50
entries for Sky Bet Chase at Doncaster
- Night
In Milan primed for £75,000 contest
The Paul Nicholls-trained
pair of Unioniste (12/1 joint-favourite with Sky Bet)and exciting novice
Sam Winner (12/1 joint-favourite) head 50 high-class entries for the £75,000
Listed Sky Bet Chase over three miles at Doncaster on Saturday, January 25.
Unioniste was last seen
finishing eighth in the Grade One Lexus Chase at Leopardstown on December 28,
having previously captured a Listed Chase at Aintree by seven lengths, while
Sam Winner, a Grade Two winner over hurdles, landed a novices' chase at
Cheltenham on December 12.
Nicholls' six-strong
entry, the most of any trainer, also includes dual Listed chase scorer The
Minack (16/1), the highly-regarded pair of Pacha Du Polder (25/1)
and Mon Parrain (20/1) as well as course and distance winner Harry
The Viking (20/1).
Night In Milan (16/1), trained by Keith
Reveley, is also a course and distance victor following a spectacular
performance at Town Moor on December 14. The eight-year-old made all the
running under regular rider James Reveley to triumph by six lengths from De
Boitron (20/1) and is now on course for the Sky Bet Chase.
Keith Reveley reported:
"The Sky Bet Chase is the plan for Night In Milan. He won really well last
time and deserved to win a nice handicap because he is a solid, consistent
horse.
"He has been in good
form since and obviously likes the track at Doncaster, so fingers crossed. He
has gone up the weights a little bit, but is still a young horse and there
might be a little bit of improvement there.
"Things just did not
pan out for him in the fixed brush hurdle at Haydock. He had a different jockey
on and got a little bit buzzed up beforehand and then did too much in front. We
will just draw a line through that and, if you ignore that, he has done nothing
wrong.
"The only slight
concern would be that he is unlikely to get an easy lead in a race like the Sky
Bet. He is definitely happier out in front, bowling along with an easy lead,
but he won't get that. We will just have to hope he settles in second or third
and takes a lead."
Martin Keighley could be
represented by Annacotty (16/1), last seen out when successful in
the Grade One Kauto Star Novices' Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day and Faultless
Feelings (25/1), who was narrowly beaten in the Mandarin Handicap Chase at
Newbury on December 28.
Keighley said:
"Annacotty is a possible for the Sky Bet Chase as I think the flat,
galloping track at Doncaster will really suit him, though he will have an entry
at Cheltenham the same day.
"The handicapper
would love me to run him in a handicap to see if he's got him right and it is
tempting. A mark of 144 could be workable as he's still improving.
"He's not an
ungenuine horse, he just needs the headgear to keep him focused and it was a
good performance at Kempton.
"Faultless Feelings
has the same owner as Annacotty and they wouldn't both run in the same race.
He's improving and ran a cracking race at Newbury, though it's frustrating he
went up 5lb for coming second."
Hadrian's Approach (14/) headlines four
entries in the prestigious handicap chase for the Lambourn stable of Nicky
Henderson following a gutsy win over Super Duty (16/1) in a graduation
chase at Newbury on December 18. The champion trainer could also be represented
by Roberto Goldback (25/1), Ma Filleule (25/1) and Giorgio
Quercus (20/1).
Donald McCain has entered
Kruzhlinin (16/1), twice a winner at Kelso this term, Our Mick (20/1)
and the unexposed Super Duty.
Grade One-winning hurdler Walkon
(16/1) is one of three entries for Alan King, but has not been seen since
unseating his rider in the Grade Two Old Roan Chase at Aintree in October.
Grand National hero Auroras
Encore (25/1) is one of three entries for Sue Smith, while other notables
include Cheltenham Festival scorer Teaforthree (16/1), eye-catching
Haydock winner Night Alliance (16/1) and Paddy Power Gold Cup fourth Attaglance
(20/1).
Michael Shinners of Sky
Bet said: "We are delighted with the entries for this year's Sky Bet Chase
and it will be fascinating to see what Paul Nicholls runs as he has six in the
race. The Ditcheat trainer won the Sky Bet Chase in 2009 with Big Fella Thanks
and, with such a strong hand, he could well hold the key to the race once
again.
"At the moment, we
are 12/1 the field, which highlights how competitive the contest looks at this
early stage and it will be interesting to see what horses are confirmed by
their trainers as definite runners for Doncaster."
Weights for the Sky Bet
Chase will be revealed on Wednesday, January 15.
Sky Bet Chase, Sky Bet: 12/1 Unioniste, Sam
Winner; 14/1 Hadrian's Approach, Court By Surprise; 16/1 The Minack, Walkon,
Teaforthree, Super Duty, Annacotty, Kruzhlinin, Mart Lane, Quartz de Thaix,
Vintage Star, Night In Milan, Muldoon's Picnic, The Druids Nephew, Night
Alliance, Loch Ba; 20/1 Big Fella Thanks, Mon Parrain, De Boitron,
Gullinbursti, Time For Rupert, Our Mick, Attaglance, Fruity O'Rooney, Giorgio
Quercus, Noble Legend, Relax, Storm Survivor, Zaru, Harry The Viking, Baile
Anrai; 25/1 Roberto Goldback, Pacha du Polder, Auroras Encore, Kumbeshwar, Ma
Filleule, Niceonefrankie, Lost Glory, Midnight Appeal, The Rainbow Hunter,
According To Trev, Faultless Feelings, Tullamore Dew, Major Malarkey; 33/1
Trustan Times, Native Gallery, Solix, Wiesentraum
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The Sky
Bet Chase
Class 1,
Listed Race, £75,000 Total Prize Fund. 3.15pm, Doncaster, Saturday,
January 25, 2014. For five-year-olds and upwards, three miles. Penalties: after
January 12, a winner of a chase 5lb. Entries closed January 7, entries revealed
January 8 (50 entries), weights revealed January 15, five-day
confirmation stage January 20, final declaration stage 10.00am, January 23.
