18:00 Stratford
Saturday 21 May 2022
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Hydraulic Centre Limited 40th Anniversary Handicap Chase
- 5YO plus | Class 3 | 2m 3f 98y | Good | 7 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 18:00 | Winning time: 4m 45.02s
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Enhanced good strike rate over fences when getting the better of dual subsequent winner Clear The Runway at Market Rasen (17.2f, good to firm) last month. 6 lb rise fair and another bold show on the cards.
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Wide-margin winner at Plumpton back from a break last month and surely would've finished closer but for hitting the third-last at Kempton (2¼m, good) recently. Big player off the same mark.
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Returned to form when bagging handicap chases from the front at Uttoxeter and Warwick in September. However, pulled up on his last two starts and opposable back from a six-month break.
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Not the most consistent of performers, but he stopped the slide when third in a Class 2 Perth handicap (20.1f, soft) last month. Down another 2 lb and he's 2-3 at this course, so there's cause for optimism.
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Useful hurdler/chaser on his day in Ireland, but profile is rather hit and miss and he was pulled up back from a break on first appearance following a wind op at Aintree last month.
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Won three times over fences between July and October last year, including over this C&D. Shaped as though in need of the run back from a break when last in a 4-runner Fontwell handicap and better can be expected here.
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Well suited by quick ground when opening chase account at Hereford in October. Possibly needed the run back from a six-month absence at Ludlow recently, but looks vulnerable here from 3 lb out of the handicap.
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Forecasts
Give Me A Moment (9/5), Light N Strike (11/4), Fanzio (5/1), Fat Sam (8/1), Lost In Montmartre (8/1), Vision Des Flos (12/1), Due Reward (22/1)
The vote goes to LIGHT N STRIKE, who finished with running left when third at Kempton where a mistake three out caused him to lose momentum and concede first run to the pair that finished ahead of him. Give Me A Moment made it five wins from 13 starts over fences when scoring at Market Rasen last time and he is the clear main danger ahead of Fanzio.
- Light N Strike11/4
- Fanzio5/1
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £6,535.002nd: £3,011.003rd: £1,505.004th: £754.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00
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