Skip to content

Racecards

15:45 Towcester

Ladbrokescasino.Com Intermediate Handicap Chase (Class D)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 6f
  • Going: Soft, Heavy in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 53.70s
  • 5 Ran
1
Silk - EMERALD GREEN, BLACK seams, EMERALD GREEN sleeves, BLACK spots and spots on cap
  • Form 2P122P-
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-12

prominent, joined winner 5th to 8th, ridden and every chance approaching 3 out, weakened before next

2
Silk - Yellow, black chevrons, striped cap
12/1
  • Form 33/11P6-
  • Age 11
  • Weight 11-5

held up, mistake 4th, tailed off when blundered 11th and last

4
Silk - Yellow, black chevrons, green cap
  • Form 0254P-4
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-2

prominent, ridden and every chance approaching 2 out, kept on same pace

5
Silk - Emerald Green and Maroon (halved), sleeves reversed, Emerald Green and Maroon quartered cap
  • Form 53465/2-
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-0

made virtually all, ridden 2 out, all out

6
Silk - Emerald Green, Yellow star, sleeves and cap
  • Form 31P436-
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-11

in touch, ridden to go second 2 out, every chance last, stayed on towards finish

3
NR
  • Form 2P2431-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-3

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

Blunham Hill can beat Jongleur Collonges and Major Benefit, with his course and distance form making the difference. Apart from Buzybakson, the rest are all returning from breaks, some longer than others, but Blunham Hill should be fit enough. The six-year-old has more scope than his opponents, and can only get better over fences, having had just the two attempts so far. He broke his duck here in March when his abundant stamina came into play, and if things go right through the winter, we may see this fellow lining up in the four-miler at the Cheltenham Festival. Jongleur Collonges took on fair company over hurdles and shaped well on his chase debut at Lingfield last November. He is an out-and-out stayer by the looks of it, and will find this track just up his street, but will need the run. Major Benefit was pulled up in the four-miler at this year's Festival and is on the comeback trail along with Stand Easy whose last two outings were at Cheltenham and Aintree. Blunham Hill has conditions on his side here and it will be disappointing if he does not prove up to the task.