Racecards
16:25 Wetherby
Watch The Cheltenham Festival On Racing TV Handicap Chase (Class 3)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 2m 5f 75y
- Going: Good (Good to Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £15,000 added
- Winner: £7,922
- 2nd: £3,645
- 3rd: £1,822
- 4th: £912
- Form 2613-44
- Age 10
- Weight 12-0
- Official Rating 135
- Trainer D Skelton
- Jockey Bridget Andrews
tracked leader, pushed along after 5 out, ridden and no extra after 3 out, weakened
- Form 1-12335
- Age 8
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 129
- Trainer L Morgan
- Jockey Danny McMenamin
in touch, shaken up before 4 out, went second after 2 out, kept on well flat, not reach leaders
- Form 36/192U
- Age 9
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 126
- Trainer Miss V Williams
- Jockey Charlie Deutsch
led, not fluent 8th, ridden along after 3 out, kept on until no extra final 110yds, headed close home
- Form 51-8025
- Age 8
- Weight 11-3
- Official Rating 124
- Trainer J S Smith
- Jockey Finn Lambert
towards rear, driven along after 5 out, lost touch after 4 out, soon beaten
- Form 2U1P-34
- Age 7
- Weight 11-1
- Official Rating 122
- Trainer N G Richards
- Jockey B S Hughes
chased leading pair, pushed along approaching 4 out, ridden along next, soon every chance, two lengths down when not fluent last, kept on well flat, led close home
- Form 3152U9
- Age 9
- Weight 11-1
- Official Rating 122
- Trainer B Haslam
- Jockey Jonjo O'Neill Jr.
held up in rear, never a factor
In depth
Verdict
Beakstown has had a break but is eased in grade for this but little has gone right for Enzo D'Airy since he made a winning reappearance at Chepstow. Famous Bridge needs to brush up his jumping if he is to make his mark over fences but he still has time on his side. This may be a bit on the short side nowadays for PERCUSSION but he didn’t handle soft ground at Kempton last time so gets another chance.
Formwatch
Beakstown (IRE) 2-1fav (10-11) Tracked leading pair, lost place 11th, 4th and beaten when hit next, went badly left final 3, 4th of 5, 32 1/2l behind Paint The Dream (12-0) at Newbury 2m 4f hcp (2) gd in Nov.
Percussion 11-2 (11-1) Bit wide, tracked winner until 2nd, went 2nd again before next until 10th, chased leaders, weakened before 4 out, tailed off and eased, 5th of 7, dist behind Annsam (11-6) at Kempton 3m hcp (2) sft in Jan.
Enzo D'Airy (FR) 10-1 (11-0) Handy when badly hampered and unseated rider 1st, at Warwick 2m 4f hcp (3) gd in Feb.
Song Of Earth (IRE) 22-1 (12-2) Towards rear, pushed along 4 out, no response, 5th of 9, 34l behind Eden Du Houx (12-0) at Ffos Las 2m 3f hcp (3) sft in Nov.
Famous Bridge (IRE) 3-1 (10-5) Last pair, mistake 13th, struggling after, well behind 4 out, tailed off, last of 4, dist behind Thomas Darby (11-10) at Ayr 3m hcp (3) sft in Feb.
Marshalled (IRE) 40-1 (11-11) In touch, headway to dispute lead after 3rd, headed before 4th (normal 5th), 3rd halfway, dropped to 7th after 7th, slight mistake 4 out, weakened after 3 out, 9th of 16, dist behind Seddon (12-0) at Leopardstown 2m 5f hcp sft in Dec.