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14:10 Chepstow

Thursday 23 March 2017

All14:1014:4015:1515:5016:2016:5017:25

Marleyeternit Mares' Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 4m 19.3s

1^st

Smaoineamh Alainn

510-12

3/1

T: R WalfordJ: James Best

With leader, went on 4 out, drew readily clear before last, comfortably op 10/3

2^nd

Multigifted

410-5

3/1

T: M MadgwickJ: M Goldstein

Took keen hold, mid-division, tracked leaders before 4 out, outpaced next, ridden after 2 out, went 2nd before last, kept on, no impression with winner op 11/4 tchd 5/2

3^rd

Cascaye

511-5

5/2f

T: K C BaileyJ: Thomas Bellamy

Led narrowly, headed 4 out, soon ridden and lost place, outpaced when hit next, kept on same pace under pressure, no impression in 3rd before last op 9/4

4^th

Macca's Stowaway

410-5

33/1

T: M SheppardJ: Sean Houlihan (7)

Tracked leaders, outpaced 3 out, soon ridden and lost place, pluggd on to take modest 4th near finish op 50/1

5^th

Flight To Nowhere

510-12

200/1

T: R J PriceJ: L Heard

Held up behind, headway before 4 out, chased winner before next, ridden after 2 out, weakened before last, lost modest 4th near finish

6^th

Drewmain Legend

510-12

20/1

T: A StrongeJ: G Sheehan

Tracked leaders, lost place before 4th, no danger after, well held when went left 2 out op 14/1

7^th

Sapphire Noire

410-5

9/1

T: N J HawkeJ: C Gethings (3)

Took keen hold, held up towards rear, headway into mid-division 2nd, outpaced before 4 out, weakened from next op 10/1 tchd 17/2

8^th

1 ¼

Make My Heart Fly

510-12

20/1

T: A StrongeJ: Mr Joshua Newman (7)

Took keen hold, mid-division, lost place 4th, weakened 3 out

9^th

Phoenix Firebird

410-5

17/2

T: N J HawkeJ: Kieron Edgar (3)

Took keen hold, held up behind, jumped slowly 3rd, soon lost touch, tailed off op 12/1

10^th

Spanish Queen

410-5

100/1

T: Mark GillardJ: Dave Crosse

Tracked leaders, not fluent and reminder after 3rd, outpaced before 4 out, weakened from next, tailed off op 125/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.30Pl:£1.30, £1.40, £1.40EX:£12.80Trifecta:£39.70SF:£11.70Swingers:£2.10, £1.70, £2.50

Forecasts

Cascaye (5/2), Smaoineamh Alainn (3/1), Multigifted (3/1), Phoenix Firebird (17/2), Sapphire Noire (9/1), Drewmain Legend (20/1), Make My Heart Fly (20/1), Macca's Stowaway (33/1), Spanish Queen (100/1), Flight To Nowhere (200/1)

The only one of these to have won a race over hurdles, CASCAYE holds the stand-out piece of form with her win last time out at Exeter, and looks to still have plenty of improvement in her. As long as she proves she can handle what are likely to be testing conditions, she can defy a penalty in a field where many simply don't look up to winning a non-handicap novice event. Multigifted looks the most likely to upset the selection, given her fair form in low quality races on the Flat and her eye-catching run on debut, where jumping errors stopped her finishing even closer to the winner. Smaoineamh Alainn seemed to be improving all through several starts in bumpers and looks to be the next best option on her hurdling debut.