Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

  • 14:30 Bathwick Tyres Yeovil Handicap Chase2m

  • Weighed In - (Class 4), £4,700 added, 5yo+, 8 runners
  • Winner £3,054 2nd £897 3rd £448 4th £224
  • Going: Good to Soft Surface: Turf
  • Sky Bet Race Winning Distance- Under 3 Lengths 7/4

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 4m 14.50s
  • Off time: 14:30:10
Pos Horse Odds
1st Mon Chevalier (IRE) 5/1
2nd Thunder Child 12/1
3rd Knapp Bridge Boy 5/1
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 322F/33 White, Dark Blue epaulets, Light Blue sleeves Mon Chevalier (IRE) 13 Distance Winner 9 11-12 Mr M G Nolan (7) C J Gray 102 5/1
2 2/18586 YELLOW, BLACK chevron, check cap Jackers 10 Course and Distance Winner 7 11-12 bt S Clements (7) C L Tizzard 102 10/1
3 3245P0 Maroon, white and maroon check sleeves Court Gamble (IRE) 10 8 11-11 t A Thornton N P Mulholland 101 13/2
4 1-04467 Royal Blue and Yellow check Swiss Art (IRE) 13 Distance Winner 6 11-8 Lee Edwards (3) B Barr 98 20/1
5 768233 Red, Royal Blue epaulets, striped sleeves Unwanted Gift (IRE) 18 7 11-6 Charlie Huxley (3) Mrs R Hobbs 96 3/1
6 1-665F4 LIGHT BLUE, YELLOW sleeves, LIGHT BLUE cap, WHITE spots Thunder Child 15 12 11-4 t A Glassonbury S C Burrough 94 12/1
7 5P2-P42 Black, Royal Blue sleeves, Black cap, Yellow spots Knapp Bridge Boy 77 Distance Winner 12 10-9 L Treadwell J R Payne 85 5/1
8 31R3P3 Black, Red braces and sleeves, Red and Black quartered cap Sablazo (FR) 22 6 10-7 Nick Scholfield Andrew Turnell 83 9/2

Verdict

Mon Chevalier is gradually coming down the weights but Unwanted Gift has a poor strike rate between the flags and under Rules and likely to find at least one too good again here. Knapp Bridge Boy isn't getting any younger and returns from a break but did finish ahead of Sablazo on similar terms at Hereford in December. JACKERS has hardly set the world alight over fences so far but this three-times hurdles winner still has time on his side and could easily improve past modest opposition with Steven Clements good value for his 7lb claim.

Formwatch

Mon Chevalier (IRE) 6-1 (10-12) In rear but in touch, pushed along before 2 out, left 3rd from last, one pace and no impression, 3rd of 5, 4l behind Russian Conquest (11-3) at Warwick 2m hcp ch 0-110 (4) gd in Feb.

Jackers 6-1 (10-13) Last pair, dropped to last and mistake 4th, outpaced and never on terms after, tailed off, last of 6, 46l behind Amaury De Lusignan (11-12) at Plumpton 2m 1f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gs in Feb.

Court Gamble (IRE) 16-1 (11-11) Always in rear, tailed off when blundered 3 out, 10th of 12, well behind Schism (11-5) at Plumpton 2m 5f mrs hcp hdl (0-105) (4) gs in Feb.

Swiss Art (IRE) 18-1 (11-9) Prominent, pushed along and lost place before 3 out, 7th of 14, 11l behind Aviso (11-8) at Warwick 2m hcp hdl 0-100 (5) gd in Feb.

Unwanted Gift (IRE) 7-2 (10-4) Held up mid-division, headway 5 out, chased winner 3 out, no impression, lost 2nd place towards finish, 3rd of 10, 11l behind Lucky Landing (10-6) at Market Rasen 2m 2f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gs in Feb.

Thunder Child 14-1 (10-12) Prominent, weakened after 9th, mistake 3 out, tailed off, 4th of 10, 42l behind Akarshan (11-6) at Ludlow 2m hcp ch 0-110 (4) gd in Feb.

Knapp Bridge Boy 16-1 (11-7) Chased leadiong trio, pushed along before 3 out, went 2nd after 2 out, no chance with winner, 2nd of 8, 6l behind Chestnut Ben (11-1) at Hereford 2m hcp chs 0-95 (5) sft in Dec.

Sablazo (FR) 10-1 (11-7) Led, jumped right and not fluent 2nd, headed 5th, led 9th, headed 3 out, no impression on winner from next, demoted to 3rd before last, stayed on, 3rd of 11, 12l behind Esteem (11-7) at Southwell 2m nov hcp chs 0-95 (5) gs in Feb.

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