Sam survives Donny scare
Sam Spinner overcame a bad blunder to claim the Grade 2 December Novices’ Chase at Doncaster.
Jedd O’Keeffe’s 6/5 shot tracked market rival Windsor Avenue (4/5 Fav) early on before being sent to the front by Joe Colliver at the seventh.
The duo then battled for the head with outsider Aye Right for much of the three-mile trip only to be left clear when the Scottish raider unseated Callum Bewley six out. The
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Indefatigable seven-year-old almost parted company with Colliver at the same obstacle but stayed on well in the straight to beat his remaining rival by 38 lengths.
O’Keeffe said: “That was unbelievable. When I saw what happened I just covered my eyes and thought even if he stays on him he can’t win having made that mistake but he did.
“We got a bit lucky today but aside from that I was absolutely
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Botox Has (8/11 Fav) is a short as 20/1 for the Truimph after hacking up for Jamie and Gary Moore in the JCB Trial Juvenile Hurdle. thrilled with his jumping, it was excellent apart from that mistake. A lot of credit has to go to Joe Colliver who gave him a bold ride.
“We’ve said all along that our main target is the RSA Chase at Cheltenham. Working back from there we don’t really have many options. It will probably be the Towton at Wetherby or the Reynoldstown at Ascot next.”
Coral later cut Sam Spinner to 16/1 for the RSA Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in March.