Honest John chasing a hat-trick in First Great Western Novices´ Limited Handicap Chase
Honest John will pose a serious threat to his opponents in the First Great Western Novices´ Limited Handicap Chase at Newbury in England on Wednesday, December 19, 2012. He is carrying the winning momentum right now and a victory will help him record a hat-trick
in this format.
Therefore, he will be giving his best in the class-3 competition, which is scheduled to kick off at 12:50 GMT. He will have to overcome the challenge from eight other stallions in order to make his team proud.
Conditions will definitely play an important role in determining the winner of the race, as some of the contestants will not be comfortable running on a rain affected ground at Newbury.
The going has been described as soft by the organisers and it is expected to remain the same before the start of action. This will demand a lot of hard work from the runners and they will need extreme fitness to compete over 3 miles. The triumphant stallion
will be given a cash prize of £5,653 in the end.
According to the bookmakers, the race is going to be a close one, but they have given the best odds for victory to Handy Andy, despite the fact that he does not have any chase victories to his credit.
Therefore, the young challenger from Ireland might not attract a lot of bets from the punters and will be under immense pressure today.
However, he will enjoy the soft ground at Newbury, so that might give him a chance of opening his account in this format. He has participated in three races over fences, and the best he could ever manage was a third place finish.
This result came in his most recent outing and his trainer, Colin Tizzard, will be looking forward to an improved run from him this time around.
Coming back to Honest John, he is definitely going to be a tough nut to crack under these conditions. The bettors should gamble more on him than anyone else, as he will not make life easy for him rivals.
The Steve Gollings’ trained gelding will be accompanied by seasoned jockey, Tom Scudamore, who has a pretty decent record in this form of racing.
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