Racecards
14:40 Ffos Las
Walters UK Ltd Handicap Chase (Class 3)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 3m 1f 110y
- Going: Heavy
- Surface: Turf
- £10,000 added
- Winner: £6,498
- 2nd: £1,908
- 3rd: £954
- 4th: £477
- Form 1131-32
- Age 8
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 131
- Trainer M Keighley
- Jockey Ian Popham
tracked leading pair, driven and lost place 11th, soon behind, tailed off when pulled up after 3 out (usual 4 out)
- Form 1/581-2
- Age 5
- Weight 11-11
- Official Rating 130
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey A P McCoy
held up in touch, headway 11th, driven when not fluent and rider lost iron briefly 3 out (usual 4 out), ridden to chase leading pair before 2 out, soon no impression, lost moderate 3rd near finish
- Form 1P6-5F0
- Age 7
- Weight 11-11
- Official Rating 130
- Trainer P & M Bowen
- Jockey Donal Devereux
held up in touch on inside, headway 12th, went 2nd 3 out (usual 4 out), ridden and kept on under pressure approaching 2 out, held flat
- Form 4/0P11P-
- Age 9
- Weight 11-9
- Official Rating 128
- Trainer D Pipe
- Jockey T Scudamore
led, reminder after 9th, headed next, weakened 13th, pulled up before next
- Form 212PP-P
- Age 8
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 127
- Trainer Miss V Williams
- Jockey Aidan Coleman
tracked leader, led 10th, made rest, ridden before last, stayed on well flat
- Form 7/430-35
- Age 8
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 119
- Trainer D Killahena & G McPherson
- Jockey J M Maguire
held up in touch on outside, headway 11th, effort when not fluent 3 out (usual 4 out), 4th and beaten 2 out, stayed on to take moderate 3rd near finish
- Form 558731
- Age 8
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 105
- Trainer Evan Williams
- Jockey Paul Moloney
held up behind, mistake 9th, struggling next, pulled up before 12th
- Form 53/21P-U
- Age 6
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 121
- Trainer N A Twiston-Davies
- Jockey Sam Twiston-Davies
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Verdict
Titchwood's jumping on his chase debut at Ascot left a bit to be desired and, though he has plenty of scope, this test against experienced handicappers may come too soon. Seymour Eric is also a novice but will stay every inch of this trip as will Shaking Hands, who also loves the mud. Stormyisland Ahead won over 3m at Chepstow last month while Count Guido Deiro was still in touch when unseating Adam Wedge at Ascot but we'll give another chance to RELAX. The fact that he's been pulled up three times in a row is hardly a glowing endorsement but little went right form him on his reappearance at Haydock when well backed and he's easing towards a decent mark again.
Formwatch
Seymour Eric 5-6fav (11-2) Led, reminder after 9th, blundered and headed 13th, every chance 4 out, ridden before 2 out, kept on and held towards finish, 2nd of 5, 2l behind Indian Castle (11-2) at Wetherby 3m 1f beg chs (4) gs in Nov.
Titchwood (IRE) 4-1 (11-1) Tracked leading pair, mistake 4th and 7th, went 2nd 3 out, effort next, ridden between last 2, kept on and every chance until hung left and held flat, 2nd of 4, 1 1/4l behind Top Of The Range (11-1) at Ascot 2m 3f beg chs (3) gs in Nov.
Sir Du Bearn (FR) 33-1 (11-9) Mid-division on inside, weakened approaching 13th, no chance when mistake 2 out, 11th of 18, 20l behind Tatenen (11-5) at Newbury 2m 6f hcp chs 0-135 (3) gd in Nov.
Shaking Hands (IRE) 6-1 (10-0) Led until 5th, led 8th, not fluent and headed 11th, mistake next, led 13th, headed 14th, 3rd and weakening when pulled up before 4 out, in a race won by Carruthers (10-8) at Ffos Las 3m 4f hcp chs (2) hvy in Feb, 12 ran.
Relax (FR) 5-1fav (10-10) Raced freely, led, blunderd 2nd, mistake 8th, headed 6th, jumped badly right 6 out and 5 out, soon weakened pulled up before 3 out, in a race won by Sydney Paget (10-13) at Haydock 3m 1f hcp chs 0-145 (2) sft in Nov, 12 ran.
Cocacobana (IRE) 7-1 (10-11) Held up in rear, mistake 5 out, 5th and well held before next, 5th of 8, 17l behind Renard D'Irlande (11-3) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-125 (3) sft in Nov.
Stormyisland Ahead 14-1 (11-6) Held up mid-division, headway before 5 out, went 2nd 4 out, led run-in, kept on well, won at Chepstow 3m hcp chs 0-105 (4) hvy in Nov beating Merlin's Wish (11-10) by 1 1/4l, 12 ran.
Count Guido Deiro (IRE) 16-1 (11-2) Held up in last trio, headway to track leaders 9th, blundered and unseated rider 13th, in a race won by Kris Cross (10-3) at Ascot 3m nov hcp chs 0-125 (3) gs in Nov, 10 ran.