Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

  • 14:10 Worcestershire Life Supports St Richard's Hospice Novices' Handicap Chase2m 110y

  • Weighed In - (Class 4), £4,000 added, 5yo+, 6 runners
  • Winner £2,599 2nd £763 3rd £382 4th £191
  • Going: Good to Soft, Good in places Surface: Turf

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 4m 7.00s
  • Off time: 14:10:13
Pos Horse Odds
1st Sagredo (USA) 4/1
2nd Diamond Eclipse (IRE) 11/4
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 26/156-2 Emerald green, yellow hoops, white cap Sagredo (USA) 9 Beaten Favourite 8 11-12 p A P McCoy Jonjo O'Neill 114 4/1
2 00222-P Red, white cross belts, black and white hooped cap Great Kicker (IRE) 19 7 11-10 t A Glassonbury S C Burrough 112 11/1
3 4725-12 White, Emerald Green hoops, White sleeves, Emerald Green stars, Black cap Olympian (FR) 5 Beaten Favourite Distance Winner 10 11-9 v J E Moore P W Middleton 111 9/1
4 60/FUU-7 Purple, Orange Cross of Lorraine, sleeves and cap Kusadasi (IRE) 27 7 11-5 b T Scudamore D Pipe 107 12/1
5 1/02552- Black, Light Blue hoops, check cap The Boss (IRE) 48 Beaten Favourite 7 10-13 p1 Nick Scholfield J Scott 101 15/8
6 360/223- Black, red star, halved sleeves and star on cap Diamond Eclipse (IRE) 63 Beaten Favourite 6 10-3 D A Jacob Nick Williams 91 11/4

Verdict

Sagredo seems flattered by his hurdles rating and has to run from that mark on just his second start over fences. Olympian reverts to fences on a 14lb lower mark than over timber and is in good enough form to get involved but The Boss has been disappointing over fences. Diamond Eclipse has run poorly each time he's faced soft ground and Kusadasi has failed to complete the course in half of his eight starts over fences. GREAT KICKER ran a shocker at Newton Abbot last time but the ground may have been too firm and his previous three efforts points to his chances here.

Formwatch

Sagredo (USA) 7-4fav (10-12) Tracked leaders, not fluent 1st, closed 12th, challenged 2 out, ridden approaching last, found little, 2nd of 5, 5l behind Stonethrower (10-12) at Wetherby 2m 4f nov chs (4) gs in May.

Great Kicker (IRE) 7-1 (11-1) Mid-division, headway after 6th, mistake next, soon ridden, weakened after 4 out, pulled up before 2 out, in a race won by Dean's Grange (11-4) at Newton Abbot 2m hcp chs 0-120 (4) gd in May, 9 ran.

Olympian (FR) Evensfav (11-12) Tracked leaders, went 2nd 4th, shaken up after 3 out, soon beaten, 2nd of 3, 14l behind Enroller (11-12) at Towcester 2m clm hdl (5) gs.

Kusadasi (IRE) 16-1 (11-12) Held up in touch on outside, outpaced 4 out, weakened before 2 out, tailed off, 7th of 8, well behind Sweet World (10-3) at Worcester 2m hcp hdl 0-130 (3) gd in May.

The Boss (IRE) 11-4fav (11-11) Held up, headway 7th, ridden after 15th, left 2nd next, ridden 3 out, jumped left and beaten 2 out, 2nd of 9, 15l behind Colin's Desire (10-4) at Wincanton 3m 1f nov hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Apr.

Diamond Eclipse (IRE) 11-4fav (11-8) Took keen hold, held up towards rear, good headway to close 4th at 9th, went 2nd 12th, challenged 3 out, upsides winner and every chance when mistake next, soon held, weakened to 3rd flat, 3rd of 10, 11l behind Ladyvie (11-9) at Newton Abbot 2m 5f hcp chs 0-95 (5) gd in Apr.

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