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14:45 Cheltenham

Jewson Handicap Hurdle Final (Class B)

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 110y
  • Going: Good to Firm
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 55.00s
  • 10 Ran
1
Silk - Emerald Green and Red diamonds, Emerald Green sleeves, Red armlets and star on cap
  • Form 431111
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-12

always behind

2
Silk - Royal Blue and White (halved), checked sleeves and cap
  • Form 3-111
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-7

held up, headway from 4 out, chased leaders from 3 out outpaced after 2 out

3
Silk - BEIGE and EMERALD GREEN check, BEIGE sleeves
10/3
  • Form 04-11
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-7

held up, pushed along and outpaced from 3 out

4
Silk - Yellow, Maroon seams, sleeves and star on cap
  • Form 611
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-7

held up in rear, smooth headway from 4 out, challenged on bit 2 out, led approaching last, soon clear pushed out run in

5
Silk - Orange and Royal Blue (quartered), Royal Blue sleeves, Royal Blue cap, Orange diamond

Whaleef

18
8/1
  • Form 60-1151
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-3

keen hold, chased leaders until weakened 5th

6
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, RED hoops, RED sleeves and cap
40/1
  • Form 322313
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-1

led to 4 out, weakened rapidly from next

7
Silk - White, Red cap, White spots
  • Form 56-12U1
  • Age 4
  • Weight 11-1

took keen hold, chased leaders, led 3 out, hard ridden and headed approaching last, soon outpaced by winner but kept on well for 2nd

8
Silk - Light Blue, Red sash, Yellow cap, Light Blue hoop
12/1
  • Form 121341
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-11

chased leader, led 4 out, headed 3 out, soon weakened

9
Silk - Beige, Dark Green epaulets, armlets and star on cap
  • Form 120142
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-0

close up when pecked badly and unseated rider 4th

10
Silk - Pink and Black diabolo, Pink sleeves, Black armlets, quartered cap
150/1
  • Form 540
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-0

always well in rear, tailed off from 4th

In depth

Verdict

A smashing race, as it should be for the money on offer, and our vote goes to Feel The Pride ahead of Kombinacja, Albuhera, Second Paige and Whaleef. The Jonjo O'Neill-trained selection comes here on the back of three straight wins and she has given the impression that there is better yet to come. There will need to be because this is far and away her toughest test to date. Among her opponents are the four-time winner Second Paige, who has to concede weight to the field; Tom George's likeable and improving Kombinacja, who was Group class on the Flat in her native Poland; Paul Nicholls dual winner Albuhera, who was a 100-rated handicapper on the Flat for Mark Johnston, for whom he scored in good handicaps at around 10 furlongs; and Paul Webber's Whaleef, a winner of three of his last four races, although the bare form of those efforts needs to be improved upon. It all adds up to a very good race, one in which Feel The Pride might be the one worth siding with.