16:55 Wetherby

Tuesday 17 March 2020

All14:0014:3515:1015:4516:2016:5517:25

Happy St Patrick's Day Novices' Handicap Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 5  |   3m 26y  |   Soft (Good to Soft in places)  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:55  |   Winning time: 6m 23.8s
1st
Horse silk
8
11/4
T: R DobbinJ: Craig Nichol
Close up, tracked leaders 7th, led 2 out, ridden and ran on
2nd
Horse silk
4 ¼
1
28/1
T: Micky HammondJ: Alain Cawley
Held up in rear, headway 3 out, ridden next, chasing winner when rider dropped whip approaching last, kept on one pace
3rd
Horse silk
7
3
5/2
T: J & A O'NeillJ: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.
Close up, ridden to track leaders 3 out, jumped left last, kept on one pace op 11/4
4th
Horse silk
1
5
20/1
T: Kenny JohnsonJ: Sean Quinlan
Led, headed 3rd, tracked leader, ridden and every chance 3 out, beaten when hampered last, kept on one pace tchd 22/1
5th
Horse silk
2 ¼
2
611-10
9/4f
T: K C BaileyJ: David Bass
Tracked leader, led 3rd, 4 lengths clear 6th, ridden 3 out, hit and headed next, weakened flat op 2/1
6th
Horse silk
6
7
50/1
T: Miss T JacksonJ: Ross Chapman
Held up, headway when not fluent 8th, ridden 4 out, weakened next op 40/1
7th
Horse silk
6 ½
4
14/1
T: M ScudamoreJ: Brendan Powell
Raced wide in touch, ridden 4 out, weakened next

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
6
8/1
T: T R GrettonJ: B S Hughes
Prominent, mistake 1st and lost place, tracked leaders 3rd, driven and dropped to rear 6th, pulled up 8th

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.80Pl:£1.20, £4.30, £1.10EX:£67.20Trifecta:£190.90Tricast:£214.38SF:£67.22

Forecasts

Pond Road (9/4), Skylanna Breeze (5/2), Espoir Moriviere (11/4), Incertaine (8/1), Bee Crossing (14/1), On We Go (20/1), The Very Thing (28/1), Black Opium (50/1)

Verdict

The key to this contest may well be the 2m4f contest that both Pond Road and SKYLANNA BREEZE contested at Huntingdon last time where they finished fourth and sixth respectively. Kim Bailey’s charge has already proven his stamina for trips such as this but he doesn’t look an easy ride and would benefit from some sterner headgear. The selection on the other hand does need to prove his stamina and he does have 10L to find with his old adversary but he will be suited by the better conditions here and may well reverse the form. Most of the others are modest with Sedgefield fourth Espoir Moriviere the only other one who has shown any real form of late.
  1. Skylanna Breeze
  2. Pond Road
  3. Espoir Moriviere

Previous Winners

2019
Border Victor
Weight: 11-7  |Age: 7
3/1

Prize Money

1st: £3,514.002nd: £1,032.003rd: £516.004th: £350.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00

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