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13:30 Cheltenham

Wednesday 14 March 2018

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The Ballymore Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) (registered As The Baring Bingham)

Off time: 13:31 | Winning time: 5m 18.2s

1^st

Samcro

611-7

8/11f

T: G ElliottJ: J W Kennedy

Held up in touch, tracked leaders going well 3 out, led turning in, ridden clear before last, edged right flat, stayed on well tchd 4/5 in places

2^nd

2 ¾

Black Op

711-7

8/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: N D Fehily

Tracked leaders, mistake 3rd, driven before 2 out, rallied to chase winner between last 2, hit last, kept on in clear 2nd flat, always held op 10/1 tchd 8/1

3^rd

Next Destination

611-7

4/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Ruby Walsh

Mid-division on inside, outpaced 3 out, ridden after next, no impression in 6th before last, edged right and rallied flat, took 3rd near finish, no chance with clear pair tchd 9/2

4^th

Scarpeta

511-7

33/1

T: W P MullinsJ: D E Mullins

Disputed lead to 5th, tracked leaders, challenged again 2 out, ridden and one pace before last, stayed on to take narrow 3rd flat until near finish, no impression with clear pair

5^th

Duc Des Genievres

511-7

10/1

T: W P MullinsJ: P Townend

Held up towards rear, headway into mid-division 5th, chased leaders when hit 3 out, outpaced in 5th between last 2, ridden and stayed on to dispute beaten 3rd flat, no impression with clear pair op 12/1 tchd 9/1

6^th

Vision Des Flos

511-7

14/1

T: C L TizzardJ: R M Power

Tracked leaders, challenged when not much room on inside after 3 out, led approaching next, headed turning in, one pace before last, ridden and stayed on to dispute beaten 3rd flat, no extra towards finish

7^th

Aye Aye Charlie

611-7

100/1

T: F O'BrienJ: Conor Shoemark

Held up behind, ridden and outpaced on outside after 3 out, never theatened leaders

8^th

Gowiththeflow

511-7

40/1

T: B PaulingJ: D A Jacob

Made most to before 2 out, ridden and weakened before last

9^th

2 ¼

Brahma Bull

711-7

25/1

T: W P MullinsJ: D J Mullins

Mid-division, lost place after 4 out, behind and weakened from 2 out

10^th

Mind's Eye

611-7

66/1

T: H De BromheadJ: D N Russell

Held up towards rear, outpaced before 2 out, never near leaders, weakened approaching last op 50/1 tchd 66/1

11^th

2 ¼

Diablo De Rouhet

511-7

200/1

T: J HughesJ: M D Grant

Held up towards rear, ridden after 2 out, never involved op 150/1 tchd 200/1

12^th

2 ½

Coolanly

611-7

100/1

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Chased leaders, hit 6th, lost place 3 out, behind and weakened from next tchd 80/1

13^th

Knight In Dubai

511-7

100/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up, always towards rear, struggling after 4 out, tailed off from last

Also Ran

Ahead of The Curve

611-7

200/1

T: S CorbettJ: James Corbett

Always in rear, mistake 4th, lost touch and pulled up before next

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.60Pl:£1.10, £1.70, £1.40EX:£7.90Trifecta:£22.00Tricast:£16.75SF:£7.21Swingers:£2.20, £1.10, £3.50

Forecasts

Samcro (8/11), Next Destination (4/1), Black Op (8/1), Duc Des Genievres (10/1), Vision Des Flos (14/1), Brahma Bull (25/1), Scarpeta (33/1), Gowiththeflow (40/1), Mind's Eye (66/1), Aye Aye Charlie (100/1), Coolanly (100/1), Knight In Dubai (100/1), Diablo De Rouhet (200/1), Ahead of The Curve (200/1)

The Irish have landed this contest in five of the past 10 years with Willie Mullins responsible for four of those victories; including with Faugheen in 2014. He saddles a quartet of runners with Next Destination the primary contender. He promises to be ideally suited by the forecast testing ground, along with recent Exeter scorer Vision Des Flos, and brings a high level of proven ability to the table. However, the claims of SAMCRO are impossible to ignore. He comfortably accounted for Duc Des Genievres at Leopardstown, and whilst his stamina reserves might be questioned by some analysts, it's well worth noting that he is a half-brother to the 3m winner Cocacobana.