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14:25 Sandown Park
Vcbet.co.uk For Us Racing And Results Handicap Chase (Class 3)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 3m 110y
- Going: Soft ((G/soft places chase),Hurdles,Heavy,Good to soft in places))
- Surface: Turf
- £15,000 added
- Form P-24111
- Age 10
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 129
- Trainer Miss V Williams
- Jockey S Thomas
not fluent, chased leaders, jumped slowly 2nd and next, went 2nd 12th, mistake 14th, hit 18th, driven and no impression when lost 2nd 3 out and weakened
- Form UU2127
- Age 8
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 125
- Trainer N & W Twiston-Davies
- Jockey T Scudamore
tracked leader, led 7th, made rest, hit 13th, in command soon after 3 out, stayed on strongly
- Form 8B5453
- Age 10
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 123
- Trainer P Hobbs & J White
- Jockey R Johnson
chased leaders, not fluent 10th, challenged for 3rd 15th, until weakened from 18th
- Form P11038
- Age 9
- Weight 11-3
- Official Rating 120
- Trainer D Pipe
- Jockey Timmy Murphy
never going well in rear, lost touch from 16th, tailed off
- Form PS3344
- Age 9
- Weight 11-3
- Official Rating 120
- Trainer P & M Bowen
- Jockey T J O'Brien
tended to jump left, led to 7th, chased winner to 12th, stayed prominent, weakening when mistake 18th
- Form 75/521P-
- Age 11
- Weight 10-4
- Official Rating 107
chased leaders, mistake 7th and next, slightly hampered 11th, went 2nd briefly soon after, weakened from 16th
Mokum (FR)
16- Form 2-FP413
- Age 6
- Weight 10-2
- Official Rating 105
- Trainer A W Carroll
- Jockey Matthew Batchelor
held up in rear, hit 5th and 7th, steady headway from 16th, went 3rd 4 out, went 2nd under pressure 3 out, no impression
In depth
Verdict
Schuh Shine gets the vote here ahead of Irish Raptor and Dunbrody Millar. With his confidence restored after three hurdling wins, Schuh Shine reverts to chasing on a fairly reasonable mark and has to be seriously considered here. Tanterari and Irish Raptor are five and four pounds, respectively, above winning marks but hold place claims, and Fool On The Hill, who has dropped to six pounds below his May Stratford winning mark, can't be ruled out based on that statement. Dunbrody Millar is also back to a winning 2006 mark and is more than capable of going well, while Lord 'n' Master is fairly weighted based on his 2005 best but he has not been seen since July of that year, and Mokum has it to prove from five pounds above a winning rating. All of which returns us to Schuh Shine, who can continue his winning run.
Formwatch
Schuh Shine (IRE) 4-9fav (11-4) Prominent, led after 5th, hard ridden flat, all out, won at Fontwell 3m 3f nov hdl (4) sft in Jan beating The Risky Viking (10-9) by 2l, 9 ran.
Irish Raptor (IRE) 8-1 (10-4) Led, blundered 4 out, soon headed and weakened, 7th of 9, well behind The Outlier (10-3) at Haydock 3m hcp chs Grd 2 (1) hvy in Jan.
Fool On The Hill 12-1 (11-12) Chased leaders, ridden and dropped rear after 9th, hit 2 out, went poor 3rd again approaching last, 3rd of 8, 36l behind Flintoff (11-6) at Newbury 3m hcp chs 0-125 (3) hvy in Jan.
Tanterari (IRE) 10-1 (11-8) Held up in touch, ridden after 10th, soon weakened, tailed off, last of 8, well behind Flintoff (11-6) at Newbury 3m hcp chs 0-125 (3) hvy in Jan.
Dunbrody Millar (IRE) 5-1 (11-4) Led, hit 10th, headed and ridden approaching 16th, weakened 3 out, 4th of 11, 30l behind Pass Me By (10-13) at Plumpton 3m 5f hcp chs 0-130 (3) sft in Jan.
Lord 'n' Master (IRE) 11-1 (11-5) Led 2nd, hit 7th and 8th, weakening when headed 14th, behind when pulled up 2 out in race won by Keltic Lord (10-11) at Stratford 3m hcp chs 0-125 (D) gf in Jul '05, 9 ran.
Mokum (FR) 4-1 (11-12) Held up, headway 4 out, left chasing winner 3 out, one pace flat, 3rd of 10, 3 1/2l behind Englishtown (11-5) at Leicester 2m 4f hcp chs 0-105 (4) gs in Jan.