14:40 Kempton

Saturday 20 March 2021

All13:0013:3014:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:0017:05

Virgin Bet Silver Plate Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 2  |   2m 5f  |   Good (Good to Soft in places)  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:40  |   Winning time: 5m 11.3s
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Diese Des Bieffes26
Age: 8|  Weight: 11-9| J: Angus Cheleda(7)| T: P F Nicholls| OR:  133
7/1
Useful novice hurdler for Nicky Henderson in 2017/18, winning 3 times. Held when carried out on chase/yard debut at Wincanton in December and needed to see more at Southwell. Reverts back to timber.
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Nightboattoclyro31
Age: 7|  Weight: 11-7| J: Jack Tudor(3)| T: S Drinkwater| OR:  131
15/8
Real improver for new yard during the winter, completing the hat-trick at Wetherby. Strong traveller and limit may not yet have been reached, so he demands respect.
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Horse silk
Breffniboy34
Age: 7|  Weight: 11-6| J: K Brogan(5)| T: J Farrelly| OR:  130| C
7/1
Much-improved handicapper, gaining a fifth win of the campaign (2m) in December. Much better than the result in the mud at Exeter following a break last month and now upped markedly in distance.
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Didtheyleaveuoutto24
Age: 8|  Weight: 11-6| J: James Davies| T: N J Gifford| OR:  130
15/2
Smart bumper performer back in 2017/18. Failed to kick on from a good start over hurdles and though fit from a couple of races on the AW, he now has obstacles to contend with again.
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Lord Accordt26
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-4| J: Brendan Powell| T: N P Mulholland| OR:  128
9/1
Bumper winner who ran out a comfortable winner on hurdles debut over 19f at Fontwell in October. Well held completed start since and opening mark asks for more.
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Horse silk
Vive Le Roi27
Age: 10|  Weight: 11-4| J: Harry Bannister| T: A W Carroll| OR:  128
13/2
Three-time winner in 2018 and found only one too good in the Lanzarote here in January 2020. Has been shaping up quite well this term and is back on a tempting mark.
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Horse silk
Vorashann162
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-3| J: Joshua Moore| T: G & J Moore| OR:  127| BF
14/1
Fairly useful on Flat in France and has improved in this sphere following a wind operation, running out a wide-margin winner at Fontwell in October (17.7f). Race a week later must have come too soon.
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Horse silk
Switch Hitter84
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-3| J: Bryony Frost| T: P F Nicholls| OR:  127| CD
11/2
Point winner who struck at second time of asking over hurdles when seeing off a subsequent winner in a C&D novice in November. Well held in handicap back here over Christmas but retains potential.
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Non-Runners

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Horse silk
Son Of Camas21
Weight: 11-7|  Age: 6
T: N J Henderson  J: N de Boinville
NR
10
Horse silk
Debestyman126
Weight: 11-0|  Age: 8
T: Miss S Smith  J: Non Runner
NR

Forecasts

Nightboattoclyro (15/8), Switch Hitter (11/2), Vive Le Roi (13/2), Breffniboy (7/1), Diese Des Bieffes (7/1), Son Of Camas (7/1), Debestyman (7/1), Didtheyleaveuoutto (15/2), Lord Accord (9/1), Vorashann (14/1)

Verdict

VIVE LE ROI is in better heart than this season's form figures suggest, and given he was runner-up in the 2020 Lanzarote from 9 lb higher, he makes plenty of appeal from a handicapping perspective. Nightboattoclyro arrives in pursuit of a 4-timer so it would be madness to omit him from calculations.

  1. VIVE LE ROI (IRE)
  2. NIGHTBOATTOCLYRO
  3. SWITCH HITTER (IRE)

Previous Winners

2020
Our Power
Weight: 11-3  |Age: 5
11/1

Prize Money

1st: £13,763.002nd: £4,066.003rd: £2,033.004th: £1,016.005th: £508.006th: £255.00

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