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13:30 Huntingdon

East Of England Skills Brokerage Novices' Handicap Chase (Class 4)

  • 12 Runners
  • Distance: 3m
  • Going: Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £5,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 6m 27.40s
  • Off Time: 13:36:53
  • 12 Ran
1
Silk - Mauve, Black stars, Mauve cap
  • Form 1P/
  • Age 10
  • Weight 11-12
  • Official Rating 101

held up mid-division, slow 2nd, behind when pulled up 3 out

2
Silk - EMERALD GREEN and YELLOW check, YELLOW sleeves and cap
7/1
  • Form 8751-P3
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-11
  • Official Rating 100

led until 1st, remained prominent, slow 11th, outpaced 2 out, stayed on to chase winner last

3
Silk - Dark Blue and White (quartered), hooped sleeves, Dark Blue cap
  • Form 63-3572
  • Age 10
  • Weight 11-9
  • Official Rating 98

always behind

4
Silk - Maroon, Royal Blue star and star on cap
  • Form P322P7
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-7
  • Official Rating 96

held up in touch, ridden 5 out, soon behind, pulled up before last

5
Silk - Dark Blue, White braces, sleeves and cap
9/2
  • Form 565P-31
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-7
  • Official Rating 96

always behind, pulled up 3 out

6
Silk - Purple, Emerald Green Cross of Lorraine

Denada

24 D
7/1
  • Form 237-32U
  • Age 11
  • Weight 11-4
  • Official Rating 93

held up, not fluent 5th, behind when pulled up 9th

7
Silk - Emerald Green, Black star
  • Form U5-3236
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-13
  • Official Rating 88

held up, headway 3 out, chased leaders next, stayed on flat

8
Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow braces, Royal Blue sleeves, Yellow stars, Yellow cap
  • Form 5P3-1P2
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-9
  • Official Rating 84

reminders after start, soon prominent, led after 9th, clear and not fluent 2 out, ridden out

9
Silk - Red and Royal Blue check, Royal Blue and White check sleeves, Red cap
  • Form 56U-736
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-8
  • Official Rating 83

led 1st, headed after 9th, ridden to chase winner 2 out, soon one pace

10
Silk - Dark Green, Red epaulets, Red sleeves, Dark Green armlets, Dark Green and Red hooped cap
  • Form 323-888
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-7
  • Official Rating 82

behind, headway 3 out, outpaced next, headway and mistake last, stayed on

11
Silk - Black and Emerald Green diamonds, White sleeves, White cap, Black star
  • Form 93-3431
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-1
  • Official Rating 76

held up in touch, headway 8th, outpaced 2 out, soon beaten

12
Silk - Royal Blue, Pink stripe, Pink cap
66/1
  • Form 5/P3F-PP
  • Age 10
  • Weight 10-0
  • Official Rating 73

tracked leaders, lost place 6th, soon behind, pulled up 3 out

In depth

Verdict

Black Collar was most courageous when winning last time out and can follow up today at the expense of Penny Park and Captain Flinders. The selection got the better of the inform Superrollercoaster in that Folkestone event by a short margin. That was only her second run back following a ten month break and she should be open to more improvement. Penny Park is very lightly raced for an eight-year-old and would have got a lot closer to Balladeer at Kempton last time out but for being badly hampered. If none the worse for that scare he should go well off his current mark. Captain Flinders looked on the way back last time when chasing home Chopneyev and some place money should be coming his way. Alderbrook Girl is in good form this season and looks the pick of the others, but we expect Black Collar to defy a seven pound penalty and he gets our vote.

Formwatch

Penny Park (IRE) 5-2fav (10-13) Tracked leader 3rd until hampered 5th, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 7, 20l behind Balladeer (11-4) at Kempton 3m hcp chs 0-120 (3) gd in Nov.

Captain Flinders (IRE) 6-1 (11-5) Held up, headway 3 out, chased winner next, no impression, 2nd of 6, 7l behind Chopneyev (11-5) at Huntingdon 3m nov chs (4) sft.

Black Collar 8-1 (10-7) Held up in rear, steady headway going well from 12th, tracked leaders after 3 out, led last, hung right under pressure run-in, on top near finish, won at Folkestone 3m 1f hcp chs 0-110 (4) gs beating Superrollercoaster (10-9) by a nk, 11 r.

Denada 7-2 (9-12) Held up, blundered 4th, ridden and unseated rider at the 11th in race won by Florida Dream (11-7) at Warwick 3m hcp chs 0-115 (4) hvy in Dec, 11 ran.

PonchaTrain (IRE) 40-1 (10-4) Held up, stayed on from 4 out but never dangerous, 6th of 13, 15l behind Art Virginia (11-11) at Ludlow 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-115 (3) gs in Dec.

Alderbrook Girl (IRE) 6-1 (9-10) Tracked leaders, led briefly 9th, mistake 2 out, held run-in, 2nd of 6, 2l behind The Hardy Boy (10-2) at Plumpton 2m 4f hcp chs 0-105 (4) sft.

Highland Chief (IRE) 8-1 (10-5) Mid-division, ridden 4 out, no real impression, 6th of 17, 25l behind Ferimon (11-2) at Huntingdon 3m nov hcp chs 0-110 (4) gs in Dec.

Phareight Dei (IRE) 11-4fav (10-3) Prominent, led 5th, ridden approaching 3 out, ran on gamely from 2 out, driven out, won at Exeter 2m 6f nov hcp hdl 0-100 (4) hvy beating Georges Boy (10-12) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.