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15:00 Ascot

Saturday 4 November 2017

All12:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:05

William Hill Handicap Hurdle (Listed)

Off time: 15:01 | Winning time: 3m 42.7s

1^st

Elgin

511-11

6/1j

T: A KingJ: Tom Cannon

Held up in touch, headway and effort on inside 2 out, soon challenged, led narrowly last, ridden flat, kept on well towards finish op 9/2

2^nd

1 ¼

Limited Reserve

510-8

8/1

T: Christian WilliamsJ: D F O'Regan

Mid-division, chased leaders on outside 3 out, challenged next, every chance last, ridden and kept on flat, held towards finish tchd 17/2

3^rd

High Bridge

611-12

7/1

T: B PaulingJ: Mr Alex Ferguson (7)

Tracked leaders, effort to challenge after 2 out, soon ridden, kept on and every chance flat, held towards finish op 10/1

4^th

Air Horse One

611-12

8/1

T: H FryJ: N D Fehily

Tracked leaders, challenged 4 out, led next, hard pressed 2 out, soon ridden, headed narrowly last, kept on and every chance flat, no extra towards finish op 7/1

5^th

4 ½

Verdana Blue

511-7

6/1j

T: N J HendersonJ: J McGrath

Tracked leaders, hit 3 out, effort and every chance next, one pace when not much room before last, no impression flat op 15/2 tchd 8/1

6^th

Midnight Maestro

510-11

9/1

T: A KingJ: Brendan Powell

Mid-division, headway 3 out, effort next, soon ridden and every chance, one pace when not much room approaching last, no impression flat op 11/1

7^th

Caid Du Lin

511-4

12/1

T: Dr R D P NewlandJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Tracked leaders, driven and effort when hit 2 out, one pace between last 2, no impression flat op 10/1

8^th

1 ¾

Fou Et Sage

611-2

40/1

T: H WhittingtonJ: B J Cooper

Mid-division, driven after 3 out, chased leaders next, soon ridden, kept on same pace, never on terms

9^th

East Indies

410-6

25/1

T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore

Tracked leaders, lost place before 3 out, no danger after

10^th

Dolos

411-6

7/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Stan Sheppard (3)

Tracked leader, driven after 3 out, lost place after next, weakened flat tchd 15/2

11^th

Peruvien Bleu

511-1

16/1

T: Nick WilliamsJ: Chester Williams (7)

Mid-division, outpaced 3 out, never on terms, weakened after next op 20/1

12^th

Song Light

711-3

8/1

T: J W MullinsJ: Kevin Jones (5)

Virtually refused to start, detached in rear, made up lost ground after 2nd, outpaced before 2 out, never able to challenge op 9/1

13^th

Clayton

810-7

20/1

T: G & J MooreJ: A Glassonbury

Raced keenly, held up behind, outpaced before 3 out, weakened next, tailed off

14^th

4 ½

Prairie Town

610-10

66/1

T: A W CarrollJ: Lee Edwards

Led in start, led to 3 out, soon weakened and behind, tailed off op 50/1

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Jenkins²⁰²

Weight: 11-8| Age: 5

T: N J Henderson J: David Bass

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.80Pl:£2.00, £3.00, £2.50EX:£58.30Trifecta:£700.70Tricast:£352.98SF:£53.03Swingers:£25.00, £30.50, £30.40

Forecasts

Jenkins (4/1), Elgin (6/1), Verdana Blue (6/1), High Bridge (7/1), Dolos (7/1), Limited Reserve (8/1), Air Horse One (8/1), Song Light (8/1), Midnight Maestro (9/1), Caid Du Lin (12/1), Peruvien Bleu (16/1), Clayton (20/1), East Indies (25/1), Fou Et Sage (40/1), Prairie Town (66/1)

A tricky puzzle to solve, but so often these kind of races go the way of second season hurdlers, so old rivals Elgin and Jenkins are likely to attract significant market support. The former downed the disappointing latter at Kempton on Boxing Day, but it mightn't be entirely wise to take that single piece of form at face value, with the Henderson trained runner having a rather lofty reputation from early on in his career. High Bridge is another horse who showed vast improvement after leaving the care of Charlie Appleby, and he was probably a tricky horse to handicap for the assessor. However, there was an awful lot to like about the top-weighted AIR HORSE ONE in the second half of last season, and with the Harry Fry team making a solid start to the new season, he's worth supporting from a mark just 1lb above his County Hurdle fourth to the classy Arctic Fire in March.