 3rd after 3 out, plugged on op 9/2

4^th

3 ¼

Yes Indeed

711-6

10/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.

Off the pace in last trio, not fluent 11th, closer in mid-division 13th, plugging on when left modest 4th 2 out op 9/1 tchd 10/1

5^th

Animal

811-2

5/2f

T: Miss S SmithJ: G Sheehan

Raced wide in mid-division, towards rear 12th, soon behind, tailed off jumped slowly 13th, rallied out wide before 3 out, went remote 5th run-in op 9/4

6^th

I See You Well

1111-4

16/1

T: J W MullinsJ: M G Nolan

Off the pace in last pair, left remote 6th 2 out, never a factor op 14/1 tchd 12/1

7^th

7 ½

Placenet

712-2

18/1

T: D PipeJ: Jack Tudor

Held up in mid-division, outpaced 4 out, headway out wide chasing leaders before 3 out, ridden and weakened home turn op 11/1

Also Ran

Fern Hill

912-0

14/1

T: B I CaseJ: J M Quinlan

Led until after 1st, chased winner, jumped slowly 3rd, lost 2nd 12th, chased leaders, reminders before 17th, ridden and struggling before bad mistake 3 out, behind and pulled up soon after op 16/1

Hudson De Grugy

711-7

7/2

T: G & J MooreJ: N F Houlihan

Held up in rear, not fluent 9th and 11th, bad mistake 18th, rallied out wide 3 out, ridden along and losing place when fell next op 10/3 tchd 16/5

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Non-Runners

Special Acceptance³⁹

Weight: 10-8| Age: 11

T: P R Webber J: Thomas Bellamy

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£17.00Pl:£3.40, £2.40, £1.50EX:£124.50Trifecta:£493.50Tricast:£579.44SF:£128.39Swingers:£11.70, £9.20, £5.40

Forecasts

Animal (5/2), Hudson De Grugy (7/2), Copperhead (4/1), Trincomalee (15/2), Special Acceptance (8/1), Yes Indeed (10/1), Fern Hill (14/1), Bretney (16/1), I See You Well (16/1), Placenet (18/1)

A few of these arrive with question marks against them so this looks a good opportunity for ANIMAL to quickly resume winning ways and bag a second C&D success. Course-scorer Hudson de Grugy is feared most if, as expected, building on his reappearance third here over a much shorter trip, while the consistent duo Copperhead and Special Acceptance need factoring in too.

ANIMAL (IRE)
HUDSON DE GRUGY (FR)
COPPERHEAD

Previous Winners

2023

Stumptown

Weight: 11-9 |Age: 6

J: J J Burke | T: G P Cromwell

6/4

Prize Money

1st: £9,105.002nd: £4,186.003rd: £2,093.004th: £1,046.005th: £523.006th: £261.00