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16:45 Stratford

John And Nigel Thorne Memorial Cup (Class H) (A Hunters' Chase ) (Class H)

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 3m
  • Going: None specified
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 10m 16.70s
  • 10 Ran
1
Silk - Maroon, Dark Green chevrons and armlets, Maroon cap, Dark Green star
50/1
  • Form 122P64
  • Age 10
  • Weight 12-8

fell 1st

2
Silk - Dark Blue, Beige hoops, Dark Blue sleeves
  • Form 3-2U151
  • Age 11
  • Weight 12-5

held up, headway to chase leading approaching 14th, led and left well clear 3 out

3
Silk - White, Red stars, White sleeves, Black stars
125/1
  • Form PPP/P-R0
  • Age 9
  • Weight 12-0

prominent, not fluent 2nd, lost place next, tailed off 11th, refused and unseated rider 13th

4
Silk - WHITE, ROYAL BLUE sash, armlets and cap
  • Form 14P/205
  • Age 11
  • Weight 12-0

fell 1st

5
Silk - White, Black sash, hooped sleeves, Black cap
25/1
  • Form 4-213P4
  • Age 11
  • Weight 12-0

soon well behind, tailed off

6
Silk - Dark Blue, White hollow box, Emerald Green and White hooped sleeves and cap
  • Form FP-1F4U
  • Age 12
  • Weight 12-0

led to 2nd, lost place 4th, behind when mistake 4 out

7
Silk - Dark Blue, Mauve triple diamond, Mauve cap
  • Form 233264
  • Age 9
  • Weight 12-0

prominent, hit 8th, ridden 11th, mistake next, soon weakened, tailed off

8
Silk - Orange, Brown disc, Brown cap, Orange spots
  • Form 5FU-03C
  • Age 12
  • Weight 12-0

led 2nd until approaching 9th, chased leader until after 13th, hit 14th, weakening when mistake 4 out, left moderate 2nd 3 out

9
Silk - Yellow, black stars, black sleeves, yellow stars, black cap, yellow star
40/1
  • Form 32-6533
  • Age 15
  • Weight 12-0

soon well behind, fell 8th

10
Silk - YELLOW, BLACK seams, YELLOW sleeves, BLACK stars, BLACK cap, YELLOW star
  • Form 03-3221
  • Age 10
  • Weight 12-0

prominent, lead approaching 9th, headed when blundered and unseated rider 3 out

In depth

Verdict

Chasing The Bride has solid claims and is the pick ahead of The Granby and Chicago City. At the age of 11, Chasing The Bride does not have a great deal of improvement left but a repeat of his demolition job at Wincanton last time should be enough. He took advantage of some poor efforts by the opposition to gallop on to an easy success and has no more to do here. He should like the tight course and although he is no Earthmover, Rilly Goschen should still get a thrill out of riding him home. The Granby, formerly with Mary Reveley, can give him most to do, having shaped fairly well on both starts this term, while Chicago City, who will find this less of a test than his last two engagements at Ascot and Newbury is best of the rest. Chasing The Bride is the one to beat though.