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13:50 Huntingdon

Boongate Kia Sportage Novices' Handicap Chase (Class 4)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 4f 110y
  • Going: Good to Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £6,000 added
  • Winner: £3,899
  • 2nd: £1,145
  • 3rd: £572
  • 4th: £286
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 16.20s
  • Off Time: 13:52:05
  • 7 Ran
1
Silk - Dark Blue, White star, Red sleeves, White stars, Red cap, White star
9/2
  • Form 4P3154
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-12
  • Official Rating 105

jumped well, made most, ridden and ran on flat

2
Silk - Yellow and Maroon diamonds, Yellow sleeves, Yellow cap, Maroon star

Larteta (FR)

16 BF
11/4
  • Form 434323
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-8
  • Official Rating 101

in touch, tracked leaders 5th, chased winner 11th until 2 out, kept on same pace

3
Silk - Black and yellow stripes, black sleeves, yellow stars, black cap, yellow star
9/2
  • Form 46-2816
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-6
  • Official Rating 99

in touch in rear, headway 13th, ridden to chase winner 2 out, kept on one pace flat, lost 2nd near finish

4
Silk - Dark Blue, Red disc, diabolo on sleeves, quartered cap
  • Form 4/U55-4
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-3
  • Official Rating 96

tracked winner, not fluent 9th, tracked leaders 11th, weakened 2 out

5
Silk - Dark blue, light blue hoop, light blue sleeves, dark blue stars, light blue cap
5/1
  • Form 0PP-8
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-0
  • Official Rating 93

raced in snatches close up, lost place 7th, ridden 3 out, 6th 2 out, driven and ran on strongly flat to snatch 2nd near finish

6
Silk - Red, Royal Blue epaulets, Royal Blue sleeves, Red armlets, White cap
  • Form 07550-0
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-13
  • Official Rating 92

tracked leaders, mistake 7th, lost place 12th, not a danger after

7
Silk - Light green and emerald green (quartered), light green sleeves
  • Form 4PP-96U
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-11
  • Official Rating 90

in touch in rear, headway 2 out, hit next, kept on one pace

In depth

Verdict

Guanciale won over hurdles last month but never recovered after slipping and losing his place at Leicester back over fences last time. A clear round could see him figure but LARTETA gets one more chance. A losing favourite on a couple of occasions now, he may well come good in this dropped a couple of pounds by the handicapper. Steel Summit has struggled back over hurdles since scoring over fences at Wetherby and looks best of the rest reverting to chasing.

Formwatch

Steel Summit (IRE) 6-1 (11-4) Tracked leaders, closed 5th, ridden and one pace 3 out, blundered next, no extra before last, 4th of 8, 16l behind Unefille De Guye (9-13) at Exeter 2m 3f cond nov hcp hdl 0-100 (5) gs.

Larteta (FR) 2-1fav (11-5) Tracked leaders, driven and outpaced in 4th after 4 out, no impression from next, left 3rd at last, 3rd of 7, 10l behind Snowell (11-8) at Leicester 2m nov hcp chs 0-105 (4) gs.

Guanciale 11-1 (10-3) Mid-division, headway 4th, driven when not fluent 3 out, weakened next, eased, 6th of 8, well behind Stellar Notion (11-8) at Leicester 2m nov hcp chs 0-120 (4) gs in Nov.

Whiskey Chaser (IRE) 9-1 (10-12) Tracked leader, ridden before 2 out, soon weakened, 4th of 10, 41l behind Mister Spingsprong (10-12) at Hexham 2m nov hdl (4) hvy in May.

Donapollo 100-1 (10-9) Always towards rear, struggling 3 out, never on terms, tailed off, 8th of 13, 47l behind Arpege D'alene (11-0) at Ascot 2m 3f NH mdn hdl (3) gs in Nov.

Expanding Universe (IRE) 6-1 (10-11) Held up towards rear, pushed along and struggling before 3 out, never on terms, last of 10, 31l behind Mont Royale (11-4) at Warwick 2m 3f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) sft in Nov.

Diamond Tammy (IRE) 20-1 (12-0) (cp) (h) a bhnd; to when ur 14, in a race won by Pateese (12-0) at Point-to-Point Owners & Riders C 3m ptp gs, 17 ran.