3m · Class 1 · 4yo+ · Good · 10 runners · £56,950
All racecards for Saturday 31st October
We said8th of 10, beaten 30 at 12/1
NEON MOON 14/1
NEON MOON at 14/1, David Pipe and Jack Tudor, gets the vote. He has won here, should be suited by the ground and gets a trip he has won over.
The one worry is long absence.
The dangers are TRANSMISSION at 14/1 (in first-time headgear) and HENRY'S FRIEND at 15/2 (a course winner).
Each-way is the way in at 14/1, 3 places at 1/5.
Result
| Pos | Horse / SP | Jockey Trainer | Age | Wgt | OR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2. Viroflay 3/1 | J: Mr Lucas MurphyT: Paul Nicholls | 9 | 11-7 | 144 | ||
| up with the pace on outer by 2nd - bit right-handed and blundered then in front 3rd - overtaken 16th - regained advantage 2 out - pushed out on run-in to win | |||||||
| 2 | ¾ | 1. Your Darling 16/1 | J: Callum PritchardT: Ben Pauling | 11 | 12-0 | 144 | |
| settled at back - short of room at 14th - progress 4 out then pursued the leader before the last - kept going well up the run-in to be beaten under a length in second | |||||||
| 3 | 2¾[3½] | 9. Tapley 11/2 | J: Caoilin QuinnT: Jamie Moore & Josh Moore | 9 | 10-12 | 123 | |
| up with the front rank early - error at the 4th - jumped untidily 11th - went to the front 16th - passed 2 out - dropped to third before the last - plodded on to the line in 3rd | |||||||
| 4 | shd[3½] | 7. Queensbury Boy 17/2 | J: Brendan PowellT: Mickey Bowen | 7 | 11-1 | 131 | |
| settled in behind towards the inner - progressed from the 16th to lie fourth - left behind approaching the last but ran on to the line | |||||||
| 5 | 18[21½] | 5. Somespring Special 40/1 | J: Ben GodfreyT: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White | 8 | 11-4 | 134 | |
| prominent early - vied for second at the 15th - folded tamely before 2 out and finished 5th | |||||||
| 6 | 4¾[26¼] | 4. Califet En Vol 5/2F | J: Nico de BoinvilleT: Nicky Henderson | 7 | 11-9 | 139 | |
| Raced prominently early - error at the 14th and dropped back - labouring when blundering 3 out - finished 6th | |||||||
| 7 | 3¼[29½] | 3. Henry's Friend 7/1 | J: Kielan WoodsT: Ben Pauling | 9 | 11-12 | 142 | |
| Made the running early - clumsy at the 2nd and passed soon after - remained close up and veered right at the 5th - dropped back from the 16th - tailed off from 3 out to finish 7th | |||||||
| 8 | ½[30] | 8. Neon Moon 12/1 our selection | J: Jack TudorT: David Pipe | 10 | 10-12 | 128 | |
| interfered with at the first - dropped to the back early - jostled around the 13th and then in trouble 3 out - eventually 8th and well beaten | |||||||
| 9 | 1[31] | 10. Imperial Alex 33/1 | J: Stan SheppardT: Tom Lacey | 9 | 10-10 | 126 | |
| up with the front group early - error at 3rd then dropped back - knocked at 13th and well adrift by 16th where veered left - finished 9th | |||||||
| 10 | 24[55] | 6. Transmission 25/1 | J: Richie McLernonT: Neil Mulholland | 9 | 11-3 | 133 | |
| up with the pace early until a major blunder at the 1st cost ground - tilted right and scrappy at the obstacles then dropped to the tail - out of contention 4 out and finished 10th | |||||||
Winning time 5m 57.10s · Going Good · Tote win £4