Gus Macrae chasing a hat-trick in Sportingbet Handicap Chase (for the Jim Joel Memorial Trophy)
Gus Macrae has got a solid chance of recording the first ever hat-trick of his career in the Sportingbet Handicap Chase (for the Jim Joel Memorial Trophy) at Newbury in England on Saturday, December 1, 2012. He has been in fine form over the past couple of events and will look to make his team proud at the end of the day.
He will be up against 14 other runners, thus the competition in the class-2 race will not be an easy one. Moreover, the weather will also test the skills of everyone, as the going has become soft because of the overnight rain.
Stamina will be the key, as the overall distance to cover will be 2 miles and 1 furlong. The spectators will definitely be looking forward to the start of action at 15:40 GMT. The winner of today’s race will walk away with a cash prize of £15,640 in the end.
Ulck Du Lin has managed to get the attention of the bookmakers, as he has been given the highest odds for a victory. He does not have a lot of experience, which might put him under some pressure at the end of the day.
Despite that, the bettors will look to gamble a lot of bets on him, as he has the ability to finish at the top of the table comfortably. He has raced in rain affected events in the past, so he will not be worried about the conditions.
The four-year-old gelding has appeared in a total of three chase events, winning one of them whereas finished in third place on the same number of times. This clearly shows that he is capable of being competitive at this level and will not make life easy for his opponents today.
Compared to him, Gus Macrae has got more experience, thus he will looking to make the most of that. He will also not mind the wet ground at Newbury, as he has succeeded under such conditions in the past.
The Rebecca Curtis’ trained gelding secured a couple of back-to-back victories in this format recently and his confidence level will be high. He will look to repeat a similar show under jockey, Patrick Corbett.
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