Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

  • 20:45 bet365 Handicap Chase2m

  • Weighed In - (Class 4), £4,700 added, 4yo+, 5 runners
  • Winner £2,975 2nd £879 3rd £439 4th £220
  • Going: Heavy, Soft in places Surface: Turf

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 4m 9.60s
  • Off time: 20:45:28
Pos Horse Odds
1st Stormhoek (IRE) 2/1
2nd Olympian (FR) 9/2
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 P592-5P Barclay Tartan Cabbyl Doo 31 Distance Winner 9 11-12 b1 Brian Harding James Moffatt 107 12/1
2 25-1244 White, Emerald Green hoops, White sleeves, Emerald Green stars, Black cap Olympian (FR) 19 Distance Winner Course and Distance Winner 10 11-12 p Kielan Woods (5) P W Middleton 107 9/2
3 443-117 Red, emerald green sleeves, red stars, striped cap Whatshallwedo 19 Distance Winner 7 11-10 R Johnson Tim Vaughan 105 4/1
4 81432-4 White, royal blue star, halved sleeves and star on cap Stormhoek (IRE) 56 Beaten Favourite Distance Winner 7 11-7 bt S Twiston-Davies N A Twiston-Davies 102 2/1
5 476/24-3 BLACK and WHITE stripes, EMERALD GREEN and WHITE striped sleeves Barton Cliche 29 7 11-7 pt D C Costello N P Mulholland 102 5/2

Verdict

Barton Cliche doesn't appear to find much when push comes to shove while the handicapper may have got to the versatile Whatshallwedo and Cabbyl Doo is still 4lb higher than when scoring at Hexham more than a year ago, despite a string of indifferent efforts since. Olympian has win five times over hurdles but has only managed two places in nine attempts over fences so the one to beat is probably STORMHOEK. He's starting to come down the weights again and is now only a couple of pounds higher than when successful at Ludlow in January. The drop back to 2m might also help.

Formwatch

Cabbyl Doo 9-2 (10-12) Held up, not fluent 3rd, last after 5th, behind 6th, mistake 2 out, pulled up before last, in a race won by Samstown (11-5) at Hexham 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) hvy in Jun, 8 ran.

Olympian (FR) 16-1 (11-7) Tracked leaders, ridden 3 out, stayed on same pace from next, 4th of 11, 8l behind Ray Diamond (11-6) at Fontwell 2m 2f nov hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Jun.

Whatshallwedo 7-2 (11-12) Held up, in touch 5th, weakened before 3 out, eased, last of 7, 44l behind Smalib Monterg (11-11) at Ffos Las 2m hcp hdl 0-105 (4) hvy in Jun.

Stormhoek (IRE) 5-2fav (11-1) Led, edged right and headed 3 out, not fluent last, no extra flat, 4th of 7, 7l behind Jacks Grey (10-13) at Southwell 2m 4f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in May.

Barton Cliche 7-2 (11-10) Tracked leader, every chance 3 out, 3rd and no impression next, hit last, 3rd of 5, 11l behind Petito (11-10) at Newton Abbot 2m 5f hcp chs 0-105 (4) sft in Jun.

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