13:45 Hexham

Thursday 15 March 2018

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Cheltenham Faller Refunds At 188Bet Novices' Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 48y  |   Heavy  |   5 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:46  |   Winning time: 4m 55.15s
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Odds
Horse A-Z
Show odds
1
Horse silk
Teescomponents Lad23
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-8| J: Miss E Todd(7)| T: G Boanas
3/1
Has plenty of placed C&D form on heavy ground, with the pick of those efforts being when beaten ¾L by The Dubai Way in November. Joined on the line by Jaunty Flyer when dead-heating at Catterick (2m3f) on his penultimate start.
2
Horse silk
Cornerstone Lad26
Age: 4|  Weight: 11-7| J: Mr Joe Wright(7)| T: Micky Hammond| CD
2/5
Made a winning hurdles debut over C&D in November (heavy), and has added to those gains since at Catterick in January (soft), beating Turning Gold by 1L. Beaten just a nose in the Victor Ludorum latest, and that sets the benchmark.
3
Horse silk
Excalibur
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-1| J: Finian O'Toole(3)| T: Micky Hammond
12/1
Gelded son of Youmzain, with plenty of experience on the Flat in Poland (2 from 15). Stable also saddles the well fancied Cornerstone Lad, so likely to be much wiser for this initial hurdles start.
4
Horse silk
Fighting Back22
Age: 7|  Weight: 11-1| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: H Hogarth
66/1
With Amanda Perrett on the Flat, but poor on all three hurdles starts for this trainer, including when pulled up at Doncaster last month (2m good to soft) following a 26-month absence.
5
Horse silk
Pc Dixon7
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-1| J: Thomas Dowson(3)| T: V Thompson| OR:  87
16/1
An 18-race maiden, but slowly finding his feet at a lowly level (handicaps), and has been beaten by Instingtive in each of his last two starts. Should find a small race, but has plenty to do today on these terms.

Forecasts

Cornerstone Lad (2/5), Teescomponents Lad (3/1), Excalibur (12/1), Pc Dixon (16/1), Fighting Back (66/1)

Verdict

The maiden Pc Dixon is in decent shape at present, but he faces an almost impossible task at these weights with both Teescomponents Lad and CORNERSTONE LAD. That duo have previous C&D heavy ground experience, with the selection a winner on hurdling debut in November. He's improved rapidly since then, and this represents a sharp drop in grade from the Class 2 Victor Ludorum Juvenile at Haydock last month (beaten a nose).
  1. Cornerstone Lad
  2. Teescomponents Lad
  3. Pc Dixon

Prize Money

1st: £4,809.002nd: £1,412.003rd: £706.004th: £353.00

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