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Charlton Targets bet365 Charlie Hall Chase with Knockara Beau 20/10/10
Knockara Beau proved himself as a high-class novice chaser last term and George Charlton’s charge is primed for a return to action at Wetherby in the Grade Two £100,000 bet365 Charlie Hall Chase (3.25pm) over three miles, one furlong on Saturday, October 30.
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Knockara Beau also displayed top notch form when four lengths second to Burton Port in the Grade Two Reynoldstown Novices’ Chase at Ascot, and when a staying-on fourth to Weapons Amnesty in the Grade One RSA Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in March.
Charlton, who trains at Mickley Grange Farm in Northumberland, believes his charge has made the necessary progress through the summer to take on seasoned chasers in Wetherby’s lucrative autumn highlight
He revealed today: “The plan is to take him to Wetherby for the bet365 Charlie Hall Chase. He’s very well, he had a very good summer, he strengthened up and we are really pleased with him.
“A few of my horses are just not yet running up to the mark that I think they should be, so that’s a bit of a worry. I think they’re just a little bit behind where I want them to be but Knockara Beau is going very well.
“He was just a little bit inexperienced and hit the odd fence last season but he was running on at the finish in those top races. If he had had a luckier round in some of them, he would have been nearer than he was and he wasn’t far away.
“He goes well on soft ground but I wouldn’t say he needs it - he stays and is always running on over these longer trips so he has plenty of stamina. He’s a big horse and he wouldn’t want firm in the ground. I’m hoping they have some rain down at Wetherby before the end of the month.
“I am sure he has improved through the summer - now we just need a bit of luck in running.”
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Ollie Magern came home third last season and the evergreen 12-year-old is on course for an historic fifth appearance in the race. He was narrowly denied when going down by a length to State Of Play in 2008 but had previously posted a pair of superb victories in Wetherby’s autumn showpiece, making all of the running to triumph in both 2007 and 2005.
His trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies revealed today: “Ollie Magern is definitely going there - he has got to as he has done so well in the race and at Wetherby.
“He is in great form and he loves Wetherby - I don’t know why. If I knew that, I would be a rich man!”
The Grade Two bet365 Charlie Hall Chase (2.50pm) is the highlight of a fantastic day’s racing at Wetherby on the second day of the two-day bet365 Charlie Hall Meeting, Saturday, October 30. A seven-race card also features the £32,500 Grade Two John Smith’s Hurdle (2.50pm) over three miles and a furlong and the £30,000 Listed bet365 Mares’ Hurdle (2.15pm) over an extended two miles
A six-race card on day one of the bet365 Charlie Hall Meeting, Friday, October 29, includes the extended two and a half-mile £20,000 Listed bet365 Handicap Chase (3.20pm) and the £15,000 Listed Weatherbys Bank Wensleydale Juvenile Hurdle (3.55pm), over an extended two miles.
Tickets are available by calling the course on 01937 582035 or online at www.wetherbyracing.co.uk.
THE bet365 CHARLIE HALL CHASE - ROLL OF HONOUR
YEAR WINNER AGE/WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP RAN
1969 ARCTURUS 8-11-10 Neville Crump Pat Buckley 11/4 3
1970 KILDRUMMY 5-11-07 Bill Crawford Ron Barry 100/30 8
1971 Abandoned - snow & frost
1972 COXSWAIN 7-11-10 Arthur Stephenson Mr Graham Macmillan 4/5F 8
1973 DUNROBIN 6-11-05 Bill Crawford S P Taylor 4/5F 6
1974 TAMALIN 7-11-09 Gordon Richards Jonjo O’Neill 9/4 7
1975 DAVY LAD 5-11-07 Mick O’Toole IRE Dessie Hughes 2/5F 5
1976 DH SET POINT 8-11-09 Lady Herries Tommy Stack 20/1 6
DH CURRENT GOLD 5-11-07 Gordon Richards David Goulding 4/1
1977 GOOLAGONG 7-11-09 Neville Crump Mr Harry Orde-Powlett 8/1 8
1978 FIGHTING FIT 6-11-09 Ken Oliver Ridley Lamb 6/5F 5
1979 SPARKIE’S CHOICE 6-11-09 Neville Crump Colin Hawkins 9/2 8
1980 MANTON CASTLE 6-11-09 Maurice Camacho Gordon Holmes 16/1 9
1981 GAY RETURN 6-11-10 Edward O’Grady IRE Tommy Ryan 12/1 11
1982 RIGHTHAND MAN 5-11-07 Michael Dickinson Graham Bradley 11/10F 10
1983 WAYWARD LAD 8-11-10 Michael Dickinson Robert Earnshaw 1/3F 3
1984 BURROUGH HILL LAD 8-11-09 Jenny Pitman Phil Tuck 10/11JF 4
1985 WAYWARD LAD 10-11-06 Monica Dickinson Graham Bradley EvensF 4
1986 FORGIVE’N FORGET 9-11-10 Jimmy FitzGerald Mark Dwyer 5/2 6
1987 CYBRANDIAN 9-11-02 Peter Easterby Chris Grant 7/4 4
1988 HIGH EDGE GREY 7-11-02 Ken Oliver Tim Reed 13/2 10
1989 DURHAM EDITION 11-11-02 Arthur Stephenson Alan Merrigan 33/1 7
1990 CELTIC SHOT 8-11-02 Charlie Brooks Peter Scudamore 7/4F 7
1991 CELTIC SHOT 9-11-10 Charlie Brooks Graham Bradley 4/5F 6
1992 TIPPING TIM 7-11-02 Nigel Twiston-Davies Carl Llewellyn 11/4 7
1993 BARTON BANK 7-11-02 David Nicholson Adrian Maguire 12/1 7
1994 YOUNG HUSTLER 7-11-10 Nigel Twiston-Davies Carl Llewellyn 8/1 7
1995 BARTON BANK 9-11-02 David Nicholson Adrian Maguire 8/15F 3
1996 ONE MAN 8-11-10 Gordon Richards Richard Dunwoody 8/11F 4
1997 ONE MAN 9-11-10 Gordon Richards Richard Dunwoody 4/7F 4
1998 STRATH ROYAL 12-11-03 Owen Brennan Martin Brennan 14/1 5
1999 SEE MORE BUSINESS 9-11-12 Paul Nicholls Mick Fitzgerald 11/4JF 6
2000 SEE MORE BUSINESS 10-11-12 Paul Nicholls Mick Fitzgerald 1/3F 4
2001 SACKVILLE 8-11-05 Frances Crowley IRE David Casey 5/1 9
2002 MARLBOROUGH 10-11-00 Nicky Henderson Mick Fitzgerald 7/2 8
2003 BALLYBOUGH RASHER 8-11-00 Howard Johnson Graham Lee 40/1 6
2004 GREY ABBEY 10-11-06 Howard Johnson Graham Lee 5/1 6
2005 OLLIE MAGERN 7-11-05 Nigel Twiston-Davies Carl Llewellyn 11/4F 8
2006 OUR VIC 8-11-10 David Pipe Timmy Murphy 6/1 10
2007 OLLIE MAGERN 9-11-00 Nigel Twiston-Davies Paddy Brennan 11/4 7
2008 STATE OF PLAY 8-11-00 Evan Williams Paul Moloney 5/2F 6
2009 DEEP PURPLE 8-11-05 Evan Williams Paul Moloney 9/2 5
