13:50 Market Rasen

Sunday 21 May 2017

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Rase Equine Novices' Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 148y  |   Good (Good to Soft in places)  |   5 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:50  |   Winning time: 4m 15.70s
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Cloth number
Odds
Horse A-Z
Show odds
1
Horse silk
I'll Be Your Clown34
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-5| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR:  120
1/7
Ex Irish Flat handicapper who won by a short head on debut for this yard at Stratford last month (2m good), and wasn't beaten too far when third to Hollywood Road at Huntingdon a couple of weeks later. Stable in decent form and should be on the premises under a penalty. 120 rated.
3
Horse silk
Bricbracsmatep42
Age: 9|  Weight: 10-12| J: Andrew Tinkler| T: M Mullineaux| OR:  100
7/1
Back from a lengthy break recently, and ran a career best race over C&D last month (good) when 8L runner up to Dreamcatching. Possibly flattered by that effort (one of the market principals fell) and needs to improve to trouble those towards the fore of the market.
4
Horse silk
Greenworldsolution159
Age: 5|  Weight: 10-12| J: Sean Quinlan| T: J Candlish
16/1
Not made too striking an impression in bumpers or over hurdles so far, and off the track since December 2016. Both of his career starts over hurdles have come over further and drops back to 2m today.
6
Horse silk
Rossington9
Age: 8|  Weight: 10-12| J: Henry Brooke| T: J S Wainwright| OR:  71
25/1
23 race maiden (0 from 9 over hurdles), and beaten in a match by the 1/33f Mohaayed over C&D last week on his latest outing.
7
Horse silk
Shulammite Man67
Age: 4|  Weight: 10-8| J: L P Aspell| T: Sally Haynes
14/1
Eight race maiden on the Flat, and has been in action on the AW over the winter months. Well beaten at Newcastle in March and makes his hurdles debut at a challenging enough level.

Non-Runners

2
Horse silk
Bellamy56
Weight: 10-12|  Age: 6
T: N P Mulholland  J: N D Fehily
NR
5
Horse silk
Its Pandorama15
Weight: 10-12|  Age: 7
T: B Ellison  J: Henry Brooke
NR

Forecasts

I'll Be Your Clown (1/7), Bellamy (1/1), Bricbracsmate (7/1), Its Pandorama (14/1), Shulammite Man (14/1), Greenworldsolution (16/1), Rossington (25/1)

Verdict

With rain forecast, it'll pay to keep a close eye on the weather situation, but this opening Novices Hurdles appears to effectively be a match. I'll Be Your Clown was shrewdly purchased from Ireland by Dan Skelton and made an immediate impression when scoring at the first time of asking at Stratford. However, the form of BELLAMY from Wincanton appears slightly stronger (well beaten third has won since), and with little between the pair on official ratings, the Neil Mulholland trained gelding can make the most of the 7lb he receives from the penalised I'll Be Your Clown.
  1. Bellamy
  2. I'll Be Your Clown
  3. Its Pandorama

Prize Money

1st: £3,639.002nd: £1,068.003rd: £534.004th: £267.00

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