13:40 Hexham

Monday 24 April 2023

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Hexham Racecourse Welcomes Racing To School 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 48y  |   Soft (Good to Soft in places)  |   11 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:44  |   Winning time: 4m 18.72s
1st
Horse silk
1
712-0
7/4
T: James MoffattJ: Charlotte Jones (3)
Tracked leaders, headway after 2 out, led home turn, pushed out run-in, challenged and ridden towards finish, just held on op 15/8 tchd 13/8
2nd
Horse silk
nk
4
7/1
T: J C McConnellJ: B Hayes
Prominent, pushed along home turn, chased leader approaching last where not fluent, ridden and rallied closing stages, just denied op 13/2 tchd 11/2
3rd
Horse silk
6 ½
5
28/1
T: R MenziesJ: Nathan Moscrop
Towards rear, mid-division 4th, pushed along and some headway 2 out, stayed on and took 3rd jumping last, not trouble front pair tchd 33/1
4th
Horse silk
6
3
6/4f
T: D SkeltonJ: Tristan Durrell (5)
Led, pushed along and headed home turn, weakened before last tchd 7/4
5th
Horse silk
½
7
125/1
T: J CandlishJ: Lewis Stones (5)
Rear mid-division, plugged on from home turn for some late progress, never a factor tchd 150/1
6th
Horse silk
3 ½
10
40/1
T: M A BarnesJ: Thomas Dowson
Pressed leader, pushed along 2 out, weakened quickly before last tchd 50/1
7th
Horse silk
3 ¾
6
28/1
T: D McCain JnrJ: Theo Gillard
Mid-division, well behind 2 out, never showed op 20/1 tchd 18/1
8th
Horse silk
11
11
20/1
T: R MenziesJ: Sean Quinlan
Always in rear op 28/1
9th
Horse silk
6
9
50/1
T: Mrs S J SmithJ: Ross Chapman
Mid-division, reminders after 4th, well behind when mistake 3 out op 66/1 tchd 100/1
10th
Horse silk
½
2
7/1
T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes
Chased leaders, pushed along and outpaced after 2 out, soon beaten op 11/2
11th
Horse silk
41
8
250/1
T: Miss T JacksonJ: S Mulqueen
In rear, not jump fluently, tailed off 2 out op 200/1 tchd 400/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.75Pl:£1.20, £2.00, £5.20EX:£16.10Trifecta:£155.60SF:£13.85Swingers:£3.10, £7.80, £15.50

Forecasts

Eclair D'Ainay (6/4), Bingoo (7/4), Bella Bliss (7/1), Rock Hurley (7/1), You Some Girl (20/1), Harper Valley (28/1), Henry Gray (28/1), Izzy Bell (40/1), Navigate West (50/1), Hostile Hotelier (125/1), Mister Smarty (250/1)

Verdict

Slight preference is for BELLA BLISS, who was far from disgraced in testing ground last time and should find conditions more in her favour here. Eclair d'Ainay and Rock Hurley may provide the chief threat.

  1. BELLA BLISS (IRE)
  2. ECLAIR D'AINAY (FR)
  3. ROCK HURLEY (FR)

Previous Winners

2022
Clear White Light
Weight: 11-1  |Age: 6
11/1

Prize Money

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

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