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14:55 Cheltenham

Pertemps Handicap Hurdle (Qualifier) (Class B)

  • 14 Runners
  • Distance: 3m 1f 110y
  • Going: Good
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 6m 31.20s
  • 14 Ran
1
Silk - EMERALD GREEN and MAROON (quartered), halved sleeves, EMERALD GREEN cap
50/1
  • Form 50133-0
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-12

jumped right and never going in rear

2
Silk - MAROON, YELLOW sleeves, WHITE armlets, MAROON and YELLOW quartered cap
  • Form 224P-11
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-8

always in touch, headway after 7th, led approaching 9th, ridden after 2 out, blundered last, all out

3
Silk - White, black button on cap

Miss Cool

135
40/1
  • Form 013-F21
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-7

held up, headway after 8th, ridden approaching 3 out, weakened next

4
Silk - YELLOW, ROYAL BLUE sash, YELLOW and ROYAL BLUE hooped sleeves, quartered cap
  • Form 100-443
  • Age 10
  • Weight 11-4

led, reminders after 7th, headed approaching 9th, soon beaten

5
Silk - WHITE, RED stripe
  • Form 33P-R11
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-1

in touch, headway 9th, ridden approaching 2 out, one pace

6
Silk - Emerald green, orange hoops, white cap

Creon

13
16/1
  • Form 61/016-3
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-13

in touch, mistake 5th, headway 8th, ridden approaching 3 out, weakened next

7
Silk - Black, large Red spots, Black sleeves, Red cap
  • Form 21/105-1
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-12

in touch, ridden 9th, outpaced approaching 3 out, stayed on approaching last, not trouble leaders

8
Silk - Royal Blue, Red seams, White sleeves, Red seams and cap
  • Form 30-11
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-8

held up, good headway 9th, chased winner approaching 3 out, soon ridden, kept on same pace

9
Silk - PINK and YELLOW diamonds, YELLOW sleeves and cap
5/1
  • Form 3121-2U
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-7

chased leaders, led briefly approaching 9th, soon ridden, weakened after 2 out

10
Silk - MAROON, WHITE stripe, striped cap
  • Form 50122-1
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-6

chased leaders until 8th, weakened after 4 out

11
Silk - LIGHT BLUE, BEIGE star
  • Form P5140-1
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-2

always behind, tailed off

12
Silk - Red and emerald green diabolo, emerald green sleeves and cap
  • Form 000P-00
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-0

held up, headway after 4 out, ridden to chase winner approaching last, rallied well under pressure flat, stayed on

13
Silk - Royal Blue, Emerald Green armlets
66/1
  • Form U24461
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-0

held up, some headway 4 out, soon ridden, weakened

14
Silk - YELLOW, PURPLE epaulets, PURPLE and YELLOW diabolo on sleeves
  • Form 52P100
  • Age 10
  • Weight 10-0

chased leaders until 7th, soon behind

In depth

Verdict

A wide open renewal can go to Creon, with many dangers including Battle Warning, Miss Cool, His Nibs, and Positive Profile to name but four. Jonjo O'Neill did have Sh Boom earmarked for this race but the fact that he runs Creon instead suggests that he is fit and ready after his comeback third over fences at Towcester a fortnight ago. Granted he is not as well treated over timber as fences but was good enough to finish sixth to stablemate Inching Closer in the Pertemps Final at the Festival in March. Any money for him would increase our faith in the eight-year-old, who is invariably well backed when he does win. Tom Phelan has been in the saddle for three of his six career victories, and can claim a valuable five pounds. Battle Warning defied nearly a stone rise in the weights when battling home at Ascot to supplement earlier Aintree gains, and he will not go down without a fight here. Tony McCoy rides him rather than Miss Cool who has had a rest since scoring in novice chase company at Newton Abbot in July. His Nibs is on a roll, having gained back-to-back successes at Lingfield and Market Rasen. He did not take to fences but has appreciated a step up in trip and is another that can figure in proceedings. Positive Profile is yet another with claims, having doubled up at Kelso and Doncaster since finishing ninth in the Cesarewitch. He will stay and makes some appeal as a place prospect. It is a hard one to call, but Creon gets a tentative vote.