Racecards
14:50 Leicester
Ladbrokes.com Mares Only Novices' Chase (Class 4)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Good to Firm (Hurdles Good to Soft)
- Surface: Turf
- £8,000 added
Ilongue (FR)
18- Form P45P31
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 66
in touch, lost place 5th, headway under pressure and left 3rd 2 out, stayed on to go 2nd last
Methodical
23- Form 4P58-21
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 112
- Trainer B G Powell
- Jockey A Dobbin
made all, ridden 3 out, left clear 2 out, ridden out
- Form 2430-90
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer A W Carroll
- Jockey T Messenger
held up, mistake 2nd, outpaced 5 out
- Form 33-PP59
- Age 9
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 76
- Trainer S A Brookshaw
- Jockey T J Phelan
tracked winner, up sides winner when unseated rider 4th
- Form 2-3452P
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer W G M Turner
- Jockey Mr Turlough O'connor
Nonrunner
In depth
Verdict
Methodical is impossible to oppose here with Symbiosis and A Double Ewe Bee rating the main dangers. The selection won well last time out when beating Papeete and although the drop in trip is a slight worry she is hard to oppose under conditions that suit. Symbiosis rates the main danger on her latest sixth behind Castlecrossings but even that leaves her with plenty to find with the selection. A Double Ewe has been well beaten in sellers before while Diktatit has shown little of late and for the inner we return to Methodical who need only put in a clear round to score.
Formwatch
Diktatit 50-1 (9-13) Steadied start, always well behind, tailed off, 8th of 10, well behind Osako D'airy (11-5) at Market Rasen 2m 1f ldy hcp hdl (4) gs in Nov.
Ilongue (FR) 7-1 (10-0) Held up, ridden 13th, headway next, chased leader approaching 3 out, led 2 out, all out, won at Lingfield 3m nov hcp chs 0-90 (5) gf in Nov beating Celtic Society (9-11) by 1 1/2l, 8 ran.
Methodical 7-2 (10-9) Tracked leaders, left in lead 9th, in command from 3 out, comfortably, won at Fontwell 2m 4f mrs nov chs (4) gd in Nov beating Papeete (11-0) by 8l, 8 ran.
Starofthemorning (IRE) 40-1 (10-7) Mid-division, under pressure and weakened before 3 out, 10th of 14, 36l behind Rapid Increase (11-0) at Plumpton 2m mdn hdl (5) gf in Oct.
Symbiosis 5-1 (10-10) Prominent, hampered and left 2nd after 2nd, led 5th, headed 3 out, weakened quickly before 2 out, 6th of 11, 36l behind Castlecrossings (10-3) at Towcester 2m mrs nov hdl (4) gd in Oct.
The Sneakster (IRE) 20-1 (10-8) Raced keenly in mid-division, headway approaching 8th, ridden and weakened approaching 3 out, 9th of 14, 31l behind Brinkmanship (11-12) at Ludlow 2m 5f nov hcp hdl 0-105 (4) gf in Oct.
A Double Ewe Bee 66-1 (10-1) Not jumped well, always in rear, tailed off 8th and pulled up 3 out in race won by Pauillac (10-7) at Lingfield 2m beg chs (4) gd in Nov, 6 ran.