- MOORE
AND LAVELLE TARGET £75,000 CONTEST ON JANUARY 26
Bold Sir Brian, trained in Scotland by
Lucinda Russell, heads a magnificent entry of 60 horses, up from 45 last year,
for the £75,000 Listed Sky Bet Chase over three miles at Doncaster on Saturday,
January 26, 2013.
The seven-year-old, who is
a 14/1 chance with race sponsor Sky Bet, has won five of his eight chase starts
and made it two from two this season with an impressive 16-length success in
the Listed Future Stars Chase at Sandown on December 7. This facile display on
his first attempt at three miles has left connections harbouring Cheltenham
Gold Cup ambitions.
Last year's third Fruity
O'Rooney (20/1)represents trainer Gary Moore and was arguably unlucky not
to win in 2012 after his rider's saddle slipped four out when he held a clear
advantage. He has continued in good form this season, coming home seventh in
the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Newbury on December 1 and third behind
Katenko (12/1) in a competitive handicap chase at Sandown on January 5.
Moore revealed:
"Fruity O'Rooney is very much likely to run in the Sky Bet Chase. It's
been so far, so good since with him since his run at Sandown at the weekend and
I am very pleased with him.
"He bumped into a
well-handicapped horse on Saturday and he is always better going left-handed
but no damage was done. He got good money for being third and he was also
dropped three pounds.
"He was unlucky not
to win the Sky Bet last year and is one pound lower now. I think he has a good
chance and he deserves a big one.
"He is an amazing
little horse because he goes on any ground but I think he is better on better
ground."
Emma Lavelle could be
represented by Court By Surprise (14/1), who pulled out all the stops to
win a competitive handicap chase by a nose over the course and distance on
December 15, and Qianshan Leader (25/1), who finished fifth in the Sky
Bet Chase last season.
Lavelle revealed: "We
are looking at the Sky Bet Chase for Court By Surprise. He has been in super
form since his win there in December and I thought about running him at Sandown
but the ground was too soft.
"He likes nicer
ground and that's why Doncaster seems to suit him quite well because it tends
to be a bit better up there.
"He has gone up four
pounds for his win and with them all finishing in a bit of a heap, the
handicapper hasn't killed him for it. He was in front quite a way from home at
Doncaster and he probably doesn't want to be in front too long.
"He had a wind
operation over the summer and that seems to have really helped him. Beforehand,
he was only running half a race and it has made a massive difference to him
that he has been able to breathe consistently throughout his races.
"Qianshan Leader is
only a possible runner at this stage. He has had a disaster of a season so far
in that he is a top of the ground horse, but there hasn't been any of that
around.
"He hasn't done much
as a result and he is a horse we would think about running, whereas it is very
much the target for Court By Surprise."
Calgary Bay (20/1) came from near
last to win the 2012 renewal when in the care of Henrietta Knight and is now
trained by Mick Channon.
Paddy Power Gold Cup
runner-up Walkon (12/1)is one of three entries for trainer Alan King
after filling the same position behind Unioniste in the Paul Stewart IronSpine
Charity Challenge Gold Cup back at Cheltenham in December. King is also
responsible for lightly-raced 10-year-old Hold On Julio (14/1)and 2011
Becher Chase scorer West End Rocker (33/1).
Last season's Grade Two
Argento Chase winner Midnight Chase (33/1)has also been entered, while
Martin Keighley could be represented by King George VI Chase fourth Champion
Court (8/1 favourite).
Champion trainer Paul
Nicholls captured the Sky Bet Chase in 2009 with Big Fella Thanks and has five
possible contenders this year, headed by Grade Two victor Pacha Du Polder.
The Ditcheat handler could also saddle The Knoxs (14/1), Rolling Aces
(12/1), Harry The Viking (16/1) and Cedre Bleu (20/1).
Donald McCain has made
three entries, headed by progressive novice Red Rocco (14/1)and 2011
Grand National hero Ballabriggs (33/1), while Jonjo O'Neill could be
represented by Mister Hyde (12/1), who won a competitive handicap chase
at Kempton over Christmas.
Other notable entries
include Paddy Power Gold Cup third Nadiya De La Vega (16/1), David
Bridgwater's exciting young chaser Wyck Hill (12/1) and impressive
Rowland Meyrick chase scorer Cape Tribulation (14/1), trained by Malcolm
Jefferson.
