14:55 Sandown

Friday 5 December 2025

All12:3513:1013:4514:2014:5515:30

Bet At Your Best With Betfair Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:55 | Winning time: 6m 33.1s

1^st

Welcom To Cartries

711-11

10/1

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Tracked leader, shaken up before 2 out, switched right before last, strongly pressed leader run-in, led towards finish, held on tchd 9/1 and tchd 11/1

2^nd

New Order

711-3

17/2

T: C E LongsdonJ: David Bass

Led, not fluent 3 out, ridden after 2 out, headed towards finish, kept on but just denied tchd 9/1

3^rd

1 ¾

In d'Or

712-0

11/2

T: F O'BrienJ: J J Burke

Held up in rear, progress 13th, ridden after 3 out, went third before last, kept on run-in tchd 5/1

4^th

Ideal Des Bordes

710-13

12/1

T: N J HendersonJ: James Bowen

Held up in touch, progress after 11th, mistake 2 out, soon shaken up, tired jump last, no extra tchd 11/1 and tchd 14/1

5^th

Java Point

1011-8

33/1

T: Lemos SouzaJ: J M Quinlan

Held up in touch, detached after 4 out, tailed off op 28/1

6^th

4 ¼

Hidden History

711-8

15/8f

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up in rear, asked for effort before 3 out, no impression from 2 out op 2/1

Also Ran

Champagne Twist

711-10

9/4

T: B PaulingJ: Ben Jones

Midfield, dropped to last after 12th, soon struggling, pulled up before 3 out op 85/40 tchd 2/1 and tchd 5/2

Tommy The Tank

711-3

20/1

T: R & J & J InsoleJ: Charlie Hammond

Prominent, lost place 12th, mistake 14th, bad mistake 15th, pulled up before 16th op 18/1

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Non-Runners

Kelce²⁰

Weight: 10-12| Age: 7

T: N P Mulholland J: C O'Farrell

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£11.00Pl:£2.60, £2.10, £1.90EX:£69.10Trifecta:£372.60Tricast:£518.99SF:£88.70Swingers:£5.80, £8.30, £7.40

Forecasts

Hidden History (15/8), Champagne Twist (9/4), In d'Or (11/2), New Order (17/2), Welcom To Cartries (10/1), Kelce (10/1), Ideal Des Bordes (12/1), Tommy The Tank (20/1), Java Point (33/1)

There shouldn't be much between HIDDEN HISTORY and Champagne Twist, with the latter meeting Dan Skelton's charge on 2 lb better terms compared to when third to that rival (beaten two lengths) at Aintree where they were both making their chase debuts. Champagne Twist's finest hour over hurdles came at this course and he is greatly respected, but Hidden History is proving most progressive for this yard and he is taken to strike again. Kelce and chase debutant Tommy The Tank are others with claims.

HIDDEN HISTORY
CHAMPAGNE TWIST (IRE)
KELCE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024

Hoe Joly Smoke

Weight: 11-4 |Age: 6

J: Harry Skelton | T: D Skelton

9/4

Prize Money

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