13:50 Newbury

Monday 29 December 2025

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Coral Mandarin Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 2  |   3m 1f 214y  |   Good to Soft  |   6 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:50  |   Winning time: 6m 33.04s
1st
Horse silk
2
9/4j
T: Miss E C LavelleJ: Ben Jones
Midfield, not fluent 7th, in touch with leaders 4 out, soon disputed lead going well, led outright 2 out, soon ridden, stayed on well run-in op 2/1
2nd
Horse silk
3 ¼
9
7/1
T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville
Took keen hold, held up in rear, headway into midfield before 5th, in touch with leaders 4 out, soon switched right, ridden and headway approaching last, kept on and went second close home, not reach winner tchd 13/2
3rd
Horse silk
nk
8
9/4j
T: J TizzardJ: Brendan Powell
Prominent, pressed leader before 16th, disputed lead and ridden before 3 out, headed 2 out, outpaced by winner run-in, lost second close home op 5/2 tchd 85/40
4th
Horse silk
16
3
5/1
T: Jamie SnowdenJ: G Sheehan
Not always fluent and ran in snatches, midfield, dropped to rear before 4th, kept on 4 out, switched right before 2 out, went fourth approaching last, no extra run-in tchd 9/2 and tchd 11/2
5th
Horse silk
8 ½
1
5/1
T: C GordonJ: Freddie Gordon
Led, pressed for lead before 16th, ridden before 4 out where not fluent, soon joined, headed before 2 out, soon weakened tchd 11/2
6th
Horse silk
63
6
25/1
T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch
Always in rear, tailed off before 17th op 18/1
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Non-Runners

5
Horse silk
Gericault Roque293
Weight: 11-2|  Age: 9
T: D Pipe  J: Non Runner
NR
4
Horse silk
Brave Kingdom30
Weight: 11-2|  Age: 9
T: P F Nicholls  J: H Cobden
NR
7
Horse silk
Minella Blueway23
Weight: 10-8|  Age: 7
T: Evan Williams  J: Isabel Williams
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.25Pl:£1.60, £3.00EX:£16.60Trifecta:£37.20Tricast:£36.56SF:£17.08Swingers:£3.40, £1.70, £3.80

Forecasts

King's Threshold (9/4), Rivers Corner (9/4), Only The Bold (5/1), Annual Invictus (5/1), Gericault Roque (5/1), Minella Blueway (13/2), Ideal Des Bordes (7/1), Brave Kingdom (8/1), Hold That Taught (25/1)

Verdict

In a contest where few arrive with compelling claims it might be worth chancing the classy ANNUAL INVICTUS, who shaped as if retaining a good chunk of his ability after an absence when mid-field in the Coral Gold Cup over C&D and this is less competitive. Rivers Corner is next on the list, ahead of Only The Bold.

  1. ANNUAL INVICTUS (IRE)
  2. RIVERS CORNER
  3. ONLY THE BOLD (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024
Henry's Friend
Weight: 11-12  |Age: 7
J: Ben Jones  |  T: B Pauling
7/2

Prize Money

1st: £26,015.002nd: £11,960.003rd: £5,980.004th: £2,990.005th: £1,495.006th: £745.00

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