Racecards
15:10 Leicester
David Roberts Reaches 50 Novices' Chase (Class E )
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 2m 7f 110y
- Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
Bak To Bill
37- Form 2-42U13
- Age 9
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 105
- Trainer Mrs S Gardner
- Jockey Lucy Gardner
prominent, hampered 5th, hit 13th, every chance approaching 3 out, weakened after 2 out
- Form 12F42/5
- Age 9
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 100
- Trainer Miss V Williams
- Jockey S Thomas
held up in touch, ridden after 7th, weakened 9th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
Co Optimist
20- Form 5325/53
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 100
- Trainer N A Twiston-Davies
- Jockey Antony Evans
held up in rear, headway 6th, ridden and every chance approaching 3 out, weakened 2 out
- Form 211111
- Age 8
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 101
- Trainer P A Pritchard
- Jockey Mr T J Dreaper
prominent, not fluent 9th, lead after 13th, headed 3 out, one pace
Full On
62- Form 223-62F
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 102
- Trainer A M Hales
- Jockey R Thornton
mid-division, headway 8th, every chance approaching 3 out, no impression on winner from last
- Form PP/21U0-
- Age 8
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 104
- Trainer R T Phillips
- Jockey W Marston
held up, headway approaching 13th, lead 3 out, drew clear flat
- Form 440P-4P
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 105
- Trainer P R Webber
- Jockey T Doyle
lead, jumped left 5th, headed after 13th, weakened before next, pulled up before last
- Form 1/234-3
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 103
tracked leader until approaching 13th, soon weakened, pulled up before 2 out
Palais (IRE)
19- Form 600-3PP
- Age 9
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer John Harris
- Jockey R Hobson
not fluent 7th, always behind, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
Verdict
All going seems alike for Follow The Flow, who can maintain an impressive winning sequence here, with Lough Dante and Bak To Bill likely to give him most to do. The selection has been well placed to win five off the reel this winter and he continues to progress, having gone up 32lbs in the past two months. He jumps well, gets this trip well, and has been winning in handicap company, so back with the novices he can make his experience pay. Lough Dante is officially rated 2lb higher than the selection, but has nothing like the experience having run only four times, one of those over fences. Nevertheless that wasn't a bad effort for a long way and he will be straighter for it, so he comes into calculations. Of the remainder, Bak To Bill stayed on well to land a similar contest at Uttoxeter last month, before failing to follow up at Plumpton. He merits respect here, but we intend to Follow The Flow.