16:20 Bangor
Saturday 22 April 2017
All14:0014:3515:1015:4516:2016:5517:25
Maelor Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)
- 4YO plus  |  Class 5  |  2m 3f 123y  |  Good (Watered)  |  8 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 16:20Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 4m 50.7s
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Horse A-Z
Show odds
Opening mark of 100 looks like a total dart in the dark from the handicapper after getting beaten miles in three of his four starts to date. Is related to useful hurdler Sea Light, so maybe better can be expected. Market surely the best guide to his chance.
Not shown a lot so far but fourth to the useful Tahira at Warwick last September hinted at better to come. Had a break and cheekpieces applied today, so another for whom a market check is essential here.
Was starting to look disappointing until latest second at Wetherby, just finding Doctor Glaz too good in the closing stages. The form of that isn't strong, but it was a step back in the right direction and he has chances here if building on it.
Point-to-point winner has been quite highly tried against the likes of Copper Kay and Sister Sibyl in four starts so far, and she may well do better for going handicapping today. Not discounted but others hold more pressing claims.
Did win a point-to-point back in 2015 but only seen out three times since then, and didn't do enough when midfield at Sedgefield on her latest run to think she was a winner in waiting. Needs the first time headgear to have a big effect.
Stuck to the task well enough when third in a Market Rasen bumper last year, but shown little since. Soft ground possibly not ideal for most of those efforts, but still plenty to prove here, and there are others that hold stronger claims.
Beaten absolutely miles in his last six starts and although going handicapping from a basement mark, can't be considered here.
Won a division of this race back in 2015 and on a winning mark based on that, but it's been a tale of woe for some while now and she shows no signs of coming back to form.
Non-Runners
8
Midnight Owle135
Weight: 10-10|Â Â Age: 7
T: Miss C Dyson  J: Joshua Moore
NR
Forecasts
Without Frontier (5/2), Silent Warrior (7/2), Walter Oneeightone (7/2), Midnight Walk (7/1), Pennies And Pounds (7/1), Sidsteel (10/1), Daring Knight (20/1), Fair Ask (20/1), Midnight Owle (33/1)
The market may have a big say as to what will be winning here, with a few unexposed sorts to take into consideration. Preference at this stage is for SILENT WARRIOR, who should do better as he gains experience and has shown flashes of ability in his five starts to date. This relative speed test should suit on breeding too. Without Frontier arguably holds the best piece of actual recent form and should be in the money, and both MIdnight Walk and Walteroneeightone are possible improvers today.
- Silent Warrior
- Without Frontier
- Midnight Walk
Prize Money
1st: £3,249.002nd: £954.003rd: £477.004th: £238.00
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