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14:10 Taunton

Golden Knob Beginners' Chase (Class D)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 3f
  • Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 31.60s
  • 9 Ran
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1
Silk -

El Vaquero (IRE)

11/2

    2
    Silk -

    Le Passing (FR)

    7/2

      3
      Silk -

      Lacdoudal (FR)

      5/6

        1
        Silk - White, Black armlets, quartered cap

        Balkirk

        343
        150/1
        • Form P/PP300-
        • Age 7
        • Weight 11-0

        held up in touch, ridden and lost place 8th, soon tailed off

        2
        Silk - Light Green and Grey stripes, Light Green sleeves and cap

        Clarendon (IRE)

        33
        40/1
        • Form 000/2F-4
        • Age 8
        • Weight 11-0

        held up in touch, ridden 9th, weakened 10th

        3
        Silk - Pink, Yellow epaulets, Yellow cap

        Cooldine King (IRE)

        33 v
        20/1
        • Form 123FP-P
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-0

        led to 2nd, chased leader, ridden 10th, weakening when mistake 4 out

        4
        Silk - Red, Royal Blue diamond, Royal Blue sleeves, Red armlets, Red cap, Royal Blue diamond

        Delaware Bay

        261
        66/1
        • Form 45/503P-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-0

        towards rear, reminder 3rd, blundered and unseated rider 4th

        5
        Silk - DARK BLUE, LIGHT BLUE hoops, DARK BLUE sleeves, DARK BLUE and WHITE quartered cap

        El Vaquero (IRE)

        23
        11/2
        • Form 332F1-P
        • Age 6
        • Weight 11-0

        led from 2nd and jumped well throughout, quickened on bit approaching 3 out, clear 2 out, easily

        6
        Silk - Red, white cross belts, black and white hooped cap

        Goldbrook

        23
        15/2
        • Form 31040-4
        • Age 6
        • Weight 11-0

        held up towards rear, headway after 10th, ridden before 3 out, pecked 3 out, soon weakened

        7
        Silk - LIGHT BLUE and ROYAL BLUE diabolo, LIGHT BLUE sleeves and cap

        Lacdoudal (FR)

        19
        5/6
        • Form 1024-22
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-0

        chased leader, ridden behind leader 4 out, mistake 3 out, stayed on same pace

        8
        Silk - Royal Blue and Yellow (halved), Royal Blue sleeves, Yellow cap

        Le Passing (FR)

        19
        7/2
        • Form 1220-33
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-0

        prominent, headway and chased winner 4 out, not fluent 4 out, pecked 3 out, stayed on one pace

        9
        Silk - RED, YELLOW hoops, BLACK sleeves and cap

        Wun Chai (IRE)

        9 b
        150/1
        • Form 1-P20P4
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-0

        held up last, soon lost touch, pulled up before 4 out

        In depth

        Verdict

        Lacdoudal, El Vaquero and Le Passing are the three we like here and we will put forward Lacdoudal as the one to beat. The selection has been unfortunate to come up against two decent types in his last two races, but his latest second behind Mambo reads well in the context of this race and he is clearly the one they all have to beat. El Vaquero was pulled up on his chasing debut at Exeter, and although he failed to complete that race, he will have to learned from it and with experience under his belt he has to enter calculations. Le Passing ran well behind our selection last time at Aintree and he would have finished a lot closer than he did that day had he not made a big mistake two from home. He is sure to give our selection plenty to think about if he jumps well here, but we are happy to stick with Lacdoudal who is given our vote.