15:50 Exeter

Tuesday 24 October 2017

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Ilfracombe Food Service Handicap Hurdle

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 7f 25y  |   Soft (Good to Soft in places)  |   11 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:50  |   Winning time: 6m 7.5s
1st
Horse silk
2
16/1
T: N J HawkeJ: James Bowen (7)
Tracked leader, led 4 out, pressed from 2 out, kept on well towards finish
2nd
Horse silk
2 ¾
5
6/1
T: C L TizzardJ: R M Power
Held up towards rear, headway before 4 out to chase leaders, challenged 3 out, every chance 2 out, ridden before last, kept on and held towards finish op 14/1
3rd
Horse silk
1 ½
7
5/1
T: A KingJ: Wayne Hutchinson
Held up towards rear, headway before 3 out, went 3rd from 2 out, kept on same pace op 9/2
4th
Horse silk
11
8
14/1
T: K C BaileyJ: Thomas Bellamy
Held up towards rear, pushed along 6th, headway after 4 out, weakened before last op 10/1
5th
Horse silk
24
3
20/1
T: J & A O'NeillJ: Killian Moore (3)
Held up towards rear, ridden and headway before 4 out, weakened from 2 out op 16/1
6th
Horse silk
hd
4
40/1
T: J ScottJ: Mr Robert Hawker (7)
Held up mid-division, weakened after 4 out
7th
Horse silk
3 ½
9
4/1
T: Evan WilliamsJ: Mitchell Bastyan (7)
In rear, pushed along 7th, ridden before 4 out, soon weakened op 7/2
8th
Horse silk
7
11
18/1
T: V R A DartnallJ: Nick Scholfield
Chased leaders, ridden before 4 out, weakened before next op 20/1 tchd 16/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
1
9/1
T: G HarrisJ: M Hamill (5)
In touch, weakened before 3 out, pulled up op 8/1 tchd 10/1
PU
Horse silk
6
3/1f
T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson
In rear, headway after 4 out to chase leaders, weakening when blundered 3 out, pulled up op 7/2
PU
Horse silk
10
14/1
T: J ScottJ: Matt Griffiths
Led to 4 out, soon weakened, pulled up op 20/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£13.50Pl:£4.50, £2.40, £2.20EX:£141.00Trifecta:£1,617.20Tricast:£560.73SF:£110.12Swingers:£34.30, £34.30, £10.90

Forecasts

Midnight Glory (3/1), Sutter's Mill (4/1), Forgetthesmalltalk (5/1), Waterloo Warrior (6/1), Maguire's Glen (9/1), Braw Angus (14/1), Shoofly Milly (14/1), Midnight Request (16/1), Ambion Lane (18/1), Dreamsoftheatre (20/1), Billy Two Tongues (40/1)

Verdict

A challenging puzzle to solve, and it's difficult to definitively rule out all that many of the runners in a very open looking handicap hurdle. Shoofly Milly and Waterloo Warrior are closely matched on C&D form from March, but the suspicion is that others hold more pressing claims. Midnight Glory could have more to offer on just her second start in a handicap for the much respected Hobbs and Johnson partnership, whilst recent winner Maguire's Glen faces a much more challenging assignment after a 10lb hike in the weights for his Newton Abbot romp. A similar statement could be made about the selection DREAMSOFTHEATRE, who at first glance is up 9lb for his recent Huntingdon success. However, he has proved he can win from this kind of mark in the past (2013) and clearly much happier back over the smaller obstacles, he remains feasibly handicapped on that evidence.
  1. Dreamsoftheatre
  2. Midnight Glory
  3. Midnight Request

Previous Winners

2016
Gingili
Weight: 11-8  |Age: 6
8/1

Prize Money

1st: £3,899.002nd: £1,145.003rd: £572.004th: £286.00

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