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13:55 Newbury

Systems By Design Novices' Chase (Registered As The Worcester Novices' Steeple Chase) (Class A)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 3m
  • Going: Soft
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 6m 6.80s
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Lucky Bay (IRE)

14/1

    2
    Silk -

    Joly Bey (FR)

    7/2

      1
      Silk - LIGHT BLUE, BLACK seams, LIGHT BLUE sleeves, hooped cap

      Moss Harvey

      16
      9/4
      • Form 226P-11
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-9

      in rear, jumped right 12th, ridden 13th, brief effort approaching 14th, soon outpaced

      2
      Silk - Emerald Green, Purple cross belts, Purple cap

      One Knight (IRE)

      20
      11/8
      • Form 1/1136-1
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-9

      tracked leaders, led and mistake 4th, mistake again 10th, blundered badly and headed 14th, recovered to lead again 3 out and further mistake, soon headed and weakened

      3
      Silk - EMERALD GREEN and RED diabolo, WHITE sleeves, EMERALD GREEN diamonds, WHITE cap, RED diamond

      Joly Bey (FR)

      10
      7/2
      • Form 32-1521
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-8

      in touch, mistake 13th, steady headway 14th, edged left on bend approaching 15th, every chance and disp lead at last, no extra flat

      4
      Silk - DARK BLUE, GREY sleeves and cap

      High Cotton (IRE)

      27
      14/1
      • Form 43543-2
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-2

      tracked leaders, driven from 10th, jumped left and lost place 14th, hampered on bend approaching 15th, kept on

      5
      Silk - Emerald Green and White stripes, White sleeves, Emerald Green armlets and star on White cap

      Keltic Heritage (IRE)

      17
      50/1
      • Form 202-41F
      • Age 8
      • Weight 11-2

      led until headed approaching 4th, bad mistake 13th, left in lead 14th, headed approaching next, soon weakened

      6
      Silk - Emerald Green, Dark Blue diamond and diamond on cap

      Lucky Bay (IRE)

      14
      14/1
      • Form 12P-F22
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-2

      tracked leaders throughout until led 4 out, headed next, slight lead 2 out, challenged and disp lead last, led soon after

      In depth

      Verdict

      An excellent Grade 2 contest, bringing together three exciting novices in One Knight, Moss Harvey and Joly Bey, who could all develop into leading hopes for this season's major honours. Malcolm Jefferson's seven-year-old, sixth in the Royal & SunAlliance Novices' Hurdle, beat Paul Nicholls' French-bred five-year-old by one-and-three-quarter lengths at Fakenham on his fencing debut but is now nine pounds worse off at the weights, while Philip Hobbs's runner won well on his chasing debut at Chepstow from a Nicholls' runner. Nicholls has won this race in the past with Valley Henry and Shotgun Willy so he clearly rates his runner. High Cotton has never won a race so will be getting weight from the three principals mentioned, but he has shown plenty of ability. A novice event is his for the taking but he may have to settle for a place at best again. Lucky Bay stays well but may not quite be good enough while Keltic Heritage, though likeable, is out of his depth. One Knight is a very likeable individual and gets the TEAMtalk vote in a smashing contest.