14:00 Uttoxeter
Sunday 2 July 2017
All14:0014:3015:0015:3016:0516:3517:10
bet365 Handicap Hurdle
- 4YO plus | Class 5 | 1m 7f 168y | Good | 10 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 3m 43.4s
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Finished runner-up off a mark of 94 at Exeter on good ground over 2m1f in April, subsequently well beaten at Market Rasen in May, before beating 11 rivals in a Worcester novice handicap hurdle, carries 7lb extra today.
Has won a hurdle here at Southwell 2m4f and a chase over the minimum trip, though his last two successes have been in sellers. Beaten 4½L third of 14 to Stepover in a Southwell handicap hurdle over 2m1½f on good ground.
Yet to score for this yard in eight attempts and the only win to his name came over hurdles way back in 2013 when trained in Ireland. Third of five last time out in a Sedgefield handicap chase over 2m½f, beaten ½L. First time visor applied.
Racing over hurdles with limited success since beaten 16½L into sixth over 2m at Chelmsford on his most recent Flat outing last August. Beaten an aggregate of 56L on his last three starts. Best watched.
Well beaten on all five starts in bumpers and over hurdles including handicap debut last time out at Cartmel, when beaten 14L over 2m1f on good to soft ground.
Runner-up in a Stratford bumper on debut last July, though well beaten in all four starts over hurdles in novices' and maidens' events since.
Wide margin winner of a dire Plumpton novices' handicap last time over 2m1½f on good to firm, before following up with a 7L beating of seven rivals at Exeter. Two wins have cost him 18lb.
Four-time winner on the Flat but very little form over hurdles. Yet to make the frame in seven starts over hurdles, his best effort at Plumpton over 2m on good to soft in December when in novices' company.
Five runs for his connections have been nothing to write home about, but trainer is adept at finding the key to these types. Winner three times from 47 starts and handicap mark is steadily falling having run poorly since joining yard.
Inconsistent low-grade handicapper but been in good form since reverting to the Flat. Finished third in a Wincanton handicap hurdle off 81 in November. First run over the smaller obstacles since December, now racing off 75.
Non-Runners
7
Running In Heels2
Weight: 11-6| Age: 8
T: R Menzies J: Non Runner
NR
12
First Of Never7
Weight: 10-0| Age: 11
T: Miss L C Siddall J: Sean Quinlan
NR
Forecasts
Sweeping Rock (11/4), Wonga Swinger (3/1), Running In Heels (6/1), Defining Year (8/1), Trapper Peak (8/1), Asockastar (8/1), Mileva Roller (9/1), Monar Lad (11/1), Petrify (20/1), Turnbury (33/1), Magnus Romeo (33/1), First Of Never (33/1)
The hat-trick seeking Wonga Swinger should be the one to take the field along here, with Running In Heels, Trapper Peak, Mileva Roller and Turnbury all in close proximity. The 18lb extra carried by Wonga Swinger may well be too much, despite the 3lb allowance of Charlie Deutsch, which may allow the likes of Trapper Peak, Sweeping Rock or ASOCKASTAR to take advantage.
- Asockastar
- Trapper Peak
- Wonga Swinger
Prize Money
1st: £2,729.002nd: £801.003rd: £401.004th: £200.00
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