15:05 Ascot

Friday 22 December 2017

All12:4513:2013:5514:3015:0515:40

Mitie Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 3  |   2m 5f 141y  |   Good to Soft (Soft in places)  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:06  |   Winning time: 5m 33.2s
1st
Horse silk
13
6/1
T: P W MiddletonJ: Daniel Sansom (3)
Chased leader, hit 4 out, led well before 2 out, strongly pressed from 2 out, stayed on gamely to assert final 150 yards, won going away op 11/2
2nd
Horse silk
1 ½
4
9/4f
T: N J GiffordJ: Mitchell Bastyan
Tracked leaders, pushed along and outpaced after 3 out, rallied into 2nd and challenged 2 out where every chance last, no extra final 150 yards tchd 5/2
3rd
Horse silk
15
12
6/1
T: Jonjo O'NeillJ: Killian Moore (3)
Chased leading pair, 2nd approaching 2 out until 2 out, soon outpaced in 3rd, no chance with leading duo tchd 13/2
4th
Horse silk
4 ½
25
7/1
T: P HendersonJ: Bryony Frost
Led, pushed long after 3 out, headed well before next, lost 2nd approaching 2 out, weakened and hit last op 10/1
5th
Horse silk
¾
24
11/1
T: Miss S SmithJ: Jack Sherwood
Held up in 5th or 6th, headway 4th, pushed along chasing leading trio after 3 out, weakened next op 10/1
6th
Horse silk
nk
7
3/1
T: Kerry LeeJ: Richard Patrick (3)
Took keen hold, held up in last pair, bit slipped and pulled way through to join leaders on wide outside before 5th, continued to hang badly left, eased after next, ran on in home straight, never able to recover op 7/2
7th
Horse silk
17
26
40/1
T: P HendersonJ: C Gethings
Took keen hold, held up last, never a factor, tailed off op 33/1
8th
Horse silk
34
8
12/1
T: B EllisonJ: Mr Kaine Wood (3)
Held up in 6th, pushed along and weakened soon after 3 out, tailed off

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.90Pl:£1.80, £1.30, £1.70EX:£23.50Trifecta:£189.40Tricast:£84.98SF:£20.69Swingers:£3.50, £3.90, £3.30

Forecasts

The Mighty Don (9/4), Eaton Hill (3/1), Golan Fortune (6/1), Sky Pirate (6/1), Good Man Vinnie (7/1), Invicta Lake (11/1), Our Kylie (12/1), Minella Tweet (40/1)

Verdict

Sky Pirate very much looked the part when winning at Worcester in October, but that form hasn't been well advertised by the runner up Kings Ryde since. Furthermore, the Jonjo O'Neill trained four-year-old was a disappointment himself at Southwell last month, although it might be wise to ignore that effort as that sharp jumps track isn't every horses bowl of oats. The handicapper appears reluctant to drop The Mighty Don, and whilst he could well be proved correct here, the over-riding feeling is that he's 7lb too high in the weights. Good Man Vinnie is an unknown in handicaps over hurdles and should be in the shake up, but a speculative shout goes up for INVICTA LAKE. He was entitled to need a couple of runs to regain his match fitness, and whilst he is knocking on eleven years of age now, he looks undeniably attractively weighted from a mark 12lb below his last winning one at Sandown in early 2015.
  1. Invicta Lake
  2. Sky Pirate
  3. The Mighty Don

Previous Winners

2016
Kalondra
Weight: 11-12

Prize Money

1st: £6,498.002nd: £1,908.003rd: £954.004th: £477.00

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