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15:30 Huntingdon

Thursday 22 February 2018

All13:5014:2014:5515:3016:0516:4017:15

Smarkets Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 4m 10.6s

1^st

Birch Hill

811-12

16/1

T: Mrs S LeechJ: R Johnson

Held up in mid-division, headway on outside 5th, challenged 2 out, led last, clear flat, ran on well, comfortably tchd 14/1

2^nd

Doitforthevillage

911-10

6/4f

T: P HendersonJ: P J Brennan

Led until after 3rd, not fluent and led again from 4th, mistake 3 out, headed last, no impression flat op 11/4

3^rd

3 ½

Garde Forestier

611-9

11/2

T: J W MullinsJ: Kevin Jones (5)

Mid-division, closed after 3 out, ridden and stayed on same pace from 2 out op 4/1

4^th

Alberta

911-13

9/2

T: J & S BestJ: J E Moore

Held up in mid-division, headway 5th, not fluent 3 out, driven before next, stayed on one pace op 4/1 tchd 11/2

5^th

Hear The Chimes

910-12

6/1

T: S A HarrisJ: J M Quinlan

Behind, plugged on after 3 out, no impression op 11/2 tchd 4/1

6^th

First Quest

410-5

28/1

T: J R BoyleJ: M Goldstein

Tracked leader, challenged after 3rd, led before next, soon headed, 5th and weakening 2 out op 25/1

7^th

3 ½

Level Of Intensity

411-3

12/1

T: N J HawkeJ: S Bowen

Tracked leaders, lost place before jumping right 2 out, weakened op 16/1

8^th

3 ¼

Occasionally Yours

1411-6

40/1

T: A BlackmoreJ: Kevin Dowling (7)

Tracked leaders, pushed along after 5th, ridden and weakened after 3 out op 33/1

9^th

Stonecoldsoba

511-2

18/1

T: D P QuinnJ: Aidan Coleman

Held up in mid-division, not fluent and in rear 3 out, mistake 2 out tchd 16/1

10^th

Spader

510-13

33/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up in last pair, not fluent 5th, well beaten 3 out op 20/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£13.80Pl:£3.40, £1.20, £2.10EX:£57.90Trifecta:£307.20Tricast:£157.98SF:£40.87Swingers:£13.40, £30.10, £3.00

Forecasts

Doitforthevillage (6/4), Alberta (9/2), Garde Forestier (11/2), Hear The Chimes (6/1), Level Of Intensity (12/1), Birch Hill (16/1), Stonecoldsoba (18/1), First Quest (28/1), Spader (33/1), Occasionally Yours (40/1)

This looks easier than the last race DOITFORTHEVILLAGE contested when he travelled well for a long way before the effects of an infection related absence took effect. His mark looks attractive in comparison to the improvement he has shown over fences and he can take this en-route to Aintree. Hear The Chimes is a C&D winner who has dropped to a lenient mark, whilst Alberta is capable of defying his revised mark. Garde Forestier is weighted to go close and Spader is better than his last run indicates.