Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

  • 16:30 Betfair. For Better Odds Handicap Chase2m 6f

  • Weighed In - (Class 5), £2,800 added, 5yo+, 12 runners
  • Winner £1,819 2nd £534 3rd £267 4th £134
  • Going: Soft Surface: Turf
  • Sky Bet Race Winning Distance- Over 6 Lengths 7/4

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 6m 19.90s
  • Off time: 16:31:25
Pos Horse Odds
1st Killfinnan Castle (IRE) 6/1
2nd Midnight Charmer 20/1
3rd Try Catch Me (IRE) 16/1
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 645F4P Royal Blue, Red Cross of Lorraine, Royal Blue cap, Yellow spots Near The Water (IRE) 13 8 11-12 L Aspell R Rowe 95 10/1
2 16-3P6P Light Green, Royal Blue cross belts and sleeves, hooped cap Sea Saffron 18 11 11-11 Brendan Powell (5) Mrs S Gardner 94 5/1
3 5/00656 Purple, Emerald Green diamond, diabolo on sleeves, Purple cap, Emerald Green star Dragon's Roost (IRE) 13 7 11-4 b1 Joshua Moore (5) G L Moore 87 10/1
4 F34520 Black and Yellow diamonds, Emerald Green sleeves, Black armlets, Yellow cap, Black diamond Alldunnandusted (IRE) 15 Course and Distance Winner 8 11-2 p A Thornton J W Mullins 85 12/1
5 0-4P0P9 Red and White stripes, Red sleeves, White spots Sam Hall (FR) 7 7 11-2 v Stephen O'donovan (7) B G Powell 85 40/1
6 1-88745 White, Dark Blue Cross of Lorraine and sleeves Carriglea Wood (IRE) 20 6 11-0 pt N Fehily C J Mann 83 7/2
7 833854 White, black cross belts, chevrons on sleeves, black cap Try Catch Me (IRE) 37 7 10-13 p M J Quinlan (3) Mrs A Batchelor 82 16/1
8 53P-P56 Red, Black hoops, chevrons on sleeves, White cap Rash Moment (FR) 245 Distance Winner 13 10-10 p S P Jones M Scudamore 79 40/1
9 62F440 White, Royal Blue sash, striped sleeves and cap Kaycee (IRE) 26 7 10-7 p1 M D Grant R Curtis 76 14/1
10 4-62559 Red, White braces Delgany Gunner 20 Course and Distance Winner 8 10-6 t A Merriam (3) N B King 75 9/2
11 30-5P32 Pink, black sash, black and pink striped sleeves, black cap Killfinnan Castle (IRE) 43 Course Winner Course and Distance Winner 9 10-1 W Kennedy Violet Jordan 70 6/1
13 0PP-536 Cerise, Royal Blue quartered cap Midnight Charmer 14 6 10-0 James Banks (7) Miss E Baker 56 20/1
Non runners
12P335P3Just Playfull1010-0M G RimellC O'Farrell64

Verdict

Delgany Gunner and Killfinnan Castle are both previous C&D winners and aren't badly treated on their best form. The former won this 12 months ago but the latter has the better recent form having finished second at Leicester in January. Near The Water and Sea Saffron were both pulled up last time but neither can be left out of calculations and Kaycee still has some scope over fences. ALLDUNNANDUSTED has won here over hurdles and the step back up in trip could see him opening his account over the larger obstacles in a race that lacks any strength in depth.

Formwatch

Near The Water (IRE) 8-1 (11-10) Behind, some headway 9th, driven and weakened after 12th, tailed off and pulled up 14th, in a race won by Tarquinius (9-9) at Lingfield 3m hcp chs 0-105 (4) gs in Feb, 9 ran.

Sea Saffron 18-1 (11-5) Held up, not fluent 6th, headway next, jumped left and mistake 15th, weakened next, behind 17th, soon pulled up, in a race won by Ceepeegee (10-13) at Wincanton 3m 1f hcp ch 0-110 (4) sft in Feb, 11 ran.

Dragon's Roost (IRE) 14-1 (10-11) In touch, headway to chase leaders 11th, ridden and weakened 14th, tailed off when blundered 3 out, 6th of 9, 45l behind Tarquinius (9-9) at Lingfield 3m hcp chs 0-105 (4) gs in Feb.

Alldunnandusted (IRE) 11-2 (11-4) Mid-division, headway 5th, chased leaders 7th, weakened 10th, tailed off, 11th of 14, 46l behind Mac Halen (10-12) at Taunton 2m 3f hcp chs 0-95 (5) gs in Feb.

Sam Hall (FR) 50-1 (10-12) Led, ridden before and headed 16th, soon weakened, tailed off before 3 out, 9th of 12, well behind Raphiell (11-0) at Southwell 3m 2f hcp chs 0-100 (5) gd in Feb.

Carriglea Wood (IRE) 6-1 (11-2) Tracked leaders, ridden 4 out, weakened flat, 5th of 16, 12l behind Kilvergan Boy (11-8) at Leicester 2m 7f hcp chs 0-95 (5) gd in Feb.

Try Catch Me (IRE) 14-1 (10-12) Chased leader, led 5th, mistake 8th, clear 11th, headed 13th, lost 2nd next, ridden before 4 out, went right and hit next, soon weakened, tailed off, 4th of 9, 49l behind Ballinhassig (9-11) at Plumpton 3m 2f hcp chs 0-100 (5) gs in Jan.

Rash Moment (FR) 33-1 (11-11) Mid-division, ridden and wekened before 4 out, 6th of 15, 43l behind Inishrush (10-8) at Worcester 2m 7f hcp chs 0-85 (5) gd in Jul.

Kaycee (IRE) 100-1 (11-0) Prominent, pushed along 6f out, weakened over 3f out, 11th of 14, 15l behind Tetlami (11-0) at Kempton 2m n h flat (6) gd in Feb.

Delgany Gunner 12-1 (10-6) Mid-division, headway 10th, weakened 2 out, 9th of 16, 20l behind Kilvergan Boy (11-8) at Leicester 2m 7f hcp chs 0-95 (5) gd in Feb.

Killfinnan Castle (IRE) 12-1 (9-11) Tracked leaders, not fluent 9th, challenged 4 out, no impression flat, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Drom (12-4) at Leicester 2m 4f hcp ch 0-95 (5) gd in Jan.

Just Playfull 16-1 (9-11) Chased leading trio, went 3rd before 3 out, one pace, 3rd of 13, 19l behind Oscar Charlie (10-0) at Lingfield 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-100 (5) gs in Feb.

Midnight Charmer 100-1 (10-11) Always behind, mistake 1st, tailed off 10th, 6th of 8, well behind Quentin Collonges (10-9) at Doncaster 3m beg chase (4) gd in Feb.

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