17:05 Worcester

Wednesday 26 June 2024

All14:2314:5315:2315:5316:2817:0517:40

Stepway Charity Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2)

Off time: 17:05 | Winning time: 3m 48.2s

1^st

Brave Knight

410-13

5/6f

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Tracked leaders on inside, 3rd going well before 5th, 2nd before 3 out, led on bit run-in, hard held op 4/5

2^nd

2 ¾

Nowmelad

511-4

7/4

T: Dr R Newland & J InsoleJ: Lee Edwards

Led, pushed along before 3 out where went right and not fluent, mistake 2 out, joined last, headed run-in, readily outpaced and no chance with winner op 13/8

3^rd

Lady Wormsley

410-6

28/1

T: G NichollsJ: Miss Olive Nicholls (7)

Off the pace in 5th, outpaced 4 out, went remote 3rd run-in, tailed off op 22/1

4^th

4 ½

Olivia Kate

510-11

10/1

T: M SheppardJ: Stan Sheppard

Tracked leader, pushed along and lost 2nd before 3 out, weakened into 4th run-in op 16/1

5^th

1 ½

Miss Kassiopi

510-11

80/1

T: Mrs D O'NeillJ: G Sheehan

Off the pace towards rear on inside, remote 5th before 3 out, never involved op 125/1

6^th

Billy Butcher

611-4

50/1

T: Dave RobertsJ: Jay Tidball (5)

Well in rear, never on terms, tailed off op 66/1

7^th

Mokoro

511-4

22/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Off the pace and always towards rear, never a factor, tailed off op 18/1

8^th

Katstar

410-13

50/1

T: Sheila LewisJ: Sean Houlihan

Off the pace in 6th, weakened 4th, tailed off tchd 40/1

Also Ran

Go Johnny Go

410-13

50/1

T: K WoollacottJ: Ben Godfrey

Chased leaders, pushed along and lost 3rd before 5th, weakened next, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out op 66/1

Be My Design

410-6

22/1

T: Christian WilliamsJ: Jack Tudor

Always in rea, tailed off 4 out, pulled up before next op 25/1

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Non-Runners

Barleythorpe⁴⁸

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: M Appleby J: Charlie Hammond

Kintaro⁷

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: D Pipe J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.84Pl:£1.10, £1.10, £5.10EX:£2.50Trifecta:£23.90SF:£2.45Swingers:£1.10, £7.40, £8.40

Forecasts

Brave Knight (5/6), Nowmelad (7/4), Kintaro (8/1), Olivia Kate (10/1), Mokoro (22/1), Be My Design (22/1), Barleythorpe (25/1), Lady Wormsley (28/1), Billy Butcher (50/1), Katstar (50/1), Go Johnny Go (50/1), Miss Kassiopi (80/1)

BRAVE KNIGHT developed into a fairly useful handicapper on the Flat last year for Sir Mark Prescott, winning at Windsor and Chester, so he looks to be an interesting recruit to hurdling for his leading yard. He is taken to get the better of Nowmelad, who shaped encouragingly on his hurdles bow.