Sky Bet Chase - Sky Bet
opening prices
8/1 Champion Court; 12/1
Walkon, Katenko, Rolling Aces, Mister Hyde, Wyck Hill; 14/1 Bold Sir Brian,
Cape Tribulation, The Knoxs, Red Rocco, Quartz de Thaix, Hold On Julio, Court
By Surprise; 16/1 Pacha du Polder, Nadiya de La Vega, Harry The Viking,
Misstree Dancer; 20/1 Calgary Bay, Duke of Lucca, Fruity O'Rooney, Ikorodu
Road, Cedre Bleu, Summery Justice, Pentiffic, Lively Baron, Chartreux; 25/1
Golden Chieftain, Carruthers, Shoegazer, Saint Are, Galaxy Rock, Quentin
Collonges, Qianshan Leader, Sizing Santiago, Hunters Lodge, Captain Americo;
28/1 Cappa Bleu, Alvarado, Corkage; 33/1 Midnight Chase, Ballabriggs, West End
Rocker, Mr Moonshine, Tullamore Dew, Prophete de Guye, Do It For Dalkey; 40/1
Silver By Nature, Hector's Choice, Always Right, Tatenen, Auroras Encore, Baile
Anrai, Beneficial Reform, Matuhi; 50/1 Cootehill, De Boitron, Billie Magern,
Riguez Dancer, Gullible Gordon; 100/1 Merigo
Each-Way Terms: 1/4 the
odds - 1, 2, 3, 4
Michael Shinners, Racing
PR Manager for Sky Bet, commented: "In what looks a tremendous renewal of
the Sky Bet Chase with a number of in-from horses, Champion Court heads the
betting after his excellent fourth in the King George.
"With the ground
drying at Doncaster, we are hoping for a full field and a cracking race with
some future pointers for both Cheltenham and Aintree."
The Sky Bet Chase has a
safety limit of 22 runners. Weights will be revealed on Wednesday, January 16.
THE SKY
BET CHASE
Class 1,
Listed Race, £75,000 Total Prize Fund. 2.40pm, Doncaster, Saturday,
January 26, 2013. For five-year-olds and upwards, three miles. Entries closed
January 8, entries revealed January 9 (60 entries), weights revealed
January 16. Penalties: after January 13, a winner 5lb. Five-day confirmations
January 21, final declarations, 10.00am, January 24. Form figures supplied by
Weatherbys and are correct up to and including Monday, January 7, 2013.
Form
Horse Age Owner Trainer
1/R2-U15 ALVARADO
(IRE) 8 William & Angela Rucker Fergal O'Brien
3/1PPU-0 ALWAYS
RIGHT (IRE) 11 John Wade John Wade
12-U0P4 AURORAS
ENCORE (IRE) 11 D Pryde, J Beaumont & D van der Hoeven Sue Smith
11F01-0 BAILE
ANRAI (IRE) 9 Massive Ian Williams
121/46-P BALLABRIGGS
(IRE) 12 Trevor Hemmings Donald McCain
2F14P-5 BENEFICIAL
REFORM (IRE) 8 Martin Tedham James Ewart
P35F-0F BILLIE
MAGERN 9 Exors of the late Roger Nicholls Nigel Twiston-Davies
1114-11 BOLD
SIR BRIAN (IRE) 7 Alexander Trotter Lucinda Russell
5110-P4 CALGARY
BAY (IRE) 10 Camilla Radford Mick Channon
411-051 CAPE
TRIBULATION 9 J David Abell Malcolm Jefferson
P//1334-2
CAPPA BLEU (IRE) 11 William & Angela Rucker Evan
Williams
4423P-2 CAPTAIN
AMERICO (IRE) 11 D Coppola & James Ewart James Ewart
00-R001 CARRUTHERS
10 The Oaksey Partnership Mark Bradstock
150-41F CEDRE
BLEU (FR) 6 Paul Barber & David Johnson Paul Nicholls
3122-24 CHAMPION
COURT (IRE) 8 Martin Boothright Martin Keighley
