13:00 Hexham

Thursday 20 December 2018

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Annual Membership Perfect Christmas Gift Novices' Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 4f 28y  |   Heavy (Soft in places)  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:00  |   Winning time: 5m 30.00s
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Cloth number
Odds
Horse A-Z
Show odds
1
Horse silk
Highland Hunter36
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-4| J: Blair Campbell(5)| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| D
1/3
Appears to relish testing conditions (both wins on heavy) and showed his useful bumper form in a good light when making a winning hurdles debut over 2m4f at Ayr last month.
2
Horse silk
Stoney Rover29
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-4| J: S Mulqueen(3)| T: K Scott| OR:  117| CD
7/2
Bought for £16,000 in August 2018 (twice placed in Irish point-to-point's); improved on third start under rules to score over C&D last month when tackling this trip for the first time. More needed this time perhaps
3
Horse silk
Barflyp17
Age: 4|  Weight: 10-12| J: Sean Quinlan| T: C Grant
66/1
Point-to-point winner, unfancied on rules bow at Newcastle last week, duly pulled up. Drops slightly in trip, plenty to be worked on.
4
Horse silk
Carry On Scorpion229
Age: 5|  Weight: 10-12| J: Henry Brooke| T: D Bourke
33/1
Unconvincing record in point-to-points so far, back from a layoff for rules bow and looks best watched here.
5
Horse silk
Cloghouge Boyt8
Age: 8|  Weight: 10-12| J: Joe Williamson(7)| T: G Boanas
14/1
Finished a tailed-off last of 14 on rules debut in an Aintree bumper in May 2016, then absent for more than 1400 days. Outran massive odds to be third over C&D on reappearance eight days ago, concern this might come rather quickly though.
6
Horse silk
Nine O Threet20
Age: 6|  Weight: 10-12| J: Joe Colliver| T: Micky HammondWS
125/1
Did win a point-to-point, but yet to show much under rules for current connections, and makes limited appeal having been tailed off at Doncaster last month.
7
Horse silk
Toi Storey29
Age: 5|  Weight: 10-12| J: C O'Farrell| T: R Menzies
25/1
Reasonable pedigree (dam an unraced half-sister to Skipthescales); finished 22L third behind Stoney Rover over C&D last time. Yard in good form.
8
Horse silk
Weakfield20
Age: 5|  Weight: 10-12| J: B S Hughes| T: B Ellison
6/1
Knocked down for £90,000 at Cheltenham in November 2017 as the winner of a maiden point-to-point for Gavin Cromwell. Well held recently at Doncaster (2m5f, good) on first hurdles test, may need a bit of time.

Forecasts

Highland Hunter (1/3), Stoney Rover (7/2), Weakfield (6/1), Cloghouge Boy (14/1), Toi Storey (25/1), Carry On Scorpion (33/1), Barfly (66/1), Nine O Three (125/1)

Verdict

The top pair on the card both carry penalties for last-time-out success and the vote sits with C&D winner STONEY ROVER, who showed significant improvement for the step up to this trip and can find more. Useful bumper sort Highland Hunter made a winner start over timber at Ayr on heavy ground last month and should make a good contest of this. Toi Storey can grab some minor money having run well behind the selection last time.
  1. Stoney Rover
  2. Highland Hunter
  3. Toi Storey

Prize Money

1st: £4,419.002nd: £1,297.003rd: £649.004th: £324.00

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