Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

  • 16:50 Barrels 'Hereford's Local' Handicap Chase2m

  • Weighed In - (Class 3), £6,000 added, 5yo+, 5 runners
  • Winner £3,899 2nd £1,145 3rd £572 4th £286
  • Going: Heavy, Soft in places Surface: Turf

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 4m 14.50s
  • Off time: 16:51:36
Pos Horse Odds
1st The Chazer (IRE) 2/1
2nd Marodima (FR) 7/4
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 731167- Royal Blue, Yellow Cross of Lorraine, striped sleeves, hooped cap Oscar Gogo (IRE) 68 Distance Winner 10 11-12 Adam Wedge (3) Evan Williams 134 6/1
2 5/01187- Light Blue, Red stars, Light Blue sleeves Oldrik (GER) 26 Distance Winner 9 11-10 p R Johnson P J Hobbs 132 10/1
3 114312- Pink and Brown diamonds, Pink sleeves and cap Marodima (FR) 40 Beaten Favourite Distance Winner 9 11-3 p T J O'Brien Jamie Snowden 125 7/4
4 1/26751- Black and Light Blue (quartered), Black sleeves, White cap Baseball Ted (IRE) 16 Distance Winner 10 11-1 bt A P McCoy C E Longsdon 123 9/2
5 218/24P- Yellow, Dark Green star, hooped sleeves, quartered cap The Chazer (IRE) 24 Beaten Favourite Distance Winner 7 10-9 T Scudamore R Lee 117 2/1

Verdict

The best is saved to the last and there is sure to be plenty of interest in Baseball Ted in this finale with McCoy scheduled to take the reins. The 10-year-old returned to winning ways at Kempton last time and can get a tow around from the headstrong Marodima, successful over both fences and hurdles since the turn of the year. Oscar Gogo loves heavy ground and was successful at Chepstow and Ffos Las in December but we'll take them all on with OLDRIK. The going is a bit of an unknown but his defeat of Doeslessthanme at Taunton at the end of last year has worked out well and he will have needed the run behind that rival at Newton Abbot last month. The Chazer still has some scope over fences but needs to improve on what he's shown so far to figure at this level.

Formwatch

Oscar Gogo (IRE) 9-1 (11-7) Tracked leaders, jumped right 3rd, soon outpaced, weakened before 3 out, 7th of 9, 33l behind Oh Crick (11-12) at Chepstow 2m hcp chs (2) sft in Feb.

Oldrik (GER) 12-1 (10-10) Held up, headway to 4th at 7th, weakened soon after 8th, struggling when hit 10th, tailed off, 7th of 8, well behind Doeslessthanme (11-4) at Newton Abbot 2m hcp chs 0-150 (2) gd in Apr.

Marodima (FR) 5-2fav (11-12) Prominent, led 2nd, not fluent 6th, headed 3 out, stayed on, 2nd of 7, 4 1/2l behind Hellfire Club (11-3) at Newbury 2m 1f hcp chs 0-125 (3) gd in Mar.

Baseball Ted (IRE) 9-1 (11-12) Held up in touch in 4th, pushed along and outpaced after 4 out, went 3rd from 2 out, kept on to lead towards finish, won at Kempton 2m hcp chs 0-120 (4) gd in Apr beating Kikos (11-10) by 1 3/4l, 7 ran.

The Chazer (IRE) 7-4fav (11-12) Raced keenly, held up in touch, outpaced 5 out, weakened next, behind when pulled up before 2 out, in a race won by Lady Everywhere (10-12) at Chepstow 2m 3f nov hcp chs 0-120 (4) sft in Apr, 8 ran.

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