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13:45 Newton Abbot

Monday 21 June 2021

All13:1513:4514:1514:5015:2015:5016:20

St Austell Brewery Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:47 | Winning time: 4m 7.9s

1^st

Celestial Force

611-11

4/7f

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Raced keenly, tracked leader, pushed along after 3 out, soon ridden, closed to lead 2 out, soon clear op 8/13 tchd 4/6

2^nd

3 ¼

Byzantine Empire

411-0

2/1

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Held up in 3rd, pushed along after 3 out, went 2nd after next, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner op 15/8

3^rd

Esprit De Somoza

711-12

17/2

T: Mrs J WilliamsJ: Chester Williams (3)

Led and set steady pace, quickened tempo after 3 out, mistake and headed 2 out, soon weakened into 3rd op 13/2 tchd 10/1

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Thahab Ifraj¹⁷

Weight: 11-3| Age: 8

T: Alexandra Dunn J: Fergus Gillard

Green Or Black²⁶

Weight: 11-8| Age: 9

T: N P Mulholland J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.40EX:£1.90Trifecta:£2.30SF:£2.11

Forecasts

Celestial Force (4/7), Byzantine Empire (2/1), Thahab Ifraj (9/4), Green Or Black (4/1), Esprit De Somoza (17/2)

BYZANTINE EMPIRE improved again when readily seeing off a next-time-out winner at Southwell last month, and having been allotted a very fair opening mark, is taken to follow up. Celestial Force found the Swinton too competitive but can make his presence felt back at this level.