15:15 Haydock

Saturday 21 December 2019

All11:5012:2513:0013:3514:0514:4015:15

Betway Heed Your Hunch Handicap Hurdle

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 2  |   2m 2f 191y  |   Heavy (Soft in places)  |   5 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:15  |   Winning time: 4m 47.1s
1st
Horse silk
3
3/1
T: Mrs S J SmithJ: Danny Cook
In touch, headway 4 out, every chance from 2 out, hit last, led closing stages, all out op 7/2
2nd
Horse silk
¾
2
15/8f
T: D McCain JnrJ: W T Kennedy
Prominent, led 3 out, strongly challenged next, headed after last, soon rallied and every chance, kept on gamely under pressure op 85/40
3rd
Horse silk
19
5
9/2
T: N W AlexanderJ: Lucy Alexander
In touch, beaten 3 out, left in 3rd next, never a threat tchd 5/1
4th
Horse silk
1 ¼
1
4/1
T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan
Tracked leaders, weakened after 4 out, beaten when hampered and left in 4th 2 out

Also Ran

F
Horse silk
4
7/1
T: P A KirbyJ: Thomas Dowson
Led until 3 out, held in 3rd when fell next op 11/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.30Pl:£2.20, £1.60EX:£10.20Trifecta:£33.50SF:£9.32

Forecasts

Chti Balko (15/8), Captain Moirette (3/1), Poetic Rhythm (4/1), Off The Hook (9/2), Romeo Brown (7/1)

Verdict

Donald McCain's Chti Balko made the frame in this contest 12 months ago, while there could be more to come over the smaller obstacles for the lightly raced Captain Moirette. Nevertheless, it's impossible to ignore the alluring claims of the Grade 1 (Challow) and Grade 2 (Persian War) winning hurdler POETIC RHYTHM who re-emerges from a 414-day absence for the Gloucestershire-based handler Fergal O'Brien. Now eight (fast rising nine) he clearly didn't take kindly to the switch to chasing but assuming that he's fit, well and raring to go back over hurdles then he's highly likely to prove a cut above this level of opposition.
  1. Poetic Rhythm
  2. Chti Balko
  3. Captain Moirette

Previous Winners

2018
Ballymoy
Weight: 11-7  |Age: 5
5/6

Prize Money

1st: £12,512.002nd: £3,696.003rd: £1,848.004th: £924.005th: £462.006th: £232.00
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Going: Standard
Surface: Allweather
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