14:05 Kempton
Saturday 11 January 2020
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Unibet Silviniaco Conti Chase (Grade 2)
- 5YO plus | Class 1 | 2m 4f 110y | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 5 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 5m 5.1s
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Show odds
Current Ryanair champion, had a tremendous season last year and has run respectably in the face of a couple of tough tasks this season; this much more suitable and might be able to boss this from the front, so every chance of getting back on track.
Wonderfully reliable chaser, finds plenty for pressure and is 2-2 this season, including when taking the Grade 2 Peterborough Chase last time out; won this last year too, and as long as the ground doesn't get desperate, looks the one to beat again.
Useful handicap chaser, winner of a Listed contest at Ayr last spring and has run well in his two starts this year, but has almost 8l to find with Top Notch on their Peterborough Chase form and hard to see why he should turn that around.
Took his form to a new level when a closing-in ¾l second in the Peterborough Chase last time out, which was not expected (went off 100-1); needs to back that up here but conditions look fine to do so, and he looks the fly in the ointment.
Useful in error-prone chaser that took a Graduation chase at Haydock two starts back (form solid enough) but never got in the hunt in the Caspian Caviar handicap at Cheltenham last time, making mistakes; needs to cut those out to hold any chance.
Forecasts
Top Notch (11/10), Frodon (5/4), Kauto Riko (12/1), Keeper Hill (14/1), Born Survivor (33/1)
No Altior, but this is still a cracking contest despite the headline act missing, and it offers his stablemate TOP NOTCH a chance to repeat his win in the race last year. He might not be the biggest around but his heart certainly is, and he answered all of Daryl Jocob's calls to win Huntingdon's Peterborough Chase on his latest start. Kauto Riko was closing in late on him there but he'd done the donkey work between three out and the last, and was entitled to get a bit tired. Frodon will be no pushover and this small field offers him a good chance to boss things from the front, but he does need to put a couple of sub-par efforts this season behind him.
- Top Notch
- Frodon
- Kauto Riko
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £34,170.002nd: £12,822.003rd: £6,420.004th: £3,198.005th: £1,608.006th: £804.00
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