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13:55 Uttoxeter

St Modwen Properties Beginners' Chase (Class E)

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 2m
  • Going: Heavy
  • Surface: Turf
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 9.90s
  • 10 Ran
1
Silk -
2
Silk -
9/2

    3
    Silk -
    25/1

      1
      Silk - Royal Blue, White chevron, Royal Blue sleeves, White stars, Red cap
      • Form U/4P86-P
      • Age 8
      • Weight 11-3
      • Official Rating 100

      tracked leaders and jumped left 1 and 2, lost place 3rd, tailed off when pulled up before 7th

      2
      Silk - Mauve and Pink diamonds, quartered cap
      40/1
      • Form 1/
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-3

      held up, slightly hampered and fell 2nd

      3
      Silk - EMERALD GREEN, ORANGE sash and sleeves, WHITE cap
      100/1
      • Form 535-P5
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-3
      • Official Rating 94

      held up, lost touch from 7th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out

      4
      Silk - Yellow, black chevrons, striped cap

      Konker

      28 D
      100/1
      • Form 02/65-67
      • Age 10
      • Weight 11-3
      • Official Rating 88

      in touch, mistake 6th, mistake again 8 and weakened, pulled up before 3 out

      5
      Silk - Yellow, Green hoop and armlets, Black cap
      25/1
      • Form 0/12PP-F
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-3
      • Official Rating 115

      made most, bumped 7th, ridden and weakening when headed approaching 2 out

      6
      Silk - White, Royal Blue chevron, Pink cap

      Roman Ark

      26 D
      9/2
      • Form 11190-U
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-3

      held up, in touch when ridden and outpaced 8th, stayed on from 3 out to chase winner in vain last

      7
      Silk - Purple, Yellow star, sleeves and stars on cap
      • Form 40F8-64
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-3

      tracked leaders and keen, led briefly 4th, jumped left and bumped 7th, ridden and every chance 3 out, one pace

      8
      Silk - WHITE, ROYAL BLUE sash, WHITE sleeves, RED armlets, RED cap
      Evs
      • Form 82024-2
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-3

      held up in touch, not fluent 4th, ridden to chase leaders 3 out and weakened

      9
      Silk - Dark blue and white diamonds, white sleeves, red cap

      Villon (IRE)

      276 D
      7/2
      • Form 1/1110-
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-3

      held up and always going well, smooth headway after 7th, led approaching 2 out, driven approaching last and hit, ran on

      10
      Silk - Emerald Green, Orange disc, striped sleeves and striped cap
      100/1
      • Form 6-P
      • Age 4
      • Weight 10-7

      held up mid-division, headway after 5th, mistake next, weakened 8th, blundered badly 4 out, unseated rider 3 out, remounted

      In depth

      Verdict

      Villon can make a successful return ahead of Tamarinbleu, with Roman Ark best of the rest. Villon looked an exciting prospect last season when winning each of his first three starts, and was thought highly enough of to contest the Supreme Novices' Hurdle. Unfortunately he did not have the speed on the faster ground and finished well beaten in the end. Put away afterwards, chasing was always going to be his game, and he is reported to have already schooled like an old hand over the bigger obstacles. With that in mind, he makes more appeal than Tamarinbleu who represents the out of form stable of Martin Pipe. Just what is wrong down at Pond House at present is anybody's guess, but the plain fact is that none of them can be backed with confidence at present, although to be fair they did finally send out a winner at Exeter on Thursday. Tamarinbleu shaped with a great deal of promise when finding only Accordion Etoile too good in a Grade 2 contest at Cheltenham on his chase debut, and if they have tuned the corner than he would be respected more. Best of the rest should be Roman Ark, highly tried over hurdles and who was beaten when unshipping his pilot at Aintree on his chase debut. In what looks a two horse race on paper, we shall rely on Villon.

      Formwatch

      Billesey (IRE) 4-1 (11-4) Always prominent, ridden to lead over 2f out, all out, won at Stratford 2m nhf (H) gs in Mar '04 beating Peggy's Prince (10-13) by 1 1/2l, 14 ran.

      Greenawn (IRE) 28-1 (11-4) Chased leader, led 3rd to after 7th, weakened before next, 5th of 8, well behind Le Volfoni (10-7) at Chepstow 2m beg chs (D) hvy.

      Konker 16-1 (10-9) Chased leaders, mistake 2nd, behind after 7th, soon tailed off, last of 7, well behind Julies Boy (10-4) at Windsor 2m hcp chs 0-100 (F) gd in Nov.

      Muhtenbar 12-1 (10-13) Led, headed when fell 4 out in race won by Julius Caesar (10-13) at Market Rasen 2m 6f beg chs (E) gs in Nov, 9 ran.

      Roman Ark 9-2 (11-4) Held up, headway when blundered 4 out, soon struggling, no chance when blundered and unseated rider 2 out in race won by Cerium (11-0) at Aintree 2m nov chs (B) gs in Nov, 5 ran.

      Sharp Rigging (IRE) 14-1 (11-4) In touch, headway 8th, ridden approaching 4 out, weakened after 3 out, 4th of 10, 22l behind The Listener (11-4) at Exeter 2m 3f nov chs (B) sft.

      Tamarinbleu (FR) 3-1 (11-5) Held up mid-division, headway 6th, hit next, led 3 out, ridden 2 out, weakening when headed last strides, 2nd of 10, shd behind Accordion Etoile (11-5) at Cheltenham 2m nov chs Grd 2 (A) gs in Nov.

      Villon (IRE) 16-1 (11-7) Always towards rear, 17th of 20, well behind Arcalis (11-7) at Cheltenham 2m nov hdl Grd 1 (A) gd in Mar.