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16:25 Wetherby

Watch The Cheltenham Festival On Racing TV Handicap Chase (Class 3)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 5f 75y
  • Going: Good (Good to Soft in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £15,000 added
  • Winner: £7,922
  • 2nd: £3,645
  • 3rd: £1,822
  • 4th: £912
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 33.62s
  • Off Time: 16:26:58
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Famous Bridge (IRE)

11/4

    2
    Silk -

    Enzo D'Airy (FR)

    4/1

      1
      Silk - Orange, dark blue star, orange sleeves, dark blue stars, dark blue cap

      Beakstown (IRE)

      101 pt BFD
      7/2
      • Form 2613-44
      • Age 10
      • Weight 12-0
      • Official Rating 135

      tracked leader, pushed along after 5 out, ridden and no extra after 3 out, weakened

      2
      Silk - Dark Blue, White armlets

      Percussion

      51 pt
      11/4
      • Form 1-12335
      • Age 8
      • Weight 11-8
      • Official Rating 129

      in touch, shaken up before 4 out, went second after 2 out, kept on well flat, not reach leaders

      3
      Silk - Red, Yellow star, halved sleeves and star on cap

      Enzo D'Airy (FR)

      10
      4/1
      • Form 36/192U
      • Age 9
      • Weight 11-5
      • Official Rating 126

      led, not fluent 8th, ridden along after 3 out, kept on until no extra final 110yds, headed close home

      4
      Silk - Royal Blue and Grey diabolo, quartered cap

      Song Of Earth (IRE)

      101 D
      9/1
      • Form 51-8025
      • Age 8
      • Weight 11-3
      • Official Rating 124

      towards rear, driven along after 5 out, lost touch after 4 out, soon beaten

      5
      Silk - EMERALD GREEN and YELLOW (quartered), WHITE sleeves and cap

      Famous Bridge (IRE)

      33 D
      11/4
      • Form 2U1P-34
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-1
      • Official Rating 122

      chased leading pair, pushed along approaching 4 out, ridden along next, soon every chance, two lengths down when not fluent last, kept on well flat, led close home

      6
      Silk - Emerald green, yellow hoops, white cap

      Marshalled (IRE)

      67
      18/1
      • Form 3152U9
      • Age 9
      • Weight 11-1
      • Official Rating 122

      held up in rear, never a factor

      In depth

      Verdict

      Beakstown has had a break but is eased in grade for this but little has gone right for Enzo D'Airy since he made a winning reappearance at Chepstow. Famous Bridge needs to brush up his jumping if he is to make his mark over fences but he still has time on his side. This may be a bit on the short side nowadays for PERCUSSION but he didn’t handle soft ground at Kempton last time so gets another chance.

      Formwatch

      Beakstown (IRE) 2-1fav (10-11) Tracked leading pair, lost place 11th, 4th and beaten when hit next, went badly left final 3, 4th of 5, 32 1/2l behind Paint The Dream (12-0) at Newbury 2m 4f hcp (2) gd in Nov.

      Percussion 11-2 (11-1) Bit wide, tracked winner until 2nd, went 2nd again before next until 10th, chased leaders, weakened before 4 out, tailed off and eased, 5th of 7, dist behind Annsam (11-6) at Kempton 3m hcp (2) sft in Jan.

      Enzo D'Airy (FR) 10-1 (11-0) Handy when badly hampered and unseated rider 1st, at Warwick 2m 4f hcp (3) gd in Feb.

      Song Of Earth (IRE) 22-1 (12-2) Towards rear, pushed along 4 out, no response, 5th of 9, 34l behind Eden Du Houx (12-0) at Ffos Las 2m 3f hcp (3) sft in Nov.

      Famous Bridge (IRE) 3-1 (10-5) Last pair, mistake 13th, struggling after, well behind 4 out, tailed off, last of 4, dist behind Thomas Darby (11-10) at Ayr 3m hcp (3) sft in Feb.

      Marshalled (IRE) 40-1 (11-11) In touch, headway to dispute lead after 3rd, headed before 4th (normal 5th), 3rd halfway, dropped to 7th after 7th, slight mistake 4 out, weakened after 3 out, 9th of 16, dist behind Seddon (12-0) at Leopardstown 2m 5f hcp sft in Dec.