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20:05 Wincanton

Royal Bath & West Show Novices' Handicap Chase (Class 5)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 2m
  • Going: Heavy, Soft in places
  • Surface: Turf
  • £3,000 added
  • Winner: £1,949
  • 2nd: £572
  • 3rd: £286
  • 4th: £143
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 20.80s
  • Off Time: 20:05:32
  • 5 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Opera Og (IRE)

13/8

    2
    Silk -

    Blue Hills

    7/2

      1
      Silk - White, red cross of lorraine, white sleeves, red stars and cap

      Cherokee Star

      2 t D
      3/1
      • Form S3/56P-3
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-12
      • Official Rating 90

      last pair, mistake slightly hampered and left poor 4th 8th, soon struggling, tailed off

      2
      Silk - Yellow and Purple (quartered), diabolo on sleeves, Yellow cap, Purple diamond

      Blue Hills

      20 b D
      7/2
      • Form U/44211-
      • Age 11
      • Weight 11-8
      • Official Rating 86

      led, ridden and headed 4 out, dropped to 3rd before next, rallied to regain 2nd before 2 out, no chance with winner

      3
      Silk - Emerald Green and Yellow diabolo, White sleeves, Emerald Green and Yellow quartered cap

      Catch The Rascal (IRE)

      32 b
      8/1
      • Form 643F6F-
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-1
      • Official Rating 79

      took keen hold, held up tracking leaders on inside, not fluent 1st, slow 5th (water), left close 3rd 9th, ridden and chasing winner when hit 3 out, lost 2nd before and weakened next

      4
      Silk - Black, grey disc, armlets and cap

      Opera Og (IRE)

      45 D
      13/8
      • Form 7P/0PP4-
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-1
      • Official Rating 79

      chased leading pair, left in close 2nd 9th, led 4 out, clear next, easily

      5
      Silk - Yellow, Emerald Green diamond on body and cap, Yellow sleeves, Emerald Green seams

      Silsula

      20
      6/1
      • Form 500556-
      • Age 6
      • Weight 10-4
      • Official Rating 68

      chased leader, went left 7th, travelling ok when blundered and unseated rider 9th

      Previous results

      2011
      Silk -

      Ballabrook (IRE)

      8/11
      • Age 9
      • Weight 11-12

      2010
      Silk -

      Randjo (FR)

      13/2
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-1

      2009
      Silk -

      Guns of Love (IRE)

      5/1
      • Age 7
      • Weight 10-0

      In depth

      Verdict

      After wins at Plumpton and Southwell Blue Hills was raised 9lb and may not find it easy to complete the hat-trick, despite the drop in grade. We'll take on the 11-year-old with the much younger OPERA OG, who is a winning pointer and travelled strongly for a long way before his stamina gave out at Towcester last time. Today's sharper track and shorter trip should be to his advantage. Cherokee Star hasn't had much time to recover from Tuesday's third at Fakenham and Catch The Rascal's jumping needs to improve, though he's now tried in blinkers.

      Formwatch

      Cherokee Star 11-1 (11-0) In rear, headway 9th, ridden to chase winner 2 out until approaching last, kept on same pace, 3rd of 11, 13l behind Phoenix Des Mottes (10-4) at Fakenham 2m 5f hcp chs 0-95 (5) sft.

      Blue Hills 5-2 (9-11) Tracked leader, led approaching 3 out, drew clear approaching last, ran on well, won at Southwell 2m 5yo nov hcp (4) sft in Apr beating Ballybanks (9-13) by 7l, 6 ran.

      Catch The Rascal (IRE) 15-2 (10-10) Led, not fluent 4th, headed 7th, chased leaders, fell 11th, in a race won by Ballyvoneen (10-6) at Plumpton 3m 2f nov hcp chs 0-95 (5) gd in Apr, 7 ran.

      Opera Og (IRE) 8-1 (10-13) Tracked leaders, ridden after 3 out, 3rd and beaten when hit 2 out, weakened last, 4th of 9, 27l behind Cecily Parsley (10-2) at Towcester 2m 3f hcp chs 0-95 (5) gd in Mar.

      Silsula 16-1 (10-1) Prominent, went 2nd and every chance 3 out, ridden and weakened approaching 2 out, 6th of 13, 24l behind Who Owns Me (11-5) at Fontwell 2m 4f nov hcp hdl 0-95 (5) gs in Apr.