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SHEPPARD PLANS TO RUN IKORODU ROAD
Calgary Bay (11st 12lb, 20/1), a
comfortable winner of last season's Listed Sky Bet Chase, jointly heads the
weights on 11st 12lb for this year's renewal along with Grade Two winner Midnight
Chase (33/1), King George VI Chase fourth Champion Court (9/1
favourite with Sky Bet) and improving seven-year-old Bold Sir Brian
(14/1).
The weights for the
£75,000 contest, which takes place over three miles at Doncaster on Saturday,
January 26, are revealed today.
In-form trainer Venetia
Williams has three possible runners among the 59 entries including progressive
French import Katenko (11st 4lb, 12/1) and Quartz De Thaix (11st
10lb, 14/1).
Matt Sheppard is hoping
stable star Ikorodu Road(10st 9lb, 20/1) can land another valuable
prize. The lightly-raced 10-year-old showed a tremendous attitude when winning
the Grimthorpe Chase at Doncaster in March last year and a competitive handicap
chase at Newbury later the same month, but disappointed when pulled up in the
Scottish Grand National.
He was last seen finishing
fifth in a hotly-contested handicap chase at Doncaster in December won by Emma
Lavelle's Court By Surprise (10st 2lb, 12/1), who is likely to reoppose.
Sheppard said: "There
is a good chance Ikorodu Road will run in the Sky Bet Chase. He will also have
an entry in a veterans' chase at Exeter just before but he needs good or good
to soft ground and I can't see it being like that at Exeter.
"Ideally, he wants a
couple of furlongs further than three miles but he has been in excellent form
since his run at Doncaster. We have been praying for some better ground and
hoped to run him in the Classic Chase at Warwick (last Saturday) but the ground
was too soft.
"He definitely has
another big race in him. He wants three and a half miles but we haven't been
able to put it all together and, longer term, I would imagine he will go for
the Grimthorpe again.
"When he broke the
track record at Newbury last season, the ground must have been quite quick and
when he went to Ayr he must have been jarred up but you don't know that until
you run them - we could look at the Scottish Grand National again."
Cape Tribulation (12/1), trained by Malcolm
Jefferson, has been allotted 11st 8lb after getting his chasing career back on
track with an eye-catching 11-length success in the Rowland Meyrick Handicap
Chase at Wetherby over Christmas, while impressive last time out scorers Wyck
Hill (10/1) and Mister Hyde (12/1)have been handed 10st 11lb and
10st 10lb respectively.
Champion trainer Paul
Nicholls is responsible for six entries headed by Pacha Du Polder (11st
4lb, 16/1), who chased home Bold Sir Brian in an intermediate chase at Sandown
on December 7, and improving novice chaser Rolling Aces (11st 2lb,
12/1).
Paddy Power Gold Cup
runner-up Walkon (11st 5lb, 14/1)is one of three possibles for trainer
Alan King, having filled 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 (11st 3lb,
14/1)and 2011 Becher Chase scorer West End Rocker (10st 10lb, 33/1).
Other notable contenders
include last year's third Fruity O'Rooney (10st 10lb 16/1), Carruthers
(11st 4lb, 25/1) and Red Rocco (10st 2lb, 14/1), who is one of three
entries for trainer Donald McCain.
