15:40 Taunton
Wednesday 11 January 2017
All13:0513:3514:1014:4015:1015:40
ROA/Racing Post Owners Jackpot Handicap Hurdle
- 4YO plus  |  Class 5  |  2m 104y  |  Good (Good to Soft in places)  |  17 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 15:40Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 4m 6.55s
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Show odds
Failed to score so far for this yard in five starts having been well backed twice. However, looks well-handicapped if he can get anywhere near his Flat form so warrants respect. Close market inspection warranted.
Still a maiden but best effort to date when runner-up on comeback. Not certain to return in the same form though.
Unplaced on lsat eight starts and well-handicapped on old form but ground unlikely to be fast enough for him to show his best here.
Still a maiden but has fallen to a decent mark and ought to get his head in front in an event like this at some point. Trainer without a winner in the last 12 months.
One win from eight starts in hurdles but has been below form of late and probably a little high in the weights anyhow.
Still a maiden after 14 starts but has hinted at ability at times. Seems an inconsistent type and not one to put a lot of faith in.
Unplaced on last nine starts but returned to form last time out with a creditable fourth and there's certainly scope from his handicap mark if he's starting to transfer his ability in that code to jumping. Place chance.
Bounced back to form last time out under this rider but not the type to follow that success up and has a rise in the weights to deal with.
Unplaced on all eight starts for this yard and while he's likely to get the hang of things at some stage, more signs of encouragement are needed.
Has failed to place in all eight starts for this yard. Merely hinted ability in career to date and looks opposable.
On a useful mark but has shaped as if he's amiss of late and he may have fallen out of love with the game.
Has been in very poor form for his last two yards and not beaten a rival home on last two starts so not difficult to look elsewhere.
Got up to win in a particularly weak Market Rasen handicap hurdle and has showed very little either side of that. Drop in trip is a negative and he may need the run after an absence.
Course winner over further but didn't get past the first fence last time out and was pulled up the time before. Back down to below his last winning mark but he looks incapable of capitalising on that.
Won off a mark higher than this at Huntingdon nearly two years ago and proved it was no fluke by performing with credit for the rest of that season. Returned from over a year off with a good third two starts back and may have "bounced" last time. Respected in here with less miles on the clock than many of these.
Still a maiden after 25 starts and only placed once with a modest effort to starts back. Doesn't look the most consistent type and that was on better ground than he'll get here.
Looks better on the Flat than over hurdles and unplaced on 10 starts in this sphere tells its own story.
Forecasts
Tobacco Road (4/1), Chief Brody (4/1), Goal (7/1), Innoko (17/2), Galactic Power (17/2), Magnus Romeo (9/1), Know Your Name (14/1), No No Cardinal (16/1), Norphin (20/1), Shadow Blue (20/1), Carqalin (20/1), Dalton Glance (25/1), Hot Pepper (25/1), Pass On The Mantle (40/1), Walden Prince (40/1), All But Grey (50/1), Sparkling Ice (100/1)
TOBACCO ROAD was useful on the Flat and the suspicion is he's starting to get his act together over jumps so could be well-handicapped and he's taken to score here. The run may have come to soon last time for Galactic Power and he's won off a higher mark than this so he may be able to bounce back. Know Your Name is another former Flat recruit who is capable of better if everything drops right for hiim
1. Tobacco Road
2. Galactic Power
3. Know Your Name
Prize Money
1st: £3,249.002nd: £954.003rd: £477.004th: £238.00
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