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14:30 Uttoxeter
Dale's 30th & AB Cassim's Retirement Handicap Chase (Class 4)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 3m 2y
- Going: Heavy
- Surface: Turf
- £8,511 added
- Winner: £4,614
- 2nd: £1,355
- 3rd: £677
- 4th: £350
- Form 35-973F
- Age 9
- Weight 11-13
- Official Rating 116
- Trainer J Candlish
- Jockey Sean Quinlan
mid-division, slow 10th, modest 5th 4 out, soon weakened, went 4th 3 out
- Form P-9P11P
- Age 7
- Weight 11-13
- Official Rating 116
- Trainer Dr R D P Newland
- Jockey T J O'Brien
led, headed 4th, led next, mistake 12th, headed when not fluent 4 out, soon beaten, plugged on and well clear of rest
- Form 7P144-1
- Age 8
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 115
prominent, 2nd 8th until not fluent next, ridden after 12th, modest 4th 4 out, weakening when mistake next, pulled up before 2 out
- Form 5P2-U84
- Age 9
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 109
- Trainer S Edmunds
- Jockey C Gethings
mid-division, headway 5th, mistake 7th, not fluent 9th, weakened 3 out
- Form 2/425-43
- Age 6
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 107
- Trainer L Wadham
- Jockey L P Aspell
in rear, not fluent 8th or 10th, weakening when mistake 4 out, pulled up before 3 out
- Form 1-111PP
- Age 9
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 105
- Trainer H Hogarth
- Jockey Jamie Hamilton
soon pushed along in rear, ridden after 5th, behind 6th, pulled up before 12th
- Form 5/6P-443
- Age 9
- Weight 10-13
- Official Rating 102
- Trainer W Greatrex
- Jockey Harry Bannister
jumped left, prominent, led 4th, headed next, led 4 out, drew clear from next, stayed on
- Form 9556-PU
- Age 10
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer Sheila Lewis
- Jockey Brendan Powell
mid-division, blundered 12th, weakened before 4 out, pulled up before 3 out
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Kilcullen Flem hasn’t raced since October but ground and trip are in his favour and it would be no surprise to see him in the firing-line. This won’t take much winning and MR LOVE has more scope than most. Despite meeting trouble in-running, he wasn’t beaten far at Leicester last month and races off the same mark. Greyed A could easily bounce back from a poor run at Chepstow in which Pine Warbler plugged on to finish fourth while Grove Silver has won off a higher mark and is also a previous course winner, though has been out of sorts for a while.
Formwatch
Grove Silver (IRE) 9-1 (11-8) Led until 2nd, tracked leader, led before 15th, ridden approaching 4 out, pressed when fell 2 out, at Ludlow 3m 2f hcp (4) gs in Jan.
Greyed A (IRE) 7-2 (11-7) Raced wide, chased leaders early, lost place and towards rear before 5th, rallied 10th, driven along and struggling in 5th before 5 out, weakened 5 out, pulled up soon after, at Chepstow 3m hcp (4) hvy in Jan.
Kilcullen Flem (IRE) 7-2cfav (11-4) Chased leaders, 2nd after 8th, led before 5 out, hard driven when mistake last, all out, won at Hexham 3m hcp (4) hvy in Oct beating More Madness (10-0) by 3l, 8 ran.
Pine Warbler 12-1 (11-5) Held up towards rear, headway chasing leaders before 4th, went 2nd 8th until hit 5 out, chased leading pair until ridden before next, weakened, 4th of 10, dist behind Back To The Thatch (11-12) at Chepstow 3m hcp (4) hvy in Jan.
Mr Love (IRE) 9-4 (11-9) Held up, hampered 6th, closed after 8th, led 13th, jumped right 4 out, headed 2 out, held flat, bumped close home, lost 2nd last strides, 3rd of 6, 1 1/4l behind Dontminddboys (10-12) at Leicester 2m 7f hcp (4) sft in Jan.
Hattons Hill (IRE) 20-1 (11-7) Chased leaders, pushed along and outpaced before 9th, tailed off 11th, mistake 4 out, pulled up soon after, at Catterick 3m 1f hcp (4) gs in Dec.
Ceann Sibheal (IRE) 15-2 (10-11) Tracked leaders, slow 3rd, reminder after 6th, 4 lengths 2nd 4 out, weakened next, 3rd of 5, dist behind Big Meadow (11-6) at Uttoxeter 3m hcp (4) hvy in Jan.
Try It Sometime (IRE) 9-1 (10-0) Towards rear, unseated rider 2nd, at Towcester 3m hcp (5) sft in Feb.