Latest prices from Sky
Bet: 9/1
Champion Court; 10/1 Wyck Hill; 12/1 Katenko, Rolling Aces, Court By Surprise,
Cape Tribulation, Mister Hyde; 14/1 The Knoxs, Red Rocco, Bold Sir Brian,
Quartz de Thaix, Walkon, Hold On Julio; 16/1 Pacha du Polder, Harry The Viking,
Fruity O'Rooney; 20/1 Ikorodu Road, Duke of Lucca, Calgary Bay, Saint Are,
Cedre Bleu, Summery Justice, Nadiya de La Vega, Pentiffic; 25/1 Golden
Chieftain, Carruthers, Chartreux, Galaxy Rock, Shoegazer, Hunters Lodge,
Qianshan Leader; 28/1 Alvarado, Corkage, Lively Baron, Cappa Bleu; 33/1 Quentin
Collonges, Midnight Chase, Captain Americo, Ballabriggs, Sizing Santiago,
Tullamore Dew, Mr Moonshine, Prophete de Guye, West End Rocker, Do It For
Dalkey; 40/1 Silver By Nature, Hector's Choice, Auroras Encore, Always Right,
Tatenen, Baile Anrai, Beneficial Reform, De Boitron; 50/1 Matuhi, Cootehill,
Gullible Gordon, Billie Magern, Riguez Dancer; 100/1 Merigo
Michael Shinners, Racing
PR Manager for Sky Bet, said: "Fruity O'Rooney was popular among punters
when we opened the market last week. Jamie Moore's expression said it all when
the horse finished third last year after the saddle slipped - he clearly thought
he should have won. He is a consistent performer and has been set some hard
tasks this season so punters must think he still has a big race in him."
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, 1 subsequently scratched),
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 14, 2013.
Form
Horse Age/Wgt Owner Trainer
F310-3P MIDNIGHT
CHASE 11-11-12 Lady Clarke Neil Mulholland
3122-24 CHAMPION
COURT (IRE) 8-11-12 Martin Boothright Martin Keighley
1114-11 BOLD
SIR BRIAN (IRE) 7-11-12 Alexander Trotter Lucinda Russell
5110-P4 CALGARY
BAY (IRE) 10-11-12 Camilla Radford Mick Channon
4P0-112 QUARTZ
DE THAIX (FR) 9-11-10 ROA Arkle Partnership Venetia Williams
121/46-P BALLABRIGGS
(IRE) 12-11-09 Trevor Hemmings Donald McCain
21/0010/-
SILVER BY NATURE 11-11-09 G S Brown Lucinda Russell
411-051 CAPE
TRIBULATION 9-11-08 J David Abell Malcolm Jefferson
345P-22 WALKON
(FR) 8-11-05 McNeill Family Alan King
3201-P4 HECTOR'S
CHOICE (FR) 9-11-05 James and Jean Potter Richard Lee
51F1-P2 PACHA
DU POLDER (FR) 6-11-04 The Stewart & Wylie Families Paul Nicholls
15001-F THE
KNOXS (IRE) 10-11-04 Andrea & Graham Wylie Paul Nicholls
04-F021 KATENKO
(FR) 7-11-04 Andrew Brooks Venetia Williams
00-R001 CARRUTHERS
10-11-04 The Oaksey Partnership Mark Bradstock
10-35U2 HOLD
ON JULIO (IRE) 10-11-03 Mr & Mrs F Bell, N Farrell, A Marsh Alan
King
P//1334-2
CAPPA BLEU (IRE) 11-11-03 William & Angela Rucker Evan
Williams
3/1PPU-0 ALWAYS
RIGHT (IRE) 11-11-02 John Wade John Wade
3/10-13U NADIYA
DE LA VEGA (FR) 7-11-02 J P McManus Nicky Henderson
20-4311 ROLLING
ACES (IRE) 7-11-02 David Martin, Ian Fogg & Paul Barber Paul
Nicholls
153F12 SHOEGAZER
