Racecards
15:30 Warwick
Entire Cheltenham Festival On Racing UK Budbrooke Handicap Chase (Class 2)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 2m 4f
- Going: Good to Soft
- Surface: Turf
- £30,000 added
- Winner: £18,768
- 2nd: £5,544
- 3rd: £2,772
- 4th: £1,386
- Form 25-451F
- Age 8
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 144
- Trainer O Murphy
- Jockey B S Hughes
held up, headway 6th, mistake and outpaced 12th, no impression after, went 4th last, stayed on towards finish
- Form 03P-2P7
- Age 10
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 144
with leader, led 4th, headed 7th, not fluent 4 out, weakened next
- Form 441P75
- Age 9
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 140
- Trainer D Pipe
- Jockey David Noonan
in rear, ridden after 11th, behind next
- Form 2-16312
- Age 7
- Weight 11-7
- Official Rating 139
- Trainer P Hobbs & J White
- Jockey M G Nolan
chased leaders, went 2nd 4 out until 2 out, one pace last, stayed on towards finish
- Form 11P154
- Age 6
- Weight 11-1
- Official Rating 133
- Trainer D Skelton
- Jockey Harry Skelton
held up, headway 12th, challenged 2 out, led last, driven out
Calipto (FR)
77- Form 38/6F-55
- Age 8
- Weight 10-13
- Official Rating 131
- Trainer Miss V Williams
- Jockey S Bowen
chased leaders, mistake and lost place 9th, headway before 11th, pushed along 13th, wide on last bend, no extra when mistake and lost 4th last
- Form 222P-29
- Age 8
- Weight 10-13
- Official Rating 131
- Trainer T R George
- Jockey C Gethings
led until 4th, led 7th, not fluent 10th, mistake and headed last, held flat
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Kayf Adventure was easily brushed aside by veteran Grand Vision off this mark at Wincanton after being left clear at that track earlier. He looks vulnerable again and Drumlee Sunset has become expensive to follow. Bishops Road is also looking a hard ride while Calipto continues to disappoint. Dell' Arca is having a first run over fences in more than two years and the going may still be too soft for Cobra De Mai. KNOCKGRAFFON looked beaten when falling last time at Wetherby and his jumping is a bit of a concern but he’d defied mistakes to win at Musselburgh earlier and is reunited with Brian Hughes here.
Formwatch
Knockgraffon (IRE) 9-2 (11-12) Held up towards rear, headway after 5 out, no impression when fell 2 out, at Wetherby 2m 3f hcp (2) hvy in Feb.
Bishops Road (IRE) 10-1 (11-12) Mid-division, several slow jumps early, headway chasing leaders 9th, mistake 13th, jumped slowly and weakened 15th, 7th of 12, 21 1/4l behind Ballydine (10-11) at Sandown 3m hcp (2) sft in Feb.
Dell' Arca (IRE) 25-1 (11-12) Slow and went left at times, mostly chased leader until led before 3 out, went badly left and headed at 3 out, soon beaten, 5th of 7, 31 1/4l behind Azzerti (10-4) at Huntingdon 2m 4f hcp (2) sft in Feb.
Kayf Adventure 9-4fav (11-12) Held up, not always fluent, headway on outside 7th, 2nd from next, led before 3 out, headed before mistake last, no extra, 2nd of 6, 7l behind Grand Vision (11-8) at Wincanton 2m 4f hcp (3) hvy in Feb.
Cobra De Mai (FR) 8-1 (11-6) Held up in touch, outpaced 3 out, ridden after next, rallied on outside last, went 4th and kept on flat, not pace to reach leaders, 4th of 8, 7 3/4l behind Benatar (12-0) at Ascot 2m 3f hcp (3) gd in Nov.
Calipto (FR) 5-2 (11-12) In touch on outside, close up when mistake 4 out, soon ridden, beaten 2 out, weakened flat, last of 5, 16 3/4l behind De Dollar Man (11-11) at Exeter 2m 3f hcp (3) sft in Dec.
Drumlee Sunset (IRE) 33-1 (10-6) Tracked leaders, driven and lost place after 3 out, weakened before next, tailed off, 9th of 14, dist behind Frodon (11-12) at Cheltenham 2m 5f hcp (1) hvy in Jan.