16:25 Cheltenham

Wednesday 13 April 2022

All13:3014:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:00

Safran Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 2  |   2m 7f 213y  |   Good (Good to Soft in places)  |   11 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:25  |   Winning time: 5m 59.23s
1st
Horse silk
8
710-6
16/1
T: G HanmerJ: S Bowen
In rear, not fluent 1st, effort and smooth headway well before 2 out, went 5th 2 out, chased leader before last, ridden run-in and stayed on dourly to lead on line op 11/1
2nd
Horse silk
nse
5
810-12
11/1
T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: Ben Jones
Mid-division, headway to chase leaders after 3 out, led 2 out, ridden before last where jumped left, stayed on gamely run-in but headed on line op 9/1 tchd 12/1
3rd
Horse silk
14
9
16/1
T: H J EvansJ: Tabitha Worsley (3)
In rear, headway into 3rd before 3 out, close up when badly hampered jumping 2 out, soon ridden in 5th, ran on after last, not trouble front pair tchd 14/1
4th
Horse silk
3
7
6/1
T: Dr R D P NewlandJ: Sam Twiston-Davies
Chased leaders, pushed along 2 out, kept on but not pace to challenge op 13/2
5th
Horse silk
6 ½
10
9/1
T: F O'BrienJ: Liam Harrison (3)
Mid-division, not fluent 8th, ridden 3 out, kept on same pace, never on terms op 8/1 tchd 15/2
6th
Horse silk
45
3
22/1
T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville
Handy, ridden and outpaced before 2 out, soon beaten and tailed off op 18/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
1
1111-12
22/1
T: N A Twiston-DaviesJ: D A Jacob
Towards rear, ridden after 7th, struggling 9th, pulled up op 20/1 tchd 25/1
PU
Horse silk
2
10/1
T: Miss R CurtisJ: Adam Wedge
Prominent, slow jump and lost place 9th, weakened quickly and pulled up op 8/1 tchd 11/1
PU
Horse silk
4
810-13
11/1
T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: M G Nolan
Towards rear, ridden in mid-division 3 out, lost touch and pulled up op 10/1
PU
Horse silk
6
16/1
T: Mrs S J SmithJ: Thomas Willmott (5)
Towards rear, pushed along after 6th, well behind 9th, pulled up op 12/1
F
Horse silk
11
5/4f
T: K BurkeJ: Nick Scholfield
Led, jumped right at times, mistake and hampered rival 2 out, soon headed, ridden and weakening quickly when fell last op 15/8

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£17.00Pl:£3.10, £3.40, £4.10EX:£289.70Trifecta:£4,006.50Tricast:£2,851.28SF:£182.72Swingers:£24.60, £28.70, £20.70

Forecasts

Last Royal (5/4), Jesuitique (6/1), Tip Top Cat (9/1), Lisnagar Oscar (10/1), Pileon (11/1), Zanza (11/1), Wbee (16/1), Risk And Roll (16/1), Small Present (16/1), Haul Away (22/1), Wholestone (22/1)

Verdict

LAST ROYAL got off the mark in effortless fashion in a Wincanton novice last month and he appears to have been handed a potentially lenient opening mark. As such, he gets the nod over the in-form Risk And Roll, with Jesuitique also considered returning from a 2-month break.

  1. LAST ROYAL
  2. RISK AND ROLL (FR)
  3. JESUITIQUE (FR)

Previous Winners

2021
Ask Dillon
Weight: 11-12  |Age: 8
5/1

Prize Money

1st: £10,892.002nd: £5,018.003rd: £2,508.004th: £1,256.00

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