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13:20 Cheltenham

George Stevens Handicap Hurdle (Class B)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 5f 110y
  • Going: Good
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 17.60s
  • 9 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Redemption

3/1

    2
    Silk -

    Monkerhostin (FR)

    10/1

      3
      Silk -

      Derivative (IRE)

      7/2

        1
        Silk - White, black button on cap

        Mr Cool

        13
        10/1
        • Form 000-012
        • Age 10
        • Weight 11-12

        led 2 after 3 out, weakened quickly next, tailed off and pulled up before last

        2
        Silk - PINK and YELLOW diamonds, YELLOW sleeves and cap

        Monkerhostin (FR)

        12
        10/1
        • Form 050-134
        • Age 7
        • Weight 11-1

        held up in rear, good headway to track leaders from 7th, chased winner 2 out, ridden to challenge last, kept on but always held run in

        3
        Silk - Light Green and Brown stripes, Light Green sleeves and cap

        Turtle Soup (IRE)

        12
        7/1
        • Form 234/431
        • Age 8
        • Weight 10-13

        chased leader to 4th, in touch when blundered and lost place 7th, tailed off 3 out

        4
        Silk - DARK BLUE and WHITE check, DARK BLUE sleeves, WHITE cap, DARK BLUE star

        Sir Talbot

        33
        40/1
        • Form 5FF5/3P
        • Age 10
        • Weight 10-8

        held up in rear, ridden and no impression 3 out, tailed off

        5
        Silk - YELLOW, PURPLE hoops and armlets, hooped cap

        Loop The Loup

        19 v
        8/1
        • Form 020453
        • Age 8
        • Weight 10-4

        held up, mistake and weakened 2 out, 5th unbeaten when pulled up before last

        6
        Silk - Light Blue, Red stars, Light Blue sleeves

        Shalako (USA)

        12
        12/1
        • Form 1-25420
        • Age 6
        • Weight 10-3

        in touch until mistake and weakened 2 out,

        7
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE, ORANGE hoop, ORANGE sleeves, ROYAL BLUE armlets, quartered cap

        Redemption

        19
        3/1
        • Form F4-UP1F
        • Age 9
        • Weight 10-1

        tracked leaders, went 2nd 4th, led after 3 out, pressed last, kept on well, run in comfortably

        8
        Silk - Royal Blue, Emerald Green stars, Royal Blue sleeves, Emerald Green diamonds

        Derivative (IRE)

        6
        7/2
        • Form 5-15451
        • Age 6
        • Weight 10-0

        mistake 1st, close up, not fluent 5th, ridden 3 out, chased leading pair next, soon one pace and no impression

        9
        Silk - Emerald Green, Royal Blue disc, striped sleeves, Royal Blue cap

        Shaadiva

        21
        9/1
        • Form 043-311
        • Age 6
        • Weight 10-0

        held up in touch, ridden and weakened 3 out, tailed off next, pulled up before last

        In depth

        Verdict

        Derivative was a decisive winner at Wincanton on Boxing Day and is taken to defy a 6lb penalty for that success and score at the main expense of Mr Cool and Monkerhostin. The last mentioned lost no caste in defeat in a more competitive event than this at Ascot last time and has to be respected dropped in class. A similar comment applies to Martin Pipe's Mr Cool, who faced an impossible task behind Baracouda at the same venue on his most recent outing but the 10-year-old seems to be in the grip of the handicapper at present. Shaadiva has won her last two, latterly when beating Diamant Noir (a winner since) at Huntingdon but has to race from 7lbs out of the weights proper today and is likely to find at least one too good. Turtle Soup has to race off a 10lb higher mark than when scoring at Warwick last time and a bigger threat may come from Redemption if the Nigel Twiston-Davies-trained gelding can reproduce the sort of form that saw him win at Newbury in November but a disappointing effort since then is of concern and a safer bet looks to be Derivative. The six-year-old has improved with each outing this term and won with plenty in hand at Wincanton so a 6lb penalty may not be enough to stop him following up.