Racecards
12:25 Towcester
Bet toteplacepot On All UK Meetings Handicap Chase (Class 5)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 2m 6f
- Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
- Surface: Turf
- £3,300 added
- Winner: £2,144
- 2nd: £630
- 3rd: £315
- 4th: £157
Bebinn (IRE)
19- Form 22P-3P3
- Age 7
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 97
prominent, led 4th, headed 4 out, one pace 2 out, no extra last
- Form 8-5P24P
- Age 9
- Weight 11-10
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer H Tett
- Jockey Hadden Frost
held up, not fluent 1st, in touch when mistake and unseated rider 9th
- Form P4-542F
- Age 9
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer Mrs S Leech
- Jockey Kieron Edgar
led until 4th, prominent, led 4 out, headed next, weakened before 2 out
- Form 7F1P8-1
- Age 7
- Weight 10-11
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer B Pauling
- Jockey Felix de Giles
tracked leaders, mistake 11th, led 3 out, jumped right last, headed and stayed on same pace flat
- Form U12-464
- Age 8
- Weight 10-10
- Official Rating 81
- Trainer R Menzies
- Jockey Alain Cawley
held up, jumped left at times, struggling from 11th, well beaten when taking 4th before 2 out
- Form 64-4575
- Age 11
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer Mrs R Gasson
- Jockey Benjamin Poste
tracked leaders on inside, took keen hold, went 2nd before 2 out, led flat, stayed on
In depth
Verdict
NEWTON THISTLE sluiced up over 3m here eight days ago and should be good enough to defy his penalty against largely out-of-form rivals. Ben Pauling is having a good season and his seven-year-old appears to have taken better to fences second-time around. River D'Or is often well backed but hasn't won since 2012 and wouldn't have finished in front of Samson Collonges at Hexham last time had he stayed on his feet. Bebinn and Bally Gunner are hard to catch right while it's a long time since Jolly Boys Outing showed any worthwhile form.
Formwatch
Bebinn (IRE) 12-1 (11-7) Chased leader, led before 11th, pushed along and headed on long run to 2 out, lost 2nd 2 out, kept on same pace in 3rd and no chance with leading duo, 3rd of 9, 12l behind Ballybough Andy (11-12) at Huntingdon 3m nov hcp chs 0-105 (4) gs.
Bally Gunner 16-1 (11-5) Held up, not fluent 8th, headway 10th, pushed along before 12th, lost place 4 out, soon behind, pulled up after, in a race won by Ballyegan (9-10) at Taunton 2m 7f hcp 0-100 (5) sft in Nov, 8 ran.
River D'or (FR) 3-1fav (10-10) Chased leaders, outpaced 4 out, fell 3 out, in a race won by Dingo Bay (11-1) at Hexham 3m 1f hcp 0-100 (5) hvy, 6 ran.
Newton Thistle 13-8fav (10-3) Always prominent, led 11th, made rest, drew well clear from 4 out, unchallenged after, not fluent last, won at Towcester 3m hcp 0-100 (5) sft beating Gibbstown (11-8) by well, 9 ran.
Samson Collonges (FR) 11-2 (10-8) Led, headed before last, weakened run-in, 4th of 6, 6l behind Dingo Bay (11-1) at Hexham 3m 1f hcp 0-100 (5) hvy.
Jolly Boys Outing (IRE) 6-1 (10-2) Held up, went 4th from 4th, ridden and one pace 2 out, 5th of 9, 23l behind Le Grand Chene (11-3) at Towcester 2m 6f hcp 0-100 (5) gd in Nov.