Cue plays wining card
at Haydock
No Comment wins at Market
Rasen
Gravy is Different
class At Ascot
Poltolouge lands
Haydock chase
Let’s Leads Rivals a
merry Dance
Yanworth takes Ascot
Hurdle
Land heading for Glory
Altior Impressive at
Kempton
Report
We start back at Market Rasen last Thursday where in the 2m
2f novice hurdle, No Comment ( Bob, Steve), went to post, Tracked leaders, on inside, 2nd travelling well before 2 out,
upsides 2 out, led before mistake last, ridden out, winning by 2 ¼ l. He gets 11.9 points.
On Friday at Ascot in the 2m2 f
beginners chase, Different Gravy ( Martin, Peej, Steve) went to post, Tracked leader, challenged going well and hit 2 out,
led approaching last, quickened clear run-in, eased close home, winning by 6l. he gets 11.7 points.
At Haydock in the 2m 5f novice chase, Politolouge ( Steve),
took his chance, Tracked leaders, led 4 out, clear before 2 out ,
winning comfortably by 10l. He gets 37 points.
On Saturday at Haydock in the 3m Grade 1 Lancashire
Chase, Cue Card ( Cliff,
Lee, Martin, Neil), went to post, Held up towards rear, soon tracked leaders, not fluent
10th, went 2nd 7 out, led 4 out, clear from 2 out, ridden run-in, winning
impressively by 15l. He gets27.6 points.
At Punchestown in the 2m 3 year old hurdle, Landofhopeandglory (Neil),
took his chance, Tracked leaders, slight mistake
2nd, 4th halfway, 3rd 4 out, improved to challenge entering straight, led
before last, pushed out to assert run-in, winning easily by 4l. He gets 23 points.
In the 2m 2f mares hurdle, Let’s Dance ( Peej),
took her chance, Chased leader, 3rd from before
4th, improved into 2nd before 2 out, ridden entering straight, stayed on to
challenge before last, led last, kept on well run-in, winning by 2 ¼ l. She gets 33 points
At Ascot, in the 2m 3f grade 2 hyrdle, Yanworth ( Bob, Lee, Peej,
Steve), went to post, Took keen hold,
held up tracking leaders in 4th, headway on outside into 2nd 2 out, ridden before the last, driven upsides run-in, stayed on
to lead final 100 yards, winning by ¾ l. He gets
26.6 points.
On Sunday at Punchestown in the 2m grade 1 Morgina hurdle Nicholls Canyon (Tony), took his chance, Made all, stretched clear from 2 out and kept on well run-in, winning easily by 12l. He gets 53 points
On Monday at Kempton Altior (Not Tony), made his
debut over fences in the 2m 2f novice chase, Jumped
well, tracked leader and keen until led 3rd allowed to stride on and soon
clear, hit 9th,winning hard held
by 63 l. He gets 11.1 points.
The
John Torpey Memorial Trophy
November Total
Steve
147.5 147.5
Peej
116.5 116.5
Martin
111.7 111.7
Bob
83.7 83.7
Lee
81.4 81.4
Neil
77.8 77.8
Cliff
54.87
54.8
Tony 53 53
Cod
27.2 27.2
Micky
27.2 27.2
News
Trainer Simon West is working back from the RSA Chase with Maximiser ahead of his comeback over hurdles this weekend. The lightly-raced eight-year-old holds entries in the feature £50,000 Grade Two bet365 Long Distance Hurdle (2.10pm, 3m 52y) on Friday, November 25 and the £35,000 bet365 Handicap Hurdle (2.05pm, 2m 4f 118y) the following afternoon.
Maximiser has had just five starts under Rules since finishing
eighth behind Faugheen in a Punchestown bumper in May, 2013, and endured
another interrupted campaign last season after falling in the G2 Fuller's
London Pride Novices' Chase at the 2015 bet365 Festival.His only subsequent
outing came when going down by a short-neck in a Listed hurdle at Auteuil,
France, in March.West, who trains in North Yorkshire, said: "Maximiser
worked this morning and now we are just keeping an eye on the weather."If
the ground stays as it is, we would be very tempted to go for the bet365 Long
Distance Hurdle on Friday, but if it gets very testing we would be leaning more
towards the handicap. It is his first run of the season and I don't want to
bottom him.
Thistlecrack is the star name among nine
entries for the bet365 Novices' Chase at Newbury on Saturday.
Last year's winner Smad Place will head a field of 20 in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury on
Saturday Alan King's grey spread-eagled the
opposition 12 months ago but will find life tougher with 11lb more on his back
Connections of Valseur Lido are leaning towards the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown as his
Christmas target.
A 44-strong entry
has been revealed for the £100,000 Caspian Caviar Gold Cup, which takes
place at Cheltenham on Saturday, December 10, day two of The International. One horse with the Grade Three
handicap chase, which is run over two miles, four furlongs and 166
yards, firmly in his sights in Aloomomo (Warren Greatrex).
The six-year-old showed
highly-progressive form last season, with victories at Warwick and in a valuable
handicap chase at Newbury