(IRE) 8-11-01 Wayne Clifford David Pipe
0/015U-6 TATENEN
(FR) 9-11-01 The Stewart Family Richard Rowe
2511-20 DUKE
OF LUCCA (IRE) 8-10-13 Mrs Lesley Field Philip Hobbs
4U01-F4 SAINT
ARE (FR) 7-10-13 David Fox Tim Vaughan
11F2-11 WYCK
HILL (IRE) 9-10-11 SAB Partnership David Bridgwater
112P-P0 HARRY
THE VIKING 8-10-11 Sir A Ferguson, G Mason, R Wood & P Done Paul
Nicholls
3P0-42P GALAXY
ROCK (IRE) 9-10-11 Michael & John O'Flynn Jonjo O'Neill
04-1311 MISTER
HYDE (IRE) 8-10-10 Bensaranat Club & W McLuskey Jonjo O'Neill
0-23602 MR
MOONSHINE (IRE) 9-10-10 Sue Smith Sue Smith
325-003 FRUITY
O'ROONEY 10-10-10 Heart of the South Racing Gary Moore
1FP-3P0 WEST
END ROCKER (IRE) 11-10-10 Barry Winfield & Tim Leadbeater Alan King
11P-405 IKORODU
ROAD 10-10-09 W J Odell Matt Sheppard
2-U0P45 AURORAS
ENCORE (IRE) 11-10-08 D Pryde, J Beaumont & D van der Hoeven Sue Smith
1P/1/401-
SUMMERY JUSTICE (IRE) 9-10-06 Mrs H Brown Venetia Williams
1/R2-U15 ALVARADO
(IRE) 8-10-06 William & Angela Rucker Fergal O'Brien
030U-06 MATUHI
10-10-06 Willsford Racing Incorporated David Pipe
150-41F CEDRE
BLEU (FR) 6-10-06 Paul Barber & David Johnson Paul Nicholls
100-040 CORKAGE
(IRE) 10-10-05 The Scarth Racing Partnership Keith Reveley
011-506 MERIGO
(FR) 12-10-05 Raymond & Anita Anderson Green Andrew Parker
3-51P36 GOLDEN
CHIEFTAIN (IRE) 8-10-04 Brocade Racing Colin Tizzard
43F543 COOTEHILL
(IRE) 9-10-04 Felicity Griffin Nigel Twiston-Davies
0PP-U23 TULLAMORE
DEW (IRE) 11-10-04 Give Every Man His Due Nick Gifford
3602-30 DE
BOITRON (FR) 9-10-03 Mrs J Morgan & Mrs Lindsey Shaw Ferdy Murphy
212-211 RED
ROCCO (IRE) 6-10-02 Glen's Fools 2 Donald McCain
0-00016 PENTIFFIC
(NZ) 10-10-02 P Sinn, P Lawrence, L Sutcliffe, M Smith Venetia
Williams
3P62-31 COURT
BY SURPRISE (IRE) 8-10-02 Nick Mustoe Emma Lavelle
1F01-04 BAILE
ANRAI (IRE) 9-10-00 Massive Ian Williams
05-1310 LIVELY
BARON (IRE) 8-10-00 Trevor Hemmings Donald McCain
P35F-0F BILLIE
MAGERN 9-10-00 Exors of the late Roger Nicholls Nigel Twiston-Davies
F0144-6 RIGUEZ
DANCER 9-10-00 Let's Live Racing Ferdy Murphy
64115-P QIANSHAN
LEADER (IRE) 9-9-13 The Pick 'N' Mix Partnership Emma Lavelle
300155 PROPHETE
DE GUYE (FR) 10-9-12 Elegant Clutter Ltd James Evans
30/F4-12 CHARTREUX
(FR) 8-9-12 Roger Brookhouse Tom George
0/44-060 GULLIBLE
GORDON (IRE) 10-9-11 Yeh Man Partnership Peter Bowen
13F213 SIZING
SANTIAGO (IRE) 7-9-11 Yeh Man Partnership Peter Bowen
212P-00 QUENTIN
COLLONGES (FR) 9-9-10 Neville Statham & Family Henry Daly
05-1133 HUNTERS
LODGE (IRE) 7-9-08 Exors of the Late Roger Nicholls Nigel
Twiston-Davies
4423P-2 CAPTAIN
AMERICO (IRE) 11-9-06 D Coppola & James Ewart James Ewart
112P4-2 DO
IT FOR DALKEY 11-9-05 G S Brown Lucinda Russell
2F14P-5 BENEFICIAL
REFORM (IRE) 8-9-03 Martin Tedham James Ewart
59
entries remain
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