Result 13:50 · Sandown Park

Virgin Bet Scilly Isles Novices Chase (GBB Race)

Grade 12m 4fHeavy5yo+ · 7 ran

Result

Official · time 5m 26.40s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Sporting John (IRE)	Richard Johnson	Philip Hobbs	—	15.0	17.5
2	Shan Blue (IRE)	Harry Skelton	D Skelton	3¾L	3.00	3.21
3	Paint The Dream (GB)	Connor Brace	F O'Brien	13¼L	21.0	24.5
4	Messire Des Obeaux (FR)	Daryl Jacob	A King	31¼L	5.00	5.39
5	Up The Straight (IRE)	James Davies	Richard Rowe	69¼L	126.0	155.6
F	Hitman (FR)	Harry Cobden	Paul Nicholls	—	3.00	3.33
UR	Dame De Compagnie (FR)	Nico de Boinville	N J Henderson	—	8.50	10.5

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Messire Des Obeaux (FR)

9yo · 11-4 · OR 152

233411 J Daryl Jacob T A King —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
09 Jan 21	Wincanton	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C1	1/3	—	3.25
15 Dec 20	Wincanton	2m 4f	Soft	C3	1/9	—	4.50
06 Feb 20	Huntingdon	2m 3f 110y	Good To Soft	C2	4/10	24¼L	6.00

5 wins from 11 · placed 9

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Paint The Dream (GB) t

7yo · 11-4 · OR 147

502231 J Connor Brace T F O'Brien —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
29 Dec 20	Newbury	2m 6f 110y	Soft	C3	1/8	—	17.0
13 Nov 20	Cheltenham	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C2	3/4	23½L	13.0
29 Oct 20	Stratford-on-Avon	2m 5f	Good To Soft	C4	2/7	6½L	12.0

2 wins from 16 · placed 9

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Shan Blue (IRE)

7yo · 11-4 · OR 152

126111 J Harry Skelton T D Skelton —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
26 Dec 20	Kempton Park	3m	Good To Soft	C1	1/7	—	2.75
30 Oct 20	Wetherby	3m	Good To Soft	C4	1/4	—	1.91
14 Oct 20	Wetherby	2m 3f 110y	Good To Soft	C4	1/8	—	2.25

4 wins from 9 · placed 7

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Sporting John (IRE)

6yo · 11-4 · OR 149

11173 J Richard Johnson T Philip Hobbs —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
11 Nov 20	Exeter	2m 3f	Good To Soft	C3	3/6	33¼L	1.91
11 Mar 20	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Soft	C1	7/12	30¼L	6.00
15 Feb 20	Ascot	2m 3f 110y	Soft	C2	1/4	—	2.50

3 wins from 5 · placed 4

Won 1 of 1 at around this trip

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Up The Straight (IRE)

7yo · 11-4 · OR 135

1432U2 J James Davies T Richard Rowe —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
14 Jan 21	Fontwell Park	2m 3f 110y	Heavy	C4	2/4	3½L	2.75
03 Jan 21	Plumpton	2m 3f 110y	Soft	C3	UR	—	2.20
20 Nov 20	Ascot	2m 3f	Soft	C3	2/3	26L	9.00

2 wins from 9 · placed 6

Won 1 of 5 at around this trip

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Hitman (FR)

5yo · 11-1 · OR 151

12 J Harry Cobden T Paul Nicholls —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
05 Dec 20	Sandown Park	1m 7f 110y	Soft	C1	2/5	2½L	3.75
08 Nov 20	Ffos Las	2m	Soft	C3	1/5	—	4.00

1 win from 2 · placed 2

1 run here without a win

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Dame De Compagnie (FR) h

8yo · 10-11 · OR 148

215111 J Nico de Boinville T N J Henderson —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
18 Jan 21	Ayr	2m 110y	Heavy	C4	1/2	—	1.50
11 Mar 20	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Soft	C1	1/25	—	6.00
14 Dec 19	Cheltenham	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C2	1/16	—	3.00

5 wins from 8 · placed 6

Won 2 of 3 at around this trip

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