Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

  • 19:15 Sinclair Volkswagen Novices' Chase2m

  • Weighed In - (Class 4), £4,800 added, 5yo+, 4 runners
  • Winner £3,119 2nd £916 3rd £458 4th £229
  • Going: Soft Surface: Turf

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 4m 14.50s
  • Off time: 19:17:25
Pos Horse Odds
1st Strumble Head (IRE) 3/1
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 76276-7 Royal Blue, Yellow triple diamond, Yellow sleeves, Royal Blue stars Gentleman Jeff (USA) 25 Distance Winner 8 10-12 p W Hutchinson Lucy Jones 109 9/2
3 1/1PP-U2 White, Red chevron, Emerald Green and Red striped sleeves, Red cap Mike Towey (IRE) 19 Course Winner 7 10-12 T J O'Brien P Bowen 4/7
4 P5524-9 Yellow, Red triple diamond, Red and Yellow halved sleeves, Yellow cap, Red diamond Strumble Head (IRE) 35 Course Winner 7 10-12 p Donal Devereux (3) P Bowen 3/1
5 6PP3-67 Black, Emerald Green hoop, hooped sleeves, Emerald Green cap Sweet Willow 7 7 10-5 t Hadden Frost J D Frost 25/1
Non runners
29/5P62F-Jaffonnien (FR)910-12Tim VaughanR Johnson114

Verdict

Jaffonien has been largely disappointing since arriving from Ireland and Gentleman Jeff has failed to reproduce a good second at Catterick in three subsequent starts. MIKE TOWEY, already successful in a point-to-point, a bumper and over hurdles, made the promising Maoi Chinn Tire pull out all the stops at Cartmel on his second start over fences and can go one better in this as he has the edge in experience over stablemate Strumble Head, who will do better over further.

Formwatch

Gentleman Jeff (USA) 25-1 (11-7) Took keen hold, mistake 1st, chased leader until 7th, chased leaders until ridden and weakened after 2 out, 7th of 10, 27l behind Swift Arrow (11-6) at Kelso 2m 1f nov hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in May.

Jaffonnien (FR) 8-11fav (10-12) Raced in 2nd place, ridden after 2 out, dropped to last place, beaten when fell last, in a race won by Mister Matt (10-4) at Hereford 2m hcp chs 0-130 (3) gs in Apr, 3 ran.

Mike Towey (IRE) 3-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders, went 2nd 2nd, led 4th, headed 6th, hit 7th, not fluent next, close 2nd when not fluent 2 out or last, soon led, headed towards finish, 2nd of 6, 3/4l behind Maoi Chinn Tire (10-12) at Cartmel 2m 1f nov chs (4) gd.

Strumble Head (IRE) 11-1 (10-10) Led until 8th, led again after next, ridden and headed approaching 3 out, soon weakened, tailed off, 9th of 13, well behind Hills Of Aran (11-5) at Ludlow 3m hcp hdl 0-125 (3) gd in May.

Sweet Willow 33-1 (10-7) Held up in mid-division, well behind after 3 out, tailed off, 7th of 12, well behind Mythical Warrior (11-0) at Hereford 2m 4f mdn hdl (5) gf.

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