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14:05 Cheltenham

Wednesday 18 April 2018

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Citipost Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 14:06 | Winning time: 4m 57.3s

1^st

Diese Des Bieffes

511-4

5/2f

T: N J HendersonJ: N D Fehily

Held up towards rear, headway 5th, switched left before last, went 2nd flat, led final 150 yards, ran on well, readily op 2/1

2^nd

Theclockisticking

611-4

13/2

T: S EdmundsJ: C Gethings

Tracked leader, led approaching last, hung left and headed final 150 yards, no impression on winner after, kept on op 9/1

3^rd

Dell Oro

511-4

40/1

T: G & J MooreJ: Joshua Moore

Held up towards rear, headway after 3 out, jumped right last, edged left and went 3rd final 220 yards, no impression on winner, kept on tchd 33/1

4^th

1 ¼

Captain Cattistock

511-4

7/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Tracked leaders, challenged after 2 out, every chance when bad mistake last, not recover, kept on op 15/2 tchd 13/2

5^th

2 ½

Gosheven

511-0

33/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson

Held up in rear, not fluent 5th, some headway but still disputing 8th last, ran on flat, went 5th final 150 yards, not reach leaders op 28/1 tchd 40/1

6^th

3 ½

Onefortheroadtom

511-4

9/1

T: H FryJ: B J Geraghty

Held up towards rear, headway 5th, chasing leaders 2 out, stayed on same pace approaching last op 7/1 tchd 10/1

7^th

Poetic Rhythm

711-8

7/2

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Tracked leaders, not fluent 6th, ridden after 2 out, outpaced before last, stayed on same pace op 4/1 tchd 9/2

8^th

3 ¼

Mzuzu

611-0

100/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: T Scudamore

Held up towards rear on outside, took keen hold, headway after 2 out, ridden and no impression before last

9^th

Boreham Bill

611-0

14/1

T: B PaulingJ: D A Jacob

Led, headed before last, weakened flat op 20/1

10^th

Le Musee

511-4

50/1

T: N J HawkeJ: Tom Cannon

Tracked leaders, pushed along after 5th, not fluent and lost place 3 out, well beaten next op 33/1

11^th

Quarry Leader

711-0

66/1

T: A M HalesJ: Kielan Woods

Mid-division, headway 7th, chasing leaders on outside when pecked slightly 2 out, weakened before last

12^th

Mister Malarky

511-4

33/1

T: C L TizzardJ: H Cobden

Held up in mid-division, lost place before not fluent 5th, behind 3 out op 40/1

13^th

Silver Kayf

611-4

10/1

T: K C BaileyJ: David Bass

In touch in mid-division, mistake 4th, not fluent 5th, soon lost place, not fluent 7th, well beaten from 3 out op 11/1 tchd 9/1

14^th

Cuddles Mcgraw

511-0

100/1

T: F O'BrienJ: Alain Cawley

Behind, not fluent 5th, mistake next, well beaten 2 out

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.10Pl:£1.50, £2.20, £9.50EX:£17.70Trifecta:£559.20SF:£17.78Swingers:£2.70, £17.60, £85.40

Forecasts

Diese Des Bieffes (5/2), Poetic Rhythm (7/2), Theclockisticking (13/2), Captain Cattistock (7/1), Onefortheroadtom (9/1), Silver Kayf (10/1), Boreham Bill (14/1), Gosheven (33/1), Mister Malarky (33/1), Dell Oro (40/1), Le Musee (50/1), Quarry Leader (66/1), Mzuzu (100/1), Cuddles Mcgraw (100/1)

Diese Des Bieffes is entitled to run a big race on the evidence of his efforts both in the Lanzarote Hurdle and here in the Martin Pipe, but preference is for POETIC RHYTHM. Though his course form is a mild concern, those have generally been the most competitive races that he's contested so far, and as a Grade 1 winner (albeit a weak Grade 1) having to concede just 4lb to the majority of his rivals here he can get back to winning way. At a likely bigger price, Onefortheroadtom may be able to play a hand having got back on track in a jumpers' bumper last time out.