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12:55 Newbury

Thursday 7 November 2019

All12:5513:3014:0514:3515:1015:4016:15

Newbury Bid Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 12:56 | Winning time: 4m 1.1s

1^st

Zanza

511-12

3/1f

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: Sean Houlihan (3)

Held up towards rear, headway approaching 3 out, chased leaders approaching next, led run-in, stayed on strongly op 7/2 tchd 11/4

2^nd

2 ¼

Westbrook Bertie

411-1

28/1

T: M R ChannonJ: Harry Reed

Raced keenly, tracked leader after 1st, ridden to lead approaching last, headed run-in, no chance with winner, just held on for 2nd op 25/1

3^rd

Cosmeapolitan

611-2

10/1

T: A KingJ: Alexander Thorne (6)

Held up in 5th on inside, headway chasing leaders approaching 3 out, kept on run-in, almost snatched 2nd op 8/1

4^th

Magic Dancer

711-4

9/2

T: Kerry LeeJ: R Patrick (3)

Chased leading trio, pushed along before 2 out, outpaced last, stayed on well towards finish tchd 5/1

5^th

Our Merlin

711-6

6/1

T: R WalfordJ: Ben Jones

Led, ridden between last 2, headed approaching last, weakened run-in tchd 7/1

6^th

1 ¾

Petit Palais

410-13

9/2

T: T R GeorgeJ: Fergus Gregory

Chased leader until after 1st, handy 3rd until ridden and weakened before 2 out

7^th

4 ½

Capone

411-0

9/2

T: C J MannJ: Charlie Price (3)

Never jumped with any fluency, always in rear op 6/1

8^th

Deadline Diva

410-10

14/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Lorcan Williams (3)

Held up in last pair, headway approaching 3 out, ridden between last 2, soon beaten op 11/1 tchd 10/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.60Pl:£1.40, £4.60, £2.00EX:£76.80Trifecta:£832.50Tricast:£741.60SF:£66.90Swingers:£77.70, £26.20, £185.10

Forecasts

Zanza (3/1), Magic Dancer (9/2), Petit Palais (9/2), Capone (9/2), Our Merlin (6/1), Cosmeapolitan (10/1), Deadline Diva (14/1), Westbrook Bertie (28/1)

Tom George has started the new jumps season in a rich vein of form, and the lightly raced Petit Palais is expected to show improvement from his seasonal reappearance fourth to Torpillo (Chepstow), while Cosmeapolitan is a C&D winner (juvenile) with relatively few miles on the clock. However, in what represents a tricky start to the jumps season at Newbury, and with further rain in the forecast we'll opt to side with the Robert Walford-trained OUR MERLIN. He has been absent since finishing runner-up to Zanza (lifeless on seasonal reappearance) over C&D in March, but can be expected to make his usual bold bid from the front.