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13:30 Market Rasen

Symes Bains Solicitors Handicap Chase (Class E)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 1f 110y
  • Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 46.80s
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Corletto (POL)

15/8

    2
    Silk -

    La Colina (IRE)

    9/1

      1
      Silk - RED, ROYAL BLUE hoop, hooped sleeves and cap

      Night Fighter (GER)

      57
      10/3
      • Form 5-301P2
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-12

      held up, headway 5th, blundered 7th, soon weakened

      2
      Silk - Red, Purple hollow box, halved sleeves, Purple cap

      Centaur Express

      202
      15/2
      • Form 533/05-P
      • Age 10
      • Weight 11-6

      tracked leader, led 2nd, headed next, ridden after 3 out, soon weakened

      3
      Silk - N/A

      La Colina (IRE)

      397
      9/1
      • Form 1500F/0-
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-4

      tracked leaders, hit 4th, ridden and every chance approaching 2 out, kept on

      4
      Silk - Emerald green, scarlet hooped sleeves and cap

      Corletto (POL)

      17
      15/8
      • Form 5115-32
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-4

      led to 2nd, led again next, ridden and under pressure approaching 2 out, all out flat

      5
      Silk - Dark Green, Royal Blue epaulets

      Spilaw (FR)

      9
      11/2
      • Form U0130-5
      • Age 6
      • Weight 10-7

      held up, tracked leaders halfway, ridden 3 out, no impression from next

      6
      Silk - ROYAL BLUE and WHITE diamonds, checked sleeves, WHITE cap, ROYAL BLUE diamond

      Birotex Boy (IRE)

      9
      6/1
      • Form 333P-0P
      • Age 9
      • Weight 10-4

      always behind

      In depth

      Verdict

      Just six go here and we can narrow our options down further by ruling out La Colina who is an out and out stayer and is the sort to go for the four-miler at the Cheltenham Festival. Birotex Boy does not look good enough and Centaur Express would appear to be too high in the weights. Night Fighter was pulled up over fences here in August and then ran a fair race when runner-up over hurdles at Perth last time. Not great form, but he is entitled to be in the shake-up. Spilaw gained his first victory in this country when landing an amateurs chase at Folkestone last season, and has winning form over fences in France. He has the ability, but does not make as much appeal as Corletto who gets the TEAMtalk vote. Tom George's five-year-old, a a winner on the Flat in Poland, took a while to acclimatise but hit form in the spring, with victories over hurdles at Taunton and Hereford. Sent chasing this term, Corletto showed his inexperience when third at Plumpton, but improved when second to How Ran On in the Stan James Handicap Chase at Warwick last time. He overcame a mistake at the first to warm to his task and was staying on well at the finish. He will come into his own over a longer trip but does not have a great deal to beat here and should open his account over fences.