13:15 Taunton

Friday 30 December 2022

All12:4513:1513:4514:1514:4515:1515:45

Rob Snook 70th Birthday Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 3f 1y  |   Good to Soft (Good in places)  |   14 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:15  |   Winning time: 4m 49.52s
1st
Horse silk
1
11/10f
T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden
Handy, shaken up and pressed leader 2 out, led narrowly approaching last, ridden and drifted left run-in, stayed on well op 6/5
2nd
Horse silk
1 ¾
14
9/2
T: Miss E C LavelleJ: Thomas Bellamy
Led, pushed along before 2 out, headed narrowly approaching last, ridden run-in, ran on but always held op 11/2
3rd
Horse silk
16
13
511-0
14/1
T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan
Chased leaders, pushed along and went 3rd approaching 2 out, kept on but outpaced by front pair op 18/1 tchd 20/1
4th
Horse silk
15
10
18/1
T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore
Towards rear, headway into mid-division 5th, pushed along home turn, plugged on, never threatened tchd 16/1
5th
Horse silk
3 ¾
7
3/1
T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton
Prominent, raced wide at times, shaken up and dropped away quickly before 2 out
6th
Horse silk
2
5
50/1
T: N P MulhollandJ: S Bowen
Towards rear, plugged on from 3 out, never a factor op 40/1
7th
Horse silk
1 ¼
6
10/1
T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: T J O'Brien
In rear, mid-division 4 out, pushed along in 5th home turn, weakened 2 out op 9/1 tchd 17/2
8th
Horse silk
1
11
66/1
T: K C BaileyJ: David Bass
Rear mid-division, not fluent 5th and pushed along in rear, never showed op 40/1
9th
Horse silk
3 ½
4
411-0
50/1
T: C E LongsdonJ: James Best
In rear, ridden and beaten after 3 out op 66/1 tchd 80/1
10th
Horse silk
nse
3
25/1
T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville
Chased leaders, weakened tamely 3 out op 16/1
11th
Horse silk
81
2
80/1
T: N P MulhollandJ: Harry Reed
Mid-division, ridden and tailed off after 4 out op 100/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
8
100/1
T: S HosieJ: Gearoid Harney (7)
Tracked leaders, pushed along 3 out, weakened quickly and pulled up op 66/1 tchd 50/1
PU
Horse silk
9
250/1
T: M BradstockJ: Miss L Bradstock (7)
Mid-division, dropped to rear and lost touch 4 out, pulled up op 150/1
PU
Horse silk
12
80/1
T: Harry DerhamJ: Paul O'Brien
Front mid-division, lost position and pushed along 3 out, soon well behind and pulled up op 40/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.10Pl:£1.10, £1.70, £3.00EX:£7.30Trifecta:£42.80SF:£6.70Swingers:£2.30, £4.90, £6.90

Forecasts

Timeforatune (11/10), Great Samourai (3/1), Tightenourbelts (9/2), Far Sight (10/1), Spago (14/1), Jet Smart (18/1), Benefact (25/1), Earth King (50/1), Catuaba (50/1), Let's Go Amigo (66/1), Abbeyhill (80/1), Prince Nino (80/1), Great Schema (100/1), Hermin D'oudairies (250/1)

Verdict

TIMEFORATUNE hasn't looked the most straightforward but there's no question he has plenty of ability and is capable of defying a penalty. Far Sight has 17 lengths to make up with the selection from Exeter but he should get closer to him with improvement on the cards over this longer trip. Great Samourai is a Rules debutant to note having joined a top stable.

  1. TIMEFORATUNE
  2. FAR SIGHT
  3. GREAT SAMOURAI (FR)

Previous Winners

2021
Brave Kingdom
Weight: 11-5  |Age: 5
8/13

Prize Money

1st: £4,901.002nd: £2,258.003rd: £1,129.004th: £565.00

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