Racecards
16:05 Sandown Park
Team Forces Handicap Hurdle (Class 3)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 2m 3f 173y
- Going: Soft
- Surface: Turf
- £16,100 added
- Winner: £8,387
- 2nd: £3,864
- 3rd: £1,931
- 4th: £967
- Form 485411
- Age 9
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 133
- Trainer D Skelton
- Jockey Tristan Durrell
sweating, set decent pace, made virtually all, joined 2 out, strongly pressed last, stayed on strongly run-in
Runrized (FR)
225- Form 00/PP1-5
- Age 7
- Weight 11-9
- Official Rating 130
- Trainer C Poulton
- Jockey Charlie Price
chased leaders out wide, pushed along after 3 out, soon outpaced and struggling, tailed off when bad blunder next, pulled up before the last
- Form 14-5484
- Age 7
- Weight 11-7
- Official Rating 128
- Trainer Dr R D P Newland
- Jockey Lee Edwards
held up tracking leaders, lost place and dropped to last pair at 3rd, reminders before 4 out, outpaced and struggling next,
- Form 20-3450
- Age 7
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 127
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey Joshua Moore
bit keen, held up in last pair on inside, gained a place at 3rd, switched left before 4 out, went 2nd before 2 out, challenged 2 out, every chance when not fluent last, stayed on same pace and just held on for 2nd
- Form 223-111
- Age 6
- Weight 11-3
- Official Rating 124
- Trainer Jamie Snowden
- Jockey G Sheehan
chased leaders on inside, not clear run and tried to barge way through turning in, soon pushed along in 3rd, lost 3rd at the last, ridden and weakened run-in
- Form 24-223
- Age 5
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 123
raced keenly tracking leader, led briefly 4th, pushed along and lost 2nd before 2 out, hit 2 out, weakened soon after
- Form 14128
- Age 5
- Weight 10-10
- Official Rating 117
- Trainer L Wadham
- Jockey Bryony Frost
raced keenly, waited with in rear, steady headway on inside approaching 2 out where not fluent, went 3rd at the last, closed on 2nd but no chance with leading duo
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
WEST TO THE BRIDGE has come right back to his best recently with victories at Chepstow and Carlisle. Though up another 3lb, he is still not badly treated and Dan Skelton puts up 7lb claimer Tristan Durrell to reduce his welter burden. Benson looks a threat being only a pound higher than winning a Listed handicap over 2m here last season and Fifty Ball is 4lb lower than when second in last year’s Betfair Hurdle. Second here in December, Kamaxos placed in a Class 2 at Newbury subsequently off today’s mark and should be winning soon while Git Maker is unbeaten so far under Rules and makes his handicap debut.
Formwatch
West To The Bridge (IRE) Evensfav (11-7) Made all, ridden approaching last, driven when pressed run in, all out, won at Carlisle 2m 3f hcp (3) sft in Feb beating Thereisnodoubt (11-0) by 1 1/4l, 5 ran.
Runrized (FR) 50-1 (11-1) Chased leader, 8th halfway, lost place 4f out, weakened 3f out, 16th of 19, 21 1/4l behind Coltor (11-0) at Galway 2m 1f hcp Yielding - Soft in Jul.
Benson 7-2fav (11-6) Midfield, lost place and ridden 7th, stayed on from 2 out, 4th of 8, 12 1/2l behind Haafapiece (11-7) at Wetherby 2m 4f hcp (3) sft in Jan.
Fifty Ball (FR) 22-1 (10-10) Held up off the pace in last pair, good headway out wide chasing leaders before 4th, weakened after 3 out, 12th of 14, 18 3/4l behind Glory And Fortune (11-8) at Newbury 2m hcp (1) gs in Feb.
Git Maker (FR) 10-11fav (11-7) Keen early, tracked leader, ridden and every chance last, led run in, ran on, won at Carlisle 2m 1f (4) sft in Feb beating Masked Crusader (11-0) by 3 1/4l, 11 ran.
Kamaxos (FR) 22-1 (10-0) Chased winner 1st, off the pace from 3rd, 3 lengths down at the last, lost 2nd and no extra in 3rd run-in, 3rd of 11, 3l behind Dashel Drasher (11-12) at Newbury 2m 5f hcp (2) sft in Dec.
Terresita (IRE) 11-2 (11-2) Chased leaders on inside, raced keenly, left in lead normal 5 out, headed next, soon weakened, tailed off, 8th of 9, dist behind Sultans Pride (11-10) at Doncaster 3m hcp (3) gd in Feb.