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14:30 Newton Abbot

At The Races Virgin 534 Novices' Chase (Class 3)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 5f 110y
  • Going: Good to Soft, Good in places
  • Surface: Turf
  • £12,000 added
  • Winner: £7,596
  • 2nd: £2,244
  • 3rd: £1,122
  • 4th: £562
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 21.00s
  • Off Time: 14:30:16
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Theatre Guide (IRE)

2/1

    2
    Silk -

    Marshal Zhukov (IRE)

    13/2

      1
      Silk - Light blue, red braces, white sleeves, red armlets, light blue and red quartered cap

      Kapga De Cerisy (FR)

      40
      3/1
      • Form 4F311P
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-8
      • Official Rating 139

      tracked leader until 2nd, in touch, brought down 8th

      2
      Silk - Black, yellow disc, black sleeves, yellow stars, white cap

      Marshal Zhukov (IRE)

      17 t
      13/2
      • Form 1313B5
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-8
      • Official Rating 140

      held up, took keen hold, some times jumped right, left 3rd when hampered 8th, left 2nd 12th, no chance with winner 3 out

      3
      Silk - ROYAL BLUE, PINK star on body and cap, ROYAL BLUE sleeves, PINK stars

      Theatre Guide (IRE)

      40 t
      2/1
      • Form 7-13PFP
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-8
      • Official Rating 147

      tracked leaders, left 2nd when hampered 5th, challenging when left in lead 12th, clear 3 out, very easily

      4
      Silk - White, Royal Blue epaulets, White sleeves, Red spots, Royal Blue cap

      Empire Levant (USA)

      53
      2/1
      • Form 1200-U1
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-4
      • Official Rating 137

      led, not fluent 1st, headed 3rd, tracked leader, fell 8th

      5
      Silk - Red, Yellow triple diamond, diamonds on sleeves, Red cap, Yellow diamond

      Mister Hendre

      17
      50/1
      • Form 040989
      • Age 5
      • Weight 10-12

      held up in rear, not always fluent, left 4th 8th, lost touch before 10th, pulled up before 12th

      6
      Silk - Beige, Maroon Cross of Lorraine and diamond on cap

      Wise Hawk

      523
      66/1
      • Form 5375/42-
      • Age 8
      • Weight 10-12

      took keen hold, prominent, led 3rd, jumped left 6th, hit 8th and 11th, joined when fell next

      In depth

      Verdict

      EMPIRE LEVANT has much more to do than when beating Speed Steed at Doncaster but that was his debut over fences and there's much more to come. He gets the nod over Kapga De Cerisy, who completed a double at Sandown before finding Cheltenham's Byrne Group Plate too much for him. Theatre Guide pulled up in that same event but is very much better than he showed and enters the reckoning on his earlier form. Marshal Zhukov has been competing at a very high level since his two early victories over fences and will appreciate this drop in grade.

      Formwatch

      Kapga De Cerisy (FR) 12-1 (10-8) In touch, mistake 7th, weakened 4 out, behind when pulled up before next, in a race won by Carrickboy (10-5) at Cheltenham 2m 5f hcp chs G3 (1) gs in Mar, 22 ran.

      Marshal Zhukov (IRE) 25-1 (11-4) Jumped right, held up, mistake 1st, in touch 6th, weakened after 4 out, tailed off, 5th of 6, well behind Special Tiara (11-4) at Aintree 2m nov chs G1 (1) gd.

      Theatre Guide (IRE) 20-1 (11-2) Mistakes, always in rear, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out, in a race won by Carrickboy (10-5) at Cheltenham 2m 5f hcp chs G3 (1) gs in Mar, 22 ran.

      Empire Levant (USA) 4-5fav (11-0) Made all, mostly jumped well, 3 lengths clear when blundered and reduced advantage 5 out, pushed clear again 3 out, ridden out final 110 yards, won at Doncaster 2m 3f nov chs (3) gd in Mar beating Speed Steed (11-0) by 2 1/4l, 5 ran.

      Mister Hendre 4-1 (11-3) In touch, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened, 9th of 12, 35l behind Some Secret (10-11) at Chepstow 2m 4f nov hcp hdl 0-95 (5) gf.

      Wise Hawk 10-1 (10-1) Held up towards rear, headway before 3 out, chased leaders before 2 out, led last, kept on and headed close home, 2nd of 12, hd behind Swift Chap (11-10) at Wincanton 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-105 (4) gs in Nov '11.