19:30 Ffos Las

Saturday 27 May 2017

All18:0018:3019:0019:3020:0020:3021:00

toteexacta Pick The 1st And 2nd Novices' Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 5f 192y  |   Good to Soft  |   5 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 19:30  |   Winning time: 5m 25.8s
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Cloth number
Odds
Horse A-Z
1
Horse silk
Positively Dylan18
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-5| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams| OR:  121| C
13/8
Bumper winner who made it fifth time lucky over hurdles when winning a C&D handicap last time. Back in novice company, he has to concede weight all round, but he is in form and likes the track so warrants respect.
2
Horse silk
66/1
Attracting jumping pedigree, but only hinted at ability in bumpers and two cracks at hurdles have revealed little potential. Can only be watched until showing better.
3
Horse silk
9/1
Won a bumper at Market Rasen in May, last year, and, after a break, finished 10th of 14 in a Doncaster maiden hurdle on his jumping debut in January. That race was won by a decent horse and this is easier, but he may still struggle against a couple of these rivals.
4
Horse silk
Fortified Bay18
Age: 5|  Weight: 10-12| J: Wayne Hutchinson| T: A King| OR:  128| BF
1/1
Has shown plenty of promise over hurdles since joining his current yard and there was no disgrace in defeat at the hands of a fair novice in a warm little race at Fakenham last time. This is much more winnable and he looks the prime contender.
5
Horse silk
7/1
One of the few Aidan O'Brien horses not to win on the Flat, he has run twice for his current yard, making a promising hurdling debut at Ascot before running down the field in a Goodwood handicap on the Flat. Back hurdling, he has sound claims if able to back up that debut over timber.

Non-Runners

6
Horse silk
Over To Midnight39
Weight: 10-5|  Age: 7
T: Lady S Brooke  J: Miss L Brooke
NR

Forecasts

Fortified Bay (1/1), Positively Dylan (13/8), Three Star General (7/1), Cougar's Gold (9/1), Over To Midnight (50/1), Aspecialpresent (66/1)

Verdict

This looks an ideal opportunity for FORTIFIED BAY to get off the mark over hurdles. He ran well against a useful rival last time and a reproduction of that should be good enough to take care of the penalised Positively Dylan and Three Star General, who shaped well on his hurdling debut at Ascot. Cougar's Gold should do better following his bow over timber at Doncaster.
  1. Fortified Bay
  2. Three Star General
  3. Positively Dylan

Prize Money

1st: £3,899.002nd: £1,145.003rd: £572.004th: £286.00

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