15:00 Sandown

Tuesday 7 March 2023

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Grand Military Gold Cup (Chase For Military Amateur Jockeys)

Off time: 15:07 | Winning time: 6m 40.5s

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Selected odds by:

Texard^t¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 12-10| J: Pte V Webster⁽⁷⁾| T: D Pipe| OR: 123

28/1

Fairly useful at best but nowhere near that level in recent starts ran poorly behind Broken Halo here last month.

Form: 11937P

Abaya Du Mathan^b,t⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 12-5| J: Col Alex Porter⁽⁷⁾| T: D Pipe| OR: 89

150/1

Just 1 win from 25 NH runs and looks well out of his depth here.

Form: 6P4P43

Broken Halo^t¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 12-5| J: Bdr Jody Sole⁽³⁾| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 130| CD

11/10

Useful chaser who got back to winning ways when taking similar event over C&D (good) 19 days ago by 8½ lengths from Rolling Dylan, driven out. Holds obvious follow-up claims.

Form: 41-7681

Red Happy^b,t¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-5| J: Sgt Nick Oliver⁽⁷⁾| T: D Pipe| OR: 112| D

14/1

Scored 3 times earlier this term but largely disappointed since and was beaten a long way when third of 6 to Broken Halo over C&D latest.

Form: PPPC43

Rolling Dylan^b¹⁹

Age: 12| Weight: 12-5| J: Maj Charlie O'Shea⁽⁵⁾| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 123| CD

8/1

Returned to form, in first-time blinkers, when 8½ lengths second of 6 to Broken Halo over C&D (good) 19 days ago. Likely to make presence felt again.

Form: 112-4P2

Tallow For Coal^p1³³

Age: 7| Weight: 12-5| J: Maj Will Kellard⁽⁷⁾| T: Jamie Snowden| OR: 130| D

10/1

Took his form up a notch on return when bagging 7-runner handicap chase at Lingfield (23.5f, soft) in November. However, failed to complete twice since and now tried in headgear.

Form: 1P2-1PP

Almazhar Garde^p,t³⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Nathan Rahman⁽⁷⁾| T: C E Longsdon| OR: 125

9/4

Posted his best effort this season when fourth of 12 in handicap chase at Hereford (25.2f, good to soft, 16/1) last month and could be a player if building on that here.

Form: 0-5F8P4

Diable De Sivola³⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 12-0| J: Capt W B Ramsay⁽⁵⁾| T: W Ramsay| OR: 103| D

25/1

One-time useful chaser but not seen since below-par effort at Kelso in May and looks up against it here.

Form: 6-38211

Roc D'Apsis¹⁷

Age: 14| Weight: 12-0| J: Lt Cdr Vicki Sollitt⁽⁷⁾| T: W Worthington| OR: 99| D

150/1

Very much at the veteran stage now and finished a well-beaten third in this event last year.

Form: 313-6P3

Non-Runners

D'jango¹¹

Weight: 12-5| Age: 10

T: D Pipe J:

Forecasts

Broken Halo (11/10), Almazhar Garde (9/4), Rolling Dylan (8/1), Tallow For Coal (10/1), Red Happy (14/1), D'jango (20/1), Diable De Sivola (25/1), Texard (28/1), Roc D'Apsis (150/1), Abaya Du Mathan (150/1)

It could be worth chancing ALMAZHAR GARDE, who offered more than of late when fourth at Hereford last month. Last month's Grand Military first and second Broken Halo and Rolling Dylan are the obvious dangers.

Previous Winners

2022

Rolling Dylan

Weight: 12-5 |Age: 11

J: Maj Charlie O'Shea | T: P Hobbs & J White

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Prize Money

1st: £6,160.002nd: £3,080.003rd: £1,540.004th: £770.00

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