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15:30 Leicester

Atherstone Handicap Chase (Class 5)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 6f 151y
  • Going: Good to Firm (Good in Places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £7,000 added
  • Winner: £3,697
  • 2nd: £1,701
  • 3rd: £850
  • 4th: £426
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 47.10s
  • Off Time: 15:31:11
  • 7 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Big Changes

9/2

    2
    Silk -

    Cloudy Wednesday (IRE)

    10/3

      1
      Silk - Purple, Emerald Green and White hooped sleeves, Emerald Green cap

      Rostello (FR)

      19 bt D
      12/1
      • Form 8543P4
      • Age 8
      • Weight 12-1
      • Official Rating 101

      jumped left, in rear, headway 6th, lost place 10th, rallied 4 out, outpaced and no impression from 3 out, went 3rd flat

      2
      Silk - Purple, light blue cross belts, white sleeves and cap

      Big Changes

      5 t
      9/2
      • Form 211354
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-12
      • Official Rating 98

      towards rear, headway when not fluent 4 out, went 2nd 2 out, led before last, stayed on well

      3
      Silk - Pink, Dark Blue chevrons, hooped sleeves, Pink cap

      Keplerian

      62 t BF
      11/2
      • Form 9444-5P
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-9
      • Official Rating 95

      raced keenly, led until 3rd, chased leader, every chance when reached at 3 out, weakening when mistake last, lost 3rd flat

      4
      Silk - Dark blue, yellow disc, diabolo on sleeves, yellow cap

      C'Est Quelqu'un (FR)

      12 p C
      5/1
      • Form PP-03P1
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-7
      • Official Rating 93

      towards rear, headway after 4th, close up 4 out, weakened from 3 out

      5
      Silk - Pink, emerald green chevron, halved sleeves, emerald green and pink quartered cap

      Also Known As (IRE)

      36 bt
      11/4
      • Form 21-U79
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-2
      • Official Rating 91

      not jump well, chased leaders, ridden after 4th, lost place 7th, pulled up before 12th

      6
      Silk - Dark blue, pink star, hooped sleeves and star on cap

      Cloudy Wednesday (IRE)

      12 p
      10/3
      • Form 650612
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-0
      • Official Rating 86

      chased leader, led 3rd, pressed 4 out, headed before last, no extra final 100 yards

      7
      Silk - Dark green, yellow hoop, black sleeves, yellow cap

      Guttural (IRE)

      336 t
      20/1
      • Form 31/P654-
      • Age 9
      • Weight 10-9
      • Official Rating 81

      towards rear on inside, outpaced 9th, tailed off 14th, pulled up after 4 out

      Previous results

      2022
      Silk -

      Dawn Raider (IRE)

      15/8
      • Age 10
      • Weight 11-11

      2021
      Silk -

      Don Herbager (FR)

      3/1
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-8

      In depth

      Verdict

      Rostello is well treated on his form of last summer but hasn’t been firing. C'est Quelqu'un beat Cloudy Wednesday here 12 days ago and is only a pound worse off but BIG CHANGES takes a slight drop in grade and Lewis Dobb, who won on him twice in the autumn, is back on board.

      Formwatch

      Rostello (FR) 8-1 (12-0) Jumped left, raced wide in touch, ridden and outpaced 3 out, rallied approaching next, kept on to go poor 4th at last, 4th of 8, 27l behind Concetto (11-10) at Huntingdon 2m 4f hcp (5) gd in Feb.

      Big Changes 10-3 (12-0) Held up behind leaders, pushed along after 11th, outpaced 13th, 4th 2 out, soon weakened, 4th of 7, 21 3/4l behind Trac (11-9) at Sedgefield 2m 5f hcp (5) gd in Feb.

      Keplerian 7-2fav (11-10) Close up, headway and hit 4 out, soon weakened and not fluent next, soon pulled up, at Leicester 2m 4f hcp (5) hvy in Dec.

      C'Est Quelqu'un (FR) 12-1 (11-2) Tracked leader 3rd, hung left to outer at 8th, tracked leaders, ridden to lead narrowly 2 out, asserted towards finish, won at Leicester 2m 4f hcp (5) gd in Feb beating Cloudy Wednesday (10-11) by 1 1/4l, 7 ran.

      Also Known As (IRE) 50-1 (11-10) In touch, pushed along 5th, ridden and weakened 3 out, 9th of 13, 30 1/2l behind Hercules Morse (11-10) at Ffos Las 2m 4f mdn (4) sft in Jan.

      Cloudy Wednesday (IRE) 9-2 (10-11) In touch towards rear, headway and good jump to lead 6th, ridden and headed narrowly 2 out, still every chance next, stayed on one pace, 2nd of 7, 1 1/4l behind C'Est Quelqu'un (11-2) at Leicester 2m 4f hcp (5) gd in Feb.

      Guttural (IRE) 12-1 (11-4) Held up towards rear, ridden after 10th, well behind 12th, tailed off, 4th of 8, dist behind Aeronisi (11-10) at Fontwell 3m 2f hcp (5) gd in Mar.