16:45 Huntingdon

Thursday 5 October 2017

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32Red Casino Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 5  |   2m 3f 137y  |   Good (Watered)  |   9 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:45  |   Winning time: 4m 43.25s
1st
Horse silk
8
12/1
T: P R WebberJ: G Sheehan
Chased leader, led after 3 out, strongly pressed run-in, battled on gamely to assert close home op 14/1 tchd 16/1
2nd
Horse silk
nk
1
411-12
6/5f
T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton
Chased leaders on inside, hampered 2nd, ridden before 2 out, went 2nd last, ridden and every chance when drew level run-in, just held op 6/4 tchd 5/4
3rd
Horse silk
3 ¾
7
9/1
T: W S KittowJ: N de Boinville
Last pair, headway on wide outside into 3rd approaching 2 out, 2nd 2 out, chance when went right and hit last, no extra run-in op 8/1 tchd 10/1
4th
Horse silk
1 ½
5
9/2
T: D McCain JnrJ: Lorcan Murtagh (5)
Held up towards rear, badly hampered 2nd, kept on from 2 out, went 4th run-in op 7/2 tchd 10/3
5th
Horse silk
4
6
1011-1
16/1
T: G & J MooreJ: Jason Nuttall (10)
Took keen hold, chased leaders, 2nd before 2 out, every chance when hit 2 out, soon lost 2nd, weakened last op 14/1
6th
Horse silk
10
4
8/1
T: O MurphyJ: Ian Popham
Held up towards rear, hampered 2nd, never on terms after tchd 7/1
7th
Horse silk
5
9
20/1
T: M MullineauxJ: Lewis Stones (7)
Led until ridden and headed after 3 out, weakened before next op 25/1 tchd 28/1

Also Ran

BD
Horse silk
2
20/1
T: L EgertonJ: J E Moore
Held up in rear, badly hampered and brought down 2nd op 25/1 tchd 28/1
F
Horse silk
3
511-8
14/1
T: Tim VaughanJ: Alan Johns
Chasing leaders when fell 2nd

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£14.00Pl:£3.50, £1.10, £2.30EX:£34.10Trifecta:£151.60Tricast:£139.92SF:£27.56Swingers:£5.70, £17.60, £4.10

Forecasts

Shrubland (6/5), Irish Hawke (9/2), Clay Allison (8/1), Midnight Gypsy (9/1), Cosmic Diamond (12/1), Winido (14/1), Osgood (16/1), Romann Angel (20/1), Bollin Line (20/1)

Verdict

Dan Skelton has found the key to Shrubland and he's unbeaten in two starts for the yard, but he looks vulnerable (even in this company) from an 11lb higher mark given the longer trip. Whilst the majority of the field make no or little appeal, the claims of IRISH HAWKE are all too obvious. In some ways he might have been fortunate to have beaten the rapidly improving subsequent winner Mathayus at Sedgefield in August, but with the bulk of his 6lb rise effectively removed by the 5lb claim of Lorcan Murtagh, he's effectively a winner without a penalty in a fairly grim contest.
  1. Irish Hawke
  2. Clay Allison
  3. Shrubland

Prize Money

1st: £3,249.002nd: £954.003rd: £477.004th: £238.00

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