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15:45 Chepstow
Spillers Horsefeed Powering Your Winners Handicap Chase (Class 3)
- 3 Runners
- Distance: 2m 7f 131y
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £13,400 added
- Winner: £6,535
- 2nd: £3,011
- 3rd: £1,505
- 4th: £754
- Form 3-8312P
- Age 8
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 130
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey Jonjo O'Neill Jr.
in rear but close up, fell heavily 4th
- Form 1P-P134
- Age 6
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 127
- Trainer N J Henderson
- Jockey James Bowen
pressed leader, upsides 8th, headed narrowly 11th, ridden bypassing usual 4 out, well beaten 2 out
- Form 1-B62P1
- Age 8
- Weight 10-10
- Official Rating 118
- Trainer Miss R Curtis
- Jockey Ben Jones
led narrowly, joined 8th, led again 11th, pushed clear 3 out, easily
Smarty Wild
66- Form 3-5332F
- Age 8
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 134
- Trainer P Hobbs & J White
- Jockey T J O'Brien
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Previous results
In depth
Verdict
SMARTY WILD has been placed in two Class 2 handicaps and was travelling easily when falling at Kempton in February. Wayfinder is up 6lb for landing a Class 4 handicap here at the beginning of the month, the first time he's faced good ground so he's an obvious danger. Patroclus won on good going at Leicester in February though has yet to prove he stays this far, a remark that also applies to When You're Ready, a winner over 2m3f here in December.
Formwatch
When You're Ready (IRE) 11-2 (10-12) Never travelled in rear, tailed off and pulled up before 8th, at Cheltenham 2m 5f hcp (2) gd in Jan.
Patroclus (IRE) 2-1fav (11-1) Tracked leaders, lost place briefly after 9th, headway to lead 3 out, pressed from under 2 out and headed before last, weakened flat, 4th of 5, 7 3/4l behind Java Point (11-3) at Newbury 2m 7f hcp (3) gs in Apr.
Wayfinder (IRE) 11-4fav (11-2) Handy, led 6th, not fluent 5 out, pushed along before 3 out, soon pressed, ridden and good jump last, stayed on well, always doing enough, won at Chepstow 3m hcp (4) gd in Apr beating Clemencia (11-7) by 4 1/4l, 7 ran.
Smarty Wild 3-1 (11-7) Held up towards rear, headway 10th, chasing leaders when fell 14th, at Kempton 3m hcp (3) gd in Feb.