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Selections

MONKERHOSTIN
+ Well handicapped running off 153
+ Has decent course form, with his 2nd in the King George behind Kicking King years ago.
+ Philip Hobbs had Boychuk entered in the race who looked an ideal candidate for the race but decided to only rely upon Monkey.
+ Ground will suit him much better than Cheltenham where he didn't tun his race at all. But if you forgive him that run, he run 2 very tiday races earlier this season.
CHELTENHAM
14  December 2007
Good  
1:20 Boylesports.com Cashback Chase Handicap (Listed Race) (Class 1) (4yo+) 21 fences (3m1f110y) 3m1½f
[off 1:22] £57,020.00, £21,390.00, £10,710.00, £5,340.00, £2,680.00, £1,340.00        
      TRAINER  Age Wgt  JOCKEY  SP  OR TS RPR  
1   Over The Creek     D E Pipe  8  10-4 5  Christian Williams  6/1F  132  134  144+  
2 ¾ Simon    J L Spearing 8  11-7  Andrew Thornton 16/1 149  151  158  
3 1¼ Monkerhostin (FR)   P J Hobbs 10  11-12  T J O´Brien 16/1 154  155  163+  
4 hd Principe Azzurro (FR)   H D Daly 6  10-3  Mark Bradburne 11/1 131  132  139  
5 2½ Parsons Legacy (IRE)   P J Hobbs 9  11-0  Richard Johnson 9/1 142  141  148+  
6 ¾ Flying Enterprise (IRE)   Miss Venetia Williams 7  10-3  Liam Treadwell 12/1 131  129  136  
7 ¾ Model Son (IRE)   Mrs A M Thorpe 9  9-7 6 Michael Murphy(7) 25/1 128  126  134+  
8 8 Kelami (FR)   F Doumen 9  11-0  C Pieux 28/1 142  133  141+  
9 4 Herecomestanley    M F Harris 8  9-11 52 Charlie Poste(3) 14/1 128  116  122+  
10 4 L´Ami (FR)   F Doumen 8  11-12  A P McCoy 12/1 154  139  146+  
11 20 Ofarel D´Airy (FR)   P F Nicholls 5  11-3  Sam Thomas 15/2 145  113  122+  
PU  Kingscliff (IRE)   R H Alner 10  11-10  Robert Walford 22/1 152  —  —  
F  Blue Splash (FR)   P Bowen 7  10-5  Paddy Merrigan(3) 13/2 136  —  —  
PU  Baron Windrush    N A Twiston-Davies 9  10-12  P J Brennan 22/1 140  —  —  
PU  Without A Doubt    Carl Llewellyn 8  10-4  Noel Fehily 14/1 132  —  122+  
PU  Cornish Sett (IRE)   P F Nicholls 8  11-2 b Mick Fitzgerald 16/1 144  —  —  
16 ran TIME 6m 32.22s (slow by 13.22s)    TOTAL SP 120%
RP - Monkerhostin showed he is no backnumber as he finished with some zest, though he did not help his cause with an error that knocked him back at a fairly critical point. Provided he comes on from this run, there is surely a decent prize to come for him.
+ He has had a light campaign this term which he needed having run 21 times between Nov 03 - April 2006, he has since run 8 times since November 2006. This approach allowing him to freshen up after some hard campaigns could well be rewarded on Saturday.
+ Hobbs won this race in 2006 with Lacdoudal and he will have had other options other than Boychuk to have targetted for this.
- He doesn't really fit many of the stats (for all you trend backers out there)
- The trip is still something of a question mark, but i feel it shouldn't pose any problems on decent going.

25/1 EW(place to break even) NRNB 1/4 odds Top 4 with Bet365


CARIBOU
+ He has improved with every race this season and looks like there is more to come.
+ He is a much better horse when racing right handed, Sandown should really play to his strengths.
+ The extra step up in trip looks like it would bring about further improvement in him.
+ The trainer also has Eric's Charm in the 5 day decs but he unilkely to run after winning at Perth today. This is interesting as the latter is something of a Sandown specialist and I get the impression, the Sheriff must really fancy Caribou to run a big race by only running him, even if he has to run out of the handicap proper.
+ He does fit a lot of the stats for all you trend backers!
- Would prefer more cut in the ground.

14/1 EW (place to break even) NRNB 1/4 odds Top 4 with Bet365

I also think Bewleys Berry, Royal Auclair and Racing Demon could run big races.

Regards and best of luck.