16:25 Haydock

Saturday 17 February 2018

All13:3014:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:00

Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (Registered As The Prestige Novices' Hurdle) (Grade 2)

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 1  |   2m 6f 177y  |   Heavy  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:27  |   Winning time: 6m 1.0s
1st
Horse silk
2
13/8f
T: N J HendersonJ: N D Fehily
Tracked leaders, led after 4 out, clear before last, kept on strongly op 6/4 tchd 7/4
2nd
Horse silk
15
8
12/1
T: D McCain JnrJ: W T Kennedy
Held up towards rear, reminders after 7th, outpaced 4 out, kept on after 2 out, went 2nd close home, no chance with winner op 9/1 tchd 8/1
3rd
Horse silk
1 ¼
4
7/2
T: P W MiddletonJ: J E Moore
Held up towards rear, went 2nd before 3 out, blundered 2 out, lost 2nd place close home op 9/2
4th
Horse silk
1 ¼
5
25/1
T: C E LongsdonJ: J J Burke
Held up mid-division, pushed along after 4 out, soon outpaced towards rear, plugged on from 2 out op 33/1 tchd 20/1
5th
Horse silk
5
6
33/1
T: O MurphyJ: Fergus Gregory
Tracked clear leader, in 3rd and ridden before last, weakened run-in tchd 28/1
6th
Horse silk
3 ¾
1
6/1
T: R DobbinJ: Craig Nichol
Held up mid-division, pushed along after 5 out, soon outpaced, kept on from over 2 out tchd 11/2 and tchd 13/2

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
3
33/1
T: F O'BrienJ: Alain Cawley
Led, clear until 4 out, soon headed and soon weakened, pulled up
PU
Horse silk
7
7/2
T: D SkeltonJ: Bridget Andrews
In rear, pushed along after 4 out, never dangerous, pulled up op 4/1 tchd 10/3 and tchd 9/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.20Pl:£1.30, £2.40, £1.30EX:£22.50Trifecta:£113.00SF:£21.78Swingers:£4.20, £1.70, £5.40

Forecasts

Chef Des Obeaux (13/8), Golan Fortune (7/2), Shannon Bridge (7/2), Coole Hall (6/1), Uppertown Prince (12/1), Just Your Type (25/1), Piri Massini (33/1), Global Stage (33/1)

Verdict

A decent turn-out for this valuable prize and stamina will be very much at a premium. Chef Des Obeaux looked good when stepped up in trip at Kempton last time and represents a yard brimming with talented novices. He is sure to be popular with punters, but faces no easy task against GOLAN FORTUNE, who has been mixing it in competitive handicaps and ran a blinder at Sandown last time. The selection is game and reliable and can return to winning ways. Coole Hall stays well and enters the equation along with Shannon Bridge and the unexposed Piri Massini.
  1. Golan Fortune
  2. Chef Des Obeaux
  3. Coole Hall

Previous Winners

2017
The Worlds End
Weight: 11-7  |Age: 6
11/4

Prize Money

1st: £16,938.002nd: £6,387.003rd: £3,192.004th: £1,593.005th: £801.006th: £399.007th: £201.00

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