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Scores

14:35 Haydock

Monday 30 December 2019

All12:2512:5513:3014:0014:3515:1015:40

Pied Bull Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:36 | Winning time: 4m 44.3s

1^st

Flinck

510-10

5/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: T J O'Brien

Held up in rear, headway 3 out, went 2nd after 2 out, led flat, driven out op 9/2

2^nd

The Con Man

611-0

9/4f

T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes

Chased leader from 2nd, left in lead after 4th, clear 2 out until last, headed flat, no impression towards finish op 3/1 tchd 2/1

3^rd

Zig Zag

610-10

33/1

T: P A KirbyJ: Thomas Dowson

Chased leaders, not fluent 3rd, stayed on same pace from 3 out, went 3rd towards finish op 25/1

4^th

1 ¾

Informateur

611-4

7/1

T: Mrs S J SmithJ: Danny Cook

Chased leader until 2nd, left 2nd after 4th, ridden and beaten 3rd after 2 out, dropped to 4th towards finish op 15/2

5^th

2 ½

Crixus's Escape

611-5

14/1

T: G BoanasJ: Sean Quinlan

Chased leaders, ridden before 3 out, beaten next, mistake last op 12/1

6^th

4 ½

Altruism

911-2

33/1

T: James MoffattJ: Charlotte Jones (7)

Towards rear on outside, headway after 4th, mistake 4 out, lost place before 3 out

7^th

Jelski

511-0

9/2

T: N A Twiston-DaviesJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Held up towards rear, headway on outside 6th, mistake next, lost place before 3 out, hanging badly left 2 out op 4/1

8^th

Theatre Legend

611-12

6/1

T: C GrantJ: P J Brennan

Held up towards rear, headway after 4th, mistake next, ridden after 4 out, weakened before 3 out op 13/2

9^th

Notwhatiam

910-11

100/1

T: A BerryJ: T J Phelan

Mid-division on outside, lost place before 5th, soon behind

Also Ran

The Linksman

711-12

50/1

T: S EnglandJ: Jonathan England

Keen early, led until pulled up after 4th

Don Juan Du Gouet

610-5

9/1

T: H D DalyJ: Bryony Frost

In rear, not fluent 4th, behind 4 out, pulled up before 3 out op 10/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.20Pl:£1.90, £1.30, £4.90EX:£19.10Trifecta:£399.60Tricast:£339.85SF:£16.89Swingers:£2.80, £40.30, £23.20

Forecasts

The Con Man (9/4), Jelski (9/2), Flinck (5/1), Theatre Legend (6/1), Informateur (7/1), Don Juan Du Gouet (9/1), Crixus's Escape (14/1), Zig Zag (33/1), Altruism (33/1), The Linksman (50/1), Notwhatiam (100/1)

Both Theatre Legend and Informateur (C&D) have strong recent form in the book but equally hold few secrets from the handicapper. Therefore, the attention switches to a trio of less exposed former novices'. Flinck made a smooth winning handicap debut at Warwick (2m3f) six weeks ago and is definite shortlist material off just a 4lb higher mark, while the fairly weighted Jelski appears to be a staying handicapper in the making (hurdles or fences) for Nigel Twiston-Davies. However, the suggestion is the Donald McCain-trained THE CON MAN who lacked the finishing kick of Marie's Rock over 2m here recently, form which could be franked earlier by Ebony Jewel (1.30)