15:50 Newbury

Friday 28 February 2020

All14:1014:4515:1515:5016:2016:5517:25

West Berkshire Mencap 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 4f 118y  |   Soft (Heavy in places)  |   10 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:50  |   Winning time: 5m 6.85s
1st
Horse silk
4
510-12
9/2
T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore
Tracked leader, led going well between last 2, ridden clear on extended run-in op 5/1
2nd
Horse silk
15
7
10/1
T: M ScudamoreJ: Brendan Powell
Chased leaders, went 2nd at the last, ridden and stayed on same pace run-in, weakening towards finish, no chance with winner op 12/1
3rd
Horse silk
1 ¾
5
40/1
T: J & A O'NeillJ: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.
Held up in last pair, headway before the last, jumped left last, went 3rd run-in, closed gradually on 2nd towards finish but never any chance with winner
4th
Horse silk
4 ½
2
8/1
T: G & J MooreJ: Joshua Moore
Mid-division, headway chasing leaders before 2 out (normal 3 out), weakened between last 2 op 15/2
5th
Horse silk
1
8
25/1
T: Miss E C LavelleJ: Adam Wedge
Chased leaders, ridden and weakened between last 2 tchd 28/1
6th
Horse silk
5 ½
1
611-4
7/2
T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden
Led and wandered into several hurdles, ridden and headed between last 2, lost 2nd at the last, weakened badly run-in tchd 10/3
7th
Horse silk
24
10
610-5
16/1
T: N B KingJ: Bryony Frost
Raced keenly in last pair, jumped slowly 3rd, never on terms, tailed off op 14/1
8th
Horse silk
3
9
11/8f
T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville
Raced keenly chasing leaders on inside, weakened rapidly after 3 out (normal 4 out) tailed off op 13/8
9th
Horse silk
5
6
610-12
66/1
T: Miss R CurtisJ: J J Burke
Always towards rear, never on terms

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
3
150/1
T: Mrs H R J NelmesJ: M Goldstein
Pulled hard early, towards rear, reminder and struggling before 5th, tailed off 3 out (normal 4 out), blundered next, pulled up before last

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.70Pl:£1.50, £2.70, £5.40EX:£52.40Trifecta:£1,374.80SF:£46.32Swingers:£6.20, £26.70, £17.90

Forecasts

It Sure Is (11/8), Eritage (7/2), Brinkley (9/2), Full Back (8/1), Do Your Job (10/1), Farne (16/1), Hawk's Well (25/1), Coeur Serein (40/1), Cubao (66/1), Arc Of Bubbles (150/1)

Verdict

ERITAGE was the winner of his penultimate start and he can record a second victory over hurdles by taking this decent looking novice event. The selection can get the better of his rivals here with Brinkley who is making his debut for his current yard capable of taking second on his second start over hurdles while third place can go to It Sure Is who is making his first appearance since wind surgery.
  1. Eritage
  2. Brinkley
  3. It Sure Is

Previous Winners

2019
Emitom
Weight: 11-8  |Age: 5
6/4

Prize Money

1st: £3,769.002nd: £1,107.003rd: £553.004th: £277.00

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