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12:20 Newbury

Wednesday 18 December 2019

All12:2012:5013:2013:5514:2515:0015:30

Prodec Networks Juvenile Hurdle

Off time: 12:28 | Winning time: 4m 10.15s

1^st

Fraser Island

310-12

1/1f

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Chased leader, led between last 2, soon clear, easily op 6/5 tchd 10/11 and tchd 6/4

2^nd

Sir Canford

310-12

7/1

T: A StrongeJ: David Noonan

Mid-division, pushed along after 4 out, headway into 3rd before 2 out, went modest 2nd towards finish, no chance with winner tchd 6/1

3^rd

John Betjeman

310-12

3/1

T: Mark GillardJ: Fergus Gillard (7)

Pulled hard early and set steady pace, settled better before 2nd where jumped slowly, mistake next, joined 3 out, headed between last 2, kept on same pace, lost modest 2nd towards finish op 9/2

4^th

Mrs Meader

310-5

25/1

T: J W MullinsJ: Kevin Jones (3)

Mistake 1st, held up and behind, headway before 2 out, plugged on in modest 4th op 16/1

5^th

Rafiot

310-12

10/1

T: G & J MooreJ: Joshua Moore

Raced keenly, held up, headway chasing leaders before 4 out, 3rd next, weakened between last 2 tchd 9/1 and tchd 12/1

6^th

Percy Alexander

310-12

33/1

T: C J MannJ: Brendan Powell

Held up towards rear, blundered 2 out, plugged on, never on terms op 25/1

7^th

Sephton

310-12

16/1

T: A KingJ: Tom Cannon

Mid-division, weakening when mistake 3 out op 12/1

8^th

2 ¾

Delta Bravo

310-5

100/1

T: J S MooreJ: Dave Crosse

Chased leaders, headway on outside approaching 4 out, ridden and weakened after next

9^th

Ideal Grace

310-5

66/1

T: B BarrJ: Paul O'Brien (3)

Held up and always towards rear op 50/1 tchd 40/1

10^th

Deebee

310-12

16/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: Nick Scholfield

Chased leaders on inside, pushed along before 3 out, weakened soon after op 14/1

Also Ran

Royal Born

310-12

66/1

T: R J PriceJ: Charlie Hammond (3)

Jumped poorly in rear, went badly right 2nd, tried to refuse next and pulled up before 3rd tchd 80/1

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Pourmorechampagne¹⁷⁷

Weight: 10-12| Age: 3

T: P R Webber J: G Sheehan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.80Pl:£1.10, £1.70, £1.60EX:£8.50Trifecta:£26.30SF:£8.88Swingers:£2.00, £1.40, £2.60

Forecasts

Fraser Island (1/1), John Betjeman (3/1), Sir Canford (7/1), Rafiot (10/1), Sephton (16/1), Deebee (16/1), Mrs Meader (25/1), Percy Alexander (33/1), Pourmorechampagne (33/1), Ideal Grace (66/1), Royal Born (66/1), Delta Bravo (100/1)

A contest that has been dominated by the big stables with Alan King training the winner three times in the last eight years. This time around he’s represented by Sephton who showed up better than his finishing position suggests on his hurdling bow and given the trainer’s record in this race he’s likely to be a leading contender. Rafiot and John Betjeman are two others with hurdling experience although they will both need to improve on what they have accomplished so far. FRASER ISLAND having shown plenty of ability on the Flat has joined Nicky Henderson and he looks just the sort for a juvenile hurdling campaign. Deebee and Sir Canford are two other newcomers who should be respected.