Form
Horse Age Owner Trainer
6-1133F ACCORDING
TO TREV (IRE) 8 Fred Mills & Wayne Mills Nigel Twiston-Davies
551621
ANNACOTTY (IRE) 6 Mrs Peter Prowting Martin Keighley
30-P240 ATTAGLANCE
8 H Young, G Eifert, R Snyder Malcolm Jefferson
5F51P-5 AURORAS
ENCORE (IRE) 12 Douglas Pryde,Jim Beaumont & D P van der Hoeven Sue
Smith
40-3341 BAILE
ANRAI (IRE) 10 Massive Dan Skelton
12U5-00 BIG
FELLA THANKS 12 Crossed Fingers Partnership Tom George
1P0-332 COURT
BY SURPRISE (IRE) 9 Nick Mustoe Emma Lavelle
5-12612 DE
BOITRON (FR) 10 Mrs J Morgan & Lindsey Shaw Sue Smith
P-316P2 FAULTLESS
FEELINGS (IRE) 8 Mrs Peter Prowting Martin Keighley
2521-65 FRUITY
O'ROONEY 11 Heart of the South Racing Gary Moore
50U-031 GIORGIO
QUERCUS (FR) 9 Seasons Holidays Nicky Henderson
52F-153 GULLINBURSTI
(IRE) 8 Nick Mustoe Emma Lavelle
235-2U1 HADRIAN'S
APPROACH (IRE) 7 Richard & Lizzie Kelvin-Hughes Nicky Henderson
P/P00P-0 HARRY
THE VIKING 9 Sir Alex Ferguson,Ged Mason,R Wood & Peter Done Paul
Nicholls
P2-4411 KRUZHLININ
(GER) 7 Paul & Clare Rooney Donald McCain
5F-0403 KUMBESHWAR
7 McNeill Family & Nigel Bunter Alan King
1U5-202 LOCH
BA (IRE) 8 Camilla Radford Mick Channon
1P-130P LOST
GLORY (NZ) 9 J P McManus Jonjo O'Neill
102-3P1 MA
FILLEULE (FR) 6 Simon Munir Nicky Henderson
P0-5F01 MAJOR
MALARKEY (IRE) 11 Baker Dodd & Cooke Nigel Twiston-Davies
1-01631 MART
LANE (IRE) 9 Jim Stewart Dr Richard Newland
421-010 MIDNIGHT
APPEAL 9 David Sewell Alan King
12/034/-P
MON PARRAIN (FR) 8 John & Barbara Cotton Paul
Nicholls
0/32-111 MULDOON'S
PICNIC (IRE) 8 Clive Washbourn Kim Bailey
103-040 NATIVE
GALLERY (IRE) 9 William Tyrer Ben De Haan
352-515 NICEONEFRANKIE
8 Old Carthusian Racing Society Venetia Williams
6311F1 NIGHT
ALLIANCE (IRE) 9 Dr Richard Newland Dr Richard Newland
F1-2301 NIGHT
IN MILAN (IRE) 8 Richard Collins Keith Reveley
311-0P1 NOBLE
LEGEND 7 P Dixon Smith Caroline Bailey
3/U2P-P3 OUR
MICK 8 K & Mrs E Benson Donald McCain
P2P10-6 PACHA
DU POLDER (FR) 7 The Stewart & Wylie Families Paul Nicholls
F0P-5P2 QUARTZ
DE THAIX (FR) 10 ROA Arkle Partnership Venetia Williams
12PP-P1 RELAX
(FR) 9 The Bellamy Partnership Venetia Williams
355U-40 ROBERTO
GOLDBACK (IRE) 12 Simon Munir Nicky Henderson
5(1)03-31
SAM WINNER (FR) 7 Angela Yeoman Paul Nicholls
0F-0465 SOLIX
(FR) 8 Paul Vogt Ian Williams
3313F6 STORM
SURVIVOR (IRE) 8 J P McManus Jonjo O'Neill
1224-P2 SUPER
DUTY (IRE) 8 Brannon, Dick, Hernon & Holden Donald McCain
06203-0 TEAFORTHREE
(IRE) 10 Conyers, O'Reilly, Roddis, Zeffman Rebecca Curtis
166-4F2 THE
DRUIDS NEPHEW (IRE) 7 The Stonehenge Druids Andy Turnell
13P/11F/-
THE MINACK (IRE) 10 Graham Roach Paul Nicholls
P4UP-26 THE
RAINBOW HUNTER 10 May We Never Be Found Out Partnership Kim Bailey
5145/4-4 TIME
FOR RUPERT (IRE) 10
Littlecote Racing Partnership Paul Webber
132-403 TRUSTAN
TIMES (IRE) 8 Mrs M E & Peter Armitage Tim Easterby
44U0-32 TULLAMORE
DEW (IRE) 12 Give Every Man His Due Nick Gifford
114-310 UNIONISTE
(FR) 6 John Hales Paul Nicholls
12P-126 VINTAGE
STAR (IRE) 8 Trevor Hemmings Sue Smith
22P52-U WALKON
(FR) 9 McNeill Family Alan King
2-5101P WIESENTRAUM
(GER) 8 G Pascoe & S Brewer Lucy Wadham
1FF-612 ZARU
(FR) 8 Humbert, Drew James Ewart
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