16:10 Kelso

Saturday 26 October 2019

All13:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:4017:15

Royal Caledonian Hunt Handicap Chase

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 1f 14y  |   Good to Soft  |   7 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:13  |   Winning time: 4m 29.1s
1st
Horse silk
1
8/1
T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: Thomas Willmott (5)
Held up well off the pace in mid-division, headway 5th, chased leaders next, led approaching omitted 2 out, soon clear, very easily (4 fences omitted) op 13/2
2nd
Horse silk
14
7
5/1
T: K ScottJ: Callum Bewley
Held up in rear, headway before omitted 2 out, stayed on into 2nd, no chance with easy winner tchd 11/2
3rd
Horse silk
16
5
10/1
T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: D R Fox
Behind, slow 3rd, headway approaching omitted 2 out, stayed on into modest 3rd, never nearer op 11/1 tchd 12/1
4th
Horse silk
7
3
7/4f
T: Mrs S J SmithJ: Danny Cook
Chased leader, driven 5th, soon under pressure, weakened after next op 3/1
5th
Horse silk
7
4
7/2
T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes
Held up, headway 7th, no impression op 4/1 tchd 3/1
6th
Horse silk
3 ¼
6
7/1
T: R M SmithJ: Henry Brooke
Soon led, clear after 2nd, mistake 8th, headed before omitted 2 out, soon lost place op 4/1 tchd 13/2

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
2
12/1
T: L KerrJ: Jonathon Bewley (3)
Tracked leaders, lost place after 2nd, in rear when pulled up before 4th op 11/1 tchd 14/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.80Pl:£3.30, £3.20EX:£52.60Trifecta:£426.80SF:£47.92Swingers:£15.20, £32.70, £14.50

Forecasts

Treshnish (7/4), Middlebrow (7/2), Chain Of Beacons (5/1), Las Tunas (7/1), Vengeur De Guye (8/1), Effet Special (10/1), Sword Of Fate (12/1)

Verdict

Last year's winner Middlebrow is entitled to consideration again from 4lb higher, but he will need to eek out a bit more than we have seen from him and it could be worth chancing CHAIN OF BEACONS, who finished 1L behind Donald McCain's gelding in this last year, but is now 14lb better off. Admittedly, there is slight concern over good to soft ground with the selection, but it could be a risk worth taking. Las Tunas can't be written off, but his record when fresh is not red hot, while neither of Lucinda Russell's pair, Vengeur De Guye and Effet Special, are ruled out.
  1. Chain Of Beacons
  2. Vengeur De Guye
  3. Middlebrow

Previous Winners

2018
Middlebrow
Weight: 11-2  |Age: 7
9/4

Prize Money

1st: £4,938.002nd: £1,450.003rd: £725.004th: £363.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00

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