13:55 Taunton

Monday 8 January 2024

All12:5513:2513:5514:2515:0015:3016:05

Blackdown Motor Company Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 104y  |   Soft (Good to Soft in places)  |   13 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:55  |   Winning time: 4m 19.6s
1st
Horse silk
9
7/1
T: Evan WilliamsJ: Adam Wedge
Made all, came clear after 3 out, stayed on strongly, unchallenged op 6/1
2nd
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2 ¾
10
6/1
T: A WatsonJ: Nick Scholfield
Chased leaders on inside, went 2nd before 2 out, awkward 2 out, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner, just held on for 2nd op 11/2
3rd
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sh
13
4/1
T: V R A DartnallJ: Alan Johns
Held up towards rear, headway after 3 out, into 3rd before 2 out, kept on run-in pressing for 2nd, no chance with winner op 9/2
4th
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8
7
12/1
T: Jamie SnowdenJ: G Sheehan
Raced wide in mid-division, headway before the last, plugged on run-in op 16/1
5th
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6
10/1
T: B PaulingJ: Kielan Woods
Off the pace towards rear, pushed along going out on final circuit, headway approaching 2 out, plugged on tchd 11/1
6th
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3
12
22/1
T: D SkeltonJ: Fergus Gillard
Always in rear, headway and plugged on run-in, never dangerous op 20/1
7th
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2
11
80/1
T: K C BaileyJ: David Bass
Held up towards rear, never dangerous
8th
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3
3/1f
T: J & A O'NeillJ: R P McLernon
Chased winner, pushed along and lost 2nd before 2 out, weakened soon after 2 out
9th
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5
8
611-8
40/1
T: C Boultbee-BrooksJ: R Patrick
Off the pace in last pair, never on terms tchd 50/1
10th
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7
1
28/1
T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton
Mid-division, weakened before 3 out
11th
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2 ½
14
10/3
T: D PipeJ: Jack Tudor
Chased leaders, ridden and weakened rapidly after 3 out, behind soon after, tailed off op 7/2
12th
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1 ¼
2
125/1
T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: M G Nolan
Mid-division, ridden after 3 out, soon weakened op 80/1

Also Ran

PU
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4
25/1
T: W S KittowJ: David Noonan
Raced keenly in mid-division, mistake and rider lost irons 4th, pulled up before next op 28/1

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Non-Runners

5
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Get The Value40
Weight: 11-8|  Age: 6
T: J G M O'Shea  J: Brendan Powell
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£8.50Pl:£2.60, £2.30, £2.00EX:£43.90Trifecta:£222.40SF:£49.82Swingers:£7.90, £7.50, £5.70

Forecasts

Cawthorne Banker (3/1), Johannes (10/3), Lhebayeb (4/1), Walkingoneggshells (6/1), The Gypsy Davey (7/1), Golden Ambition (10/1), Schematic (12/1), Get The Value (12/1), Jacksbar (22/1), Cornish Storm (25/1), Bahio Boum (28/1), Shady B (40/1), Behind The Veil (80/1), Bruce Gobbler (125/1)

Verdict

The vote goes to JOHANNES, who was a wide-margin winner of his sole start on the Flat in France and is entitled to step up on his hurdles debut sixth in the Exeter juvenile won by Salver (Grade 2 winner since) last month. He has subsequently undergone a wind op and is taken to get the better of Lhebayeb and point-winners The Gypsy Davey and Walkingoneggshells.

  1. JOHANNES (FR)
  2. LHEBAYEB (GER)
  3. THE GYPSY DAVEY (IRE)

Previous Winners

2023
Afadil
Weight: 10-9  |Age: 4
8/15

Prize Money

1st: £4,955.002nd: £2,283.003rd: £1,141.004th: £571.005th: £377.00

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