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14:55 Newbury

Vodafone Handicap Chase (Class C)

  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 3m
  • Going: Good
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 56.20s
  • 13 Ran
1
Silk - Orange, Light Blue sash and sleeves, Light Blue and Orange quartered cap
  • Form 5-F2361
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-12

held up, some headway when pecked 13th, soon struggling, behind when fell 4 out

2
Silk - Dark Green, Light Blue hooped sleeves, Blue cap, Green hoop
7/2
  • Form 2564-12
  • Age 10
  • Weight 11-10

held up in rear, headway approaching 10th, went 3rd approaching 3 out, ridden and one pace from next

3
Silk - RED, DARK BLUE seams, WHITE sleeves, DARK BLUE seams, DARK BLUE cap, WHITE star
10/1
  • Form 2U0/P0P
  • Age 12
  • Weight 11-8

held up, weakening when mistake 13th, behind when pulled up before 4 out

4
Silk - RED, WHITE cross belts, hooped sleeves and star on cap
  • Form 0-1120U
  • Age 10
  • Weight 11-8

held up in touch, ridden 5 out, weakened before next, behind when pulled up before 2 out

5
Silk - BLACK, WHITE chevron, WHITE sleeves, ORANGE armlets and cap
11/1
  • Form F2PU22
  • Age 13
  • Weight 11-6

led to 8th, chased winner to 11th, ridden approaching 4 out, weakened 2 out

7
Silk - EMERALD GREEN and YELLOW (quartered), WHITE sleeves and cap
  • Form 231-540
  • Age 9
  • Weight 11-2

tracked leader, led 8th, pressed from 4 out, ridden approaching 2 out, stayed on well flat

8
Silk - Beige, Red seams, Emerald Green sleeves, Red seams, Red cap
  • Form 113421
  • Age 12
  • Weight 10-12

held up in rear, headway 7th, not fluent next, weakened 4 out

9
Silk - Royal Blue, Red cross belts, halved sleeves, Royal Blue cap, Red diamond

Red Guard

262
8/1
  • Form 31F2-54
  • Age 10
  • Weight 10-9

held up in touch, jumped right 5th, weakened 14th, behind when pulled up before 2 out

10
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, PINK epaulets, PINK cap
  • Form 5U2/65-0
  • Age 12
  • Weight 10-9

always prominent, not fluent 8th, chased winner 11th, challenged from 4 out, not fluent next or 2 out, still every chance last, one pace flat

11
Silk - Royal Blue, large Red spots, Royal Blue sleeves, Red spots, Red cap
25/1
  • Form 2P-P2RP
  • Age 10
  • Weight 10-9

held up in rear, pushed along 10th, weakened 12th, behind when hampered 4 out, tailed off

12
Silk - Red, White sleeves, Red stars, White cap, Red star
33/1
  • Form 21234P
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-8

mid-division, hampered 5th, lost place next, weakened 10th, tailed off when pulled up before 5 out

13
Silk - Pink and Dark Green diamonds, striped sleeves, hooped cap
13/2
  • Form 213P-F2
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-6

chased leaders, ridden and gradually weakened from 3 out

14
Silk - Yellow, black chevrons, striped cap
33/1
  • Form 5F-P536
  • Age 11
  • Weight 10-1

in touch to 6th, weakened 10th, tailed off

6
NR
  • Form U1B221
  • Age 11
  • Weight 11-4

In depth

Verdict

Most of these are fairly exposed but we like the look of Desailly most of all, with Prominent Profile possibly proving his biggest danger. The Toby Balding-trained selection has gone well here in the past, has been lightly campaigned this season, and has a lot of natural ability. All in all, he could land this and work his way into the Martell Cognac Grand National picture. Prominent Profile made short work of what looked a competitive race at Sandown last time and, despite being raised eight pounds for that effort, can go well again. Banker Count is well-handicapped on the best of his 2002 runs but has struggled so far to recapture that level of form, despite a reasonable run last time. Barry Geraghty's booking for the formerly-useful novice Lord Of The River is interesting and this one holds a Fulke Walwyn/Kim Muir entry. Red Guard remains well-weighted on the best of his form and, if in a going mood, could go well, while Midland Flame is also becoming more-competitively weighted. Be My Destiny is progressing nicely but has top-weight to shoulder here while Tremallt has belied his advancing years in recent runs and should lead them a merry dance, but that could set the race up for Desailly, who gets our vote.