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15:00 Warwick

Ray Cooper Novices' Handicap Chase (Class D )

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 110y
  • Going: Soft (Chase - Good to Soft, Soft in places)
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 9.60s
  • 7 Ran
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1
Silk -

Figaro du Rocher (FR)

13/8

    2
    Silk -

    Nagano (FR)

    2/1

      1
      Silk - Red, white sleeves, red and grey segmented cap

      Cosmocrat

      21
      14/1
      • Form 0P-3P31
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-12
      • Official Rating 110

      held up in rear, effort 8th, weakening when mistake 3 out

      2
      Silk - Red, Yellow sash, Brown sleeves, Yellow cap, Red star

      True Mariner (FR)

      32
      11/2
      • Form 3153F2
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-9
      • Official Rating 116

      held up, headway 4th, weakening when pecked badly 8th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out

      3
      Silk - White, Red hollow box, check sleeves and cap

      Dollar Law

      16 t DBF
      18/1
      • Form 364033
      • Age 9
      • Weight 11-8
      • Official Rating 107

      held up, headway 6th, ridden after 3 out, weakened flat

      4
      Silk - Yellow, Black chevron, Black and Yellow check cap

      Nagano (FR)

      36
      2/1
      • Form 6-P6211
      • Age 7
      • Weight 11-7
      • Official Rating 106

      chased leaders, went 2nd 3rd, ridden approaching 2 out, no extra flat

      5
      Silk - WHITE, light blue sash, brown cap

      Dangerousdanmagru (IRE)

      10 BF
      9/1
      • Form 5-3U214
      • Age 9
      • Weight 11-6
      • Official Rating 103

      chased leaders, mistake 1st, lost place 4th, headway 8th, ridden after 3 out, soon weakened

      6
      Silk - WHITE, BLACK diamond, DARK BLUE and WHITE hooped sleeves, BLACK cap

      Figaro du Rocher (FR)

      10 t DBF
      13/8
      • Form F41FP1
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-5
      • Official Rating 115

      jumped well, led 2nd, shaken up and drew clear flat, easily

      7
      Silk - Yellow, black chevrons, striped cap

      Kercabellec (FR)

      13 CBF
      66/1
      • Form 6-UP0F5
      • Age 7
      • Weight 10-13
      • Official Rating 98

      led to 2nd, chased leaders to 6th, weakened quickly

      In depth

      Verdict

      Nagano may put one over on Figaro du Rocher, with True Mariner, Dangerousdanmagru and Cosmocrat the other leading players. Nagano has not stopped improving since being sent over fences, winning his last two contests at Folkestone and Ludlow. His latest effort at Ludlow was particularly noteworthy as he shrugged off a seven-pound penalty against experienced opposition, so the fact that he back in novice company makes him the one to beat in our eyes. He goes on the ground, handles today's trip well and with regular pilot David Dennis in the plate gain, hopes are high that he can defy a 12lb rise in the weights. Figaro du Rocher will give him plenty to think about with his front-running tactics, but he is not the safest conveyance and he too has a penalty to overcome for a recent Doncaster success. True Mariner is only five-years-old and so the decision to put him back in trip is probably the right one at this stage of his career, and to be fair he did meet a decent rival at Kempton in the shape of Robert Alner's Duncliffe. Dangerousdanmagru disappointed at Plumpton and again has more on his plate, and Cosmocrat, who had to battle hard to win at Ludlow, has a job on to concede weight to Nagano who has the scope to defy his rise up the weights.