16:10 Doncaster
Saturday 4 March 2017
All13:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:4517:20
grandnational2017.com Novices' Hurdle
- 4YO plus  |  Class 4  |  2m 3f 88y  |  Soft  |  8 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 16:14Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 4m 55.5s
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Show odds
Has run well both starts since joining current yard, winning a Sedgefield maiden in December (2m5f, good to soft) and runner-up to an odds-on hotpot back there last time under his penalty. Has that to lump around again today but should give a good account.
Remains a maiden after three starts, the last of them being when a heavy faller at Warwick in May. Kept to a similar trip here and could get back on track.
Won a point-to-point and then his debut bumper by a wide margin at Catterick in December. Stepped up to this trip for his hurdling debut at Ludlow when not beaten far into third and one of the leading players here.
0-9 over career profile on both the Flat and over jumps and well beaten on hurdles debut last time. Impossible to recommend in this.
Has shown little in three starts so far, the last two being over hurdles. Step up in trip here should help, though looks likely to be doing better when sent handicapping.
Southwell bumper winner on debut (good) last year, though well beaten in two recent hurdles runs, including over this sort of trip. and another likely to show more when handicapping.
£9,000 buy who has not come close to winning in point-to-points and very difficult to make a case for him on his debut under rules.
Shown nothing in three starts over hurdles, only managing to complete one of them. Once he has a handicap mark we should see more.
Non-Runners
5
Jiminy Cricket
Weight: 11-2|Â Â Age: 6
T: S G West  J: J Kington
NR
Forecasts
Boagrius (10/11), Thumb Stone Blues (13/8), Be Daring (4/1), Suggestion (25/1), Tricky Silence (25/1), Sergio (25/1), Hooks Lane (50/1), Jiminy Cricket (50/1), Rich Man Poor Man (66/1)
A contest thin on quality and it should be all about the top three on the racecard, with the suggestion being BOAGRIUS, who can improve on his Ludlow debut and receives 7lb from Sedgefield scorer Thumb Stone Rules. Be Daring remains of interest on his comeback appearance and can pick up some money.
- Boagrius
- Thumb Stone Blues
- Be Daring
Prize Money
1st: £3,899.002nd: £1,145.003rd: £572.004th: £286.00
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