30/F4-12 CHARTREUX
(FR) 8 Roger Brookhouse Tom George
43F543 COOTEHILL
(IRE) 9 Felicity Griffin Nigel Twiston-Davies
100-040 CORKAGE
(IRE) 10 The Scarth Racing Partnership Keith Reveley
3P62-31 COURT
BY SURPRISE (IRE) 8 Nick Mustoe Emma Lavelle
3602-30 DE
BOITRON (FR) 9 Mrs J Morgan & Mrs Lindsey Shaw Ferdy Murphy
112P4-2 DO
IT FOR DALKEY 11 G S Brown Lucinda Russell
2511-20 DUKE
OF LUCCA (IRE) 8 Mrs Lesley Field Philip Hobbs
325-003 FRUITY
O'ROONEY 10 Heart of the South Racing Gary Moore
3P0-42P GALAXY
ROCK (IRE) 9 Michael & John O'Flynn Jonjo O'Neill
13-51P3 GOLDEN
CHIEFTAIN (IRE) 8 Brocade Racing Colin Tizzard
0/44-060 GULLIBLE
GORDON (IRE) 10 Yeh Man Partnership Peter Bowen
112P-P0 HARRY
THE VIKING 8 Sir A Ferguson, G Mason, R Wood & P Done Paul
Nicholls
3201-P4 HECTOR'S
CHOICE (FR) 9 James and Jean Potter Richard Lee
110-35U HOLD
ON JULIO (IRE) 10 Mr & Mrs F Bell, N Farrell, A Marsh Alan King
05-1133 HUNTERS
LODGE (IRE) 7 Exors of the late Roger Nicholls Nigel Twiston-Davies
11P-405 IKORODU
ROAD 10 W J Odell Matt Sheppard
04-F021 KATENKO
(FR) 7 Andrew Brooks Venetia Williams
105-131 LIVELY
BARON (IRE) 8 Trevor Hemmings Donald McCain
030U-06 MATUHI
10 Willsford Racing Incorporated David Pipe
011-506 MERIGO
(FR) 12 Raymond & Anita Anderson Green Andrew Parker
F310-3P MIDNIGHT
CHASE 11 Lady Clarke Neil Mulholland
54-6113 MISSTREE
DANCER 9 Sarah Faulks Nick Williams
04-1311 MISTER
HYDE (IRE) 8 Bensaranat Club & W McLuskey Jonjo O'Neill
0-23602 MR
MOONSHINE (IRE) 9 Sue Smith Sue Smith
3/10-13U NADIYA
DE LA VEGA (FR) 7 J P McManus Nicky Henderson
51F1-P2 PACHA
DU POLDER (FR) 6 The Stewart & Wylie Families Paul Nicholls
F0-0001 PENTIFFIC
(NZ) 10 P Sinn, P Lawrence, L Sutcliffe, M Smith Venetia Williams
P-30015 PROPHETE
DE GUYE (FR) 10 Elegant Clutter Ltd James Evans
64115-P QIANSHAN
LEADER (IRE) 9 The Pick 'N' Mix Partnership Emma Lavelle
4P0-112 QUARTZ
DE THAIX (FR) 9 ROA Arkle Partnership Venetia Williams
3/212P-0 QUENTIN
COLLONGES (FR) 9 Neville Statham & Family Henry Daly
212-211 RED
ROCCO (IRE) 6 Glen's Fools 2 Donald McCain
F0144-6 RIGUEZ
DANCER 9 Let's Live Racing Ferdy Murphy
20-4311 ROLLING
ACES (IRE) 7 David Martin, Ian Fogg & Paul Barber Paul Nicholls
4U01-F4 SAINT
ARE (FR) 7 David Fox Tim Vaughan
153F12 SHOEGAZER
(IRE) 8 Wayne Clifford David Pipe
21/0010/-
SILVER BY NATURE 11 G S Brown Lucinda Russell
13F213 SIZING
SANTIAGO (IRE) 7 Yeh Man Partnership Peter Bowen
1P/1/401-
SUMMERY JUSTICE (IRE) 9 Mrs H Brown Venetia Williams
0/015U-6 TATENEN
(FR) 9 The Stewart Family Richard Rowe
15001-F THE
KNOXS (IRE) 10 Andrea & Graham Wylie Paul Nicholls
0PP-U23 TULLAMORE
DEW (IRE) 11 Give Every Man His Due Nick Gifford
345P-22 WALKON
(FR) 8 McNeill Family Alan King
P1FP-3P WEST
END ROCKER (IRE) 11 Barry Winfield & Tim Leadbeater Alan King
11F2-11 WYCK
HILL (IRE) 9 SAB Partnership David Bridgwater
60
entries
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