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13:05 Newcastle

Saturday 2 December 2017

All11:5512:3013:0513:4014:1014:4515:20

Weatherbys Racing Bank 'The French Furze' Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 13:06 | Winning time: 5m 38.7s

1^st

Coole Hall

511-3

7/2

T: R DobbinJ: Craig Nichol

Tracked leaders, ridden before 2 out, led last, edged right run-in, kept on op 7/2

2^nd

1 ¼

Senor Lombardy

411-3

5/2

T: K DalgleishJ: Callum Bewley

Led, ridden before 2 out, headed last, not much room run-in, kept on tchd 5/2

3^rd

3 ¾

Hear No Evil

511-3

9/4f

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Towards rear, headway before 3 out, soon went 2nd, challenged 2 out, no extra before last op 15/8 tchd 7/4

4^th

Donna's Delight

611-3

5/1

T: A M ThomsonJ: S Bowen

Tracked leaders, went 2nd from 4 out, weakened before 2 out op 13/2 tchd 8/1

5^th

Imperial Eloquence

510-12

13/2

T: F O'BrienJ: Conor Shoemark

Behind, ridden after 4 out, soon weakened op 8/1 tchd 10/1

Also Ran

Dudette

510-5

66/1

T: A CrookJ: Sean Quinlan

With leader until 6 out, soon weakened, tailed of and pulled up before 2 out

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.50Pl:£1.60, £1.60EX:£10.10Trifecta:£24.10SF:£10.52Swingers:£1.80, £2.60, £1.90

Forecasts

Hear No Evil (9/4), Senor Lombardy (5/2), Coole Hall (7/2), Donna's Delight (5/1), Imperial Eloquence (13/2), Dudette (66/1)

A delightful renewal of a novices hurdle which remembers The French Furze, who was a core element of the Fighting Fifth Hurdle for many a year. The North has a strong hand in the line up with a trio of exciting youngsters set to tackle Dan Skelton's most promising Aintree debut hurdles scorer Hear No Evil. His bumper form has been well advertised recently (by Espoir De Teillee), and he should again have the measure of Imperial Eloquence despite a turn-around at the weights. Donna's Delight will have a light campaign over hurdles prior to going chasing, and this fine looking horse is the apple of his locally based owners eye. However, his Carlisle hurdles form isn't quite as strong as what both SENOR LOMBARDY and Coole Hall have achieved just yet, and a strong preference is for the Keith Dalgleish trained four-year-old. He will improve further at this more galloping track, and can confirm his Kelso form with Coole Hall.