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16:15 Newton Abbot

Saturday 31 August 2019

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:25

Happy Birthday Bill O'Dwyer Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:15 | Winning time: 5m 15.1s

1^st

Can You Believe It

611-6

5/1

T: Nicky MartinJ: Matt Griffiths

Chased leaders, challenged 7th, led before 2 out, clear last, readily op 11/2

2^nd

Searching

711-9

10/1

T: G HarrisJ: Ben Jones (7)

Mid-division, headway 7th, pressing winner before 2 out, held when not fluent last, stayed on same pace op 12/1

3^rd

3 ½

Joey Steel

610-13

6/1

T: Christian WilliamsJ: Nick Scholfield

Chased leaders, pushed along after 3 out, not fluent 2 out, stayed on same pace op 16/1

4^th

1 ½

Rosserk Abbey

611-6

40/1

T: K BishopJ: Shane Quinlan (5)

With leader, not fluent 6th, outpaced after 3 out, plugged on to take 4th from last

5^th

2 ¼

Eddy

1011-7

15/2

T: Mrs S GardnerJ: Sean Houlihan (3)

Held up in rear, headway after 3 out, pressing for 4th last, never on terms op 7/1

6^th

Top Of The Rocks

610-4

10/1

T: Mrs K StephensJ: Page Fuller (3)

Led, ridden and headed before 2 out, no extra approaching last op 11/1

7^th

Seeanythingyoulike

811-1

12/1

T: J ScottJ: David Noonan

Held up towards rear, took keen hold, struggling 3 out op 11/1

8^th

Petrify

910-8

16/1

T: B J LlewellynJ: C J Todd (7)

Towards rear, 9th and ridden after 3 out, no impression tchd 14/1

9^th

2 ¾

Auld Sod

610-11

14/1

T: J M BradleyJ: C Brace (5)

Chased leaders, mistake 3 out, weakened before next

10^th

Lapalala

810-6

10/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson

Mid-division, mistake 7th, well beaten after op 8/1

11^th

2 ½

Realta Dawn

710-8

16/1

T: Christian WilliamsJ: Jack Tudor (7)

Always towards rear op 20/1

12^th

Minella Rising

711-8

33/1

T: P GundryJ: James Best

Chased leaders, ridden after 3 out, weakened before next

13^th

3 ¾

Trogir

511-12

40/1

T: Mark GillardJ: Theo Gillard (7)

Mid-division, not always fluent, well beaten 3 out

14^th

Stand By Me

910-13

4/1f

T: A E JonesJ: T J O'Brien

Held up towards rear, mistake 5th, not fluent next, well beaten when not fluent 3 out op 7/2

15^th

Harbour Force

511-12

20/1

T: N P MulhollandJ: P K Donovan (7)

Chased leaders, not fluent 7th, lost place when blundered 3 out, soon weakened

16^th

Midnight Aurora

611-12

14/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up in rear, not fluent 1st, pushed along before 7th, well behind 3 out, tailed off

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.80Pl:£1.40, £1.70, £2.00, £12.80EX:£48.60Trifecta:£540.10Tricast:£325.28SF:£59.22Swingers:£11.10, £11.90, £18.40

Forecasts

Stand By Me (4/1), Can You Believe It (5/1), Joey Steel (6/1), Eddy (15/2), Searching (10/1), Top Of The Rocks (10/1), Lapalala (10/1), Seeanythingyoulike (12/1), Auld Sod (14/1), Midnight Aurora (14/1), Petrify (16/1), Realta Dawn (16/1), Harbour Force (20/1), Minella Rising (33/1), Rosserk Abbey (40/1), Trogir (40/1)

Plenty of interest for a low-grade handicap hurdle; Stand By Me has leading claims returning from an absence even if the race that he won last time rather fell apart (the second has won since) and he along with Top Of The Rocks and Realta Dawn have leading claims along the last two named have both yet to win a race of any sort under Rules. Can You Believe It isn’t one to write off too quickly, this trip may well show him in a better light. Petrify won this last year but doesn’t enter the fray in such good fettle this time around. It may be worth taking a chance with SEARCHING, kept ticking over on the Flat since his last hurdles outings he looks nicely weighted on some of his old form.