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15:20 Market Rasen

Victor Lucas Memorial Novices' Chase (Class C)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 1f 110y
  • Going: Good
  • Surface: Turf
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 25.10s
  • 7 Ran
1
Silk - Emerald Green, White braces, Yellow cap
  • Form 72P5P-1
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-10
  • Official Rating 104

in rear, pushed along after 9th, left poor 3rd 2 out

2
Silk - RED, large BLACK spots, RED sleeves, BLACK spots, BLACK cap
6/1
  • Form 11227-1
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-10

chased leaders, pushed along after 9th, 6 lengths down in 2nd when fell 2 out

3
Silk - Black and Beige (halved), chevrons on sleeves, Beige cap
  • Form 1112-1
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-4

chased winner, ridden to go 2nd when fell 3 out

4
Silk - Yellow, Purple epaulets, sleeves and star on cap

Dabus

14 CDD
150/1
  • Form 6P0R89
  • Age 10
  • Weight 11-4
  • Official Rating 99

whipped round start, unseated rider

7
Silk - White, Dark Blue stripe, Dark Blue sleeves, White armlets, striped cap
  • Form 3P/3P-PP
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-4

chased leaders, reminders approaching 7th, soon lost place, left remote 4th 3 out

8
Silk - Emerald green, orange hoops, white cap
  • Form 11P/14-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-4

held up in touch, mistake 4th, outpaced from 9th, left 2nd 2 out, no chance with winner

10
Silk - BLACK and WHITE (halved), RED sleeves and cap
  • Form 111-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-5

jumped well, made all and keen, left clear 3 out, left virtually alone 2 out, easily

9
NR
400/1
  • Form U74P-U9
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-5

Withdrawn

5
NR

Konker

355
  • Form 8102/65-
  • Age 10
  • Weight 11-4
  • Official Rating 105

Nonrunner

6
NR
  • Form 0/PP
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-4

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

Coat Of Honour and The Rising Moon both have ability and are interesting recruits to the novice chasing ranks but Hoo La Baloo is potentially useful and he gets the vote. The selection showed decent form over hurdles in France last term and is an interesting recruit to the powerful yard of Paul Nicholls. Tighe Caster is no slouch and Paul Webber's gelding made a winning start to his chasing career when landing a race at Worcester last month but this looks tougher under his penalty. Perth winner Cyborg de Sou is also likely to struggle under his penalty and of more interest may be Howard Johnson's Coat Of Honour, who won the race formerly known as the Swinton Hurdle when last seen under National Hunt rules. He does not have the look or build of a chaser though and a bigger threat is likely to come from The Rising Moon. Jonjo O'Neill's gelding is less exposed than most of these and may be better than he showed last term when like most of the yard's runners he was under a cloud.

Formwatch

Cyborg De Sou (FR) 14-1 (10-7) In rear, jumped slowly 1st, headway after 4 out, led 2 out, driven out, won at Perth 2m nov chs (D) gd in Sept beating Kalou (10-9) by 3/4l, 6 ran.

Tighe Caster 3-1jt-fav (10-12) Held up, not fluent 5th, headway 8th, ridden approaching 2 out, led flat, ran on, won at Worcester 2m beg chs (E) gf in Sept beating Demi Beau (10-12) by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.

Coat of Honour (USA) 6-1 (10-0) Chased leader, ridden to lead approaching 2 out, stayed on well, won at Haydock 2m hcp hdl Grd 3 (A) gs in May beating Definate Spectacle (10-0) by 5l, 11 ran.

Dabus 50-1 (10-7) Chased leaders, weakened from 4th, tailed off from 3 out, last of 9, well behind Karathaena (10-12) at Market Rasen 2m 1f hcp hdl 0-120 (D) gd.

The Rising Moon (IRE) 5-2fav (11-4) Held up in rear, headway 4th, ridden 2 out, weakened approaching last, 4th of 9, 18l behind Marcel (11-7) at Cheltenham 2m nov hdl Grd 2 (A) gd in Nov.

Hoo La Baloo (FR) (8-5) won at Bordeaux Le Bous 2m 2f hdl gd in Apr beating Hyalamo (8-7) by 6l, 4 ran.

Konker 33-1 (11-4) Chased leaders, behind from 9th, tailed off when blundered 3 out, 5th of 8, well behind Manoram (11-10) at Cheltenham 2m nov chs (C) gd.

Saddlers Boy 100-1 (10-11) Always behind, tailed off when pulled up at the last in race won by Darasim (10-11) at Carlisle 2m 1f nov hdl (E) gf, 13 ran.