12:30 Aintree

Saturday 11 November 2017

All12:3013:0513:4014:1514:5015:2516:00

188Bet EBF Stallions 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 4f  |   Good to Soft  |   9 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 12:31  |   Winning time: 5m 8.6s
1st
Horse silk
4
5/2
T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton
Held up towards rear on inside, headway 2 out, led flat, soon clear, stayed on well op 7/2
2nd
Horse silk
5
6
14/1
T: F O'BrienJ: Conor Shoemark
Held up in rear, headway before 2 out, led before jumping right and not fluent last, headed and edged left flat, not pace of winner op 12/1
3rd
Horse silk
2 ½
8
25/1
T: H D DalyJ: R Johnson
Held up in rear, headway into 6th when went left and untidy last, ran on flat, went 3rd near post op 20/1
4th
Horse silk
nk
2
9/4f
T: B PaulingJ: D A Jacob
Tracked leaders, not much room 1st, unable to quicken last, 3rd and beaten when jockey eased briefly towards finish, lost 3rd near post op 4/1
5th
Horse silk
2
1
8/1
T: J MackieJ: Adrian Heskin
Chased leaders, mistake 8th, challenged after 3 out, led next, headed before last, no extra flat op 13/2
6th
Horse silk
½
9
9/2
T: P F NichollsJ: S Bowen
Held up in mid-division on outside, headway before 2 out, weakened flat op 4/1
7th
Horse silk
3 ½
5
40/1
T: Miss R CurtisJ: B J Geraghty
Rear of mid-division, ridden 2 out, not fluent last, no impression op 33/1
8th
Horse silk
1 ½
7
16/1
T: C E LongsdonJ: J J Burke
Tracked leader, closed 6th, led 8th, headed 2 out, weakened before last tchd 14/1
9th
Horse silk
40
3
12/1
T: W GreatrexJ: Harry Bannister
Led, slowed and went left 1st, jumped right 4th and 5th, headed 8th, weakened 2 out op 7/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.00Pl:£1.30, £3.00, £4.00EX:£30.00Trifecta:£494.50SF:£36.10Swingers:£7.10, £12.30, £8.80

Forecasts

Delire D'Estruval (9/4), Hear No Evil (5/2), The Dellercheckout (9/2), Barton Knoll (8/1), Flemenskill (12/1), Imperial Eloquence (14/1), Overworkdunderpaid (16/1), Spider's Bite (25/1), Hidden Impact (40/1)

Verdict

Quite a few of these are going to improve with this experience under their belts and it won’t be a surprise to see a lot of them showing their best over fences and 3m. The Dellercheckout wasn’t cheap and he’ll need to be pretty good to recoup his purchase price having so far won just one point-to-point but given his connections he must be respected. Barton Knoll could well put his experience to good use and he along with Hear No Evil start to give this race some depth. DELIRE D'ESTRUVAL is another with plenty of experience and his owners are no strangers to bring over a good horse from France and he’s expected to go well for the Ben Pauling yard who are 5/22 in the past fortnight.
  1. Delire D'estruval
  2. The Dellercheckout
  3. Hear No Evil

Previous Winners

2016
Geordie Des Champs
Weight: 11-4  |Age: 5
6/4

Prize Money

1st: £5,005.002nd: £1,478.003rd: £739.004th: £370.005th: £185.006th: £93.00

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