12:25 Market Rasen
Wednesday 26 February 2020
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MansionBet At Market Rasen Maiden Hurdle
- 4YO plus  |  Class 5  |  2m 4f 139y  |  Soft (Good to Soft in places)  |  13 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 12:26Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 5m 35.3s
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Finished a staying on fifth to the Jonjo O'Neill-trained Garry Clermont on hurdles/stable debut at Ludlow (2m, soft) three weeks ago; almost certain to appreciate today's extra yardage and likely to have a positive role to play.
Always in rear throughout and eventually pulled-up in the home straight when sent off at odds of 200-1 on hurdles debut at Doncaster (2m3½f, soft) last week.
Second best to a Colin Tizzard-trained winner on hurdles debut at Chepstow (2m, heavy) in January; operating slightly below that level of form when upped in trip at Catterick (2m3½f, soft) a few weeks later.
Winner of an Ascot bumper on debut (the progressive Kalooki was 5L back in third); has shown fair form over hurdles, albeit with the sneaking suspicion being that his keeness is holding him back slightly; stamina reserves questionable at 2m4f+.
Has failed to progress since making a reasonably promising start in bumpers; was always in rear (150-1) on his second start over hurdles at Doncaster (2m½f, good) three weeks ago.
Beaten in excess of 20L when making the frame at Fakenham (2m7½f, good to soft) in mid December; blinkers are now applied to this 21-race maiden; look elsewhere with confidence.
Modest on the Flat (68-rated); hasn't achieved anything of note in three starts over hurdles (2m-2m7½f); handicapping will surely offer him a more suitable avenue in future; not today.
Mahler gelding (cost €20,000 as a 3yo); could only finish a modest fourth to Eden Du Houx on hurdles debut at Chepstow (2m, heavy) four weeks ago; this is a more realistic assignment; appeals as the type to do better with time.
Scorpion gelding (cost €23,000 as a 3yo); outpaced from the two furlong pole on debut in a Southwell bumper (1m7½f, soft) in late November; off since (for 92 days); worth tracking in the market exchanges on hurdles debut.
Pulled-up on hurdles debut (Stratford); fared much better when a plugging on fourth (beaten 7L) to the Dan Skelton-trained Alnadam at Uttoxeter (2m, heavy) on his next appearance; off for 102 days since.
Lacked fluency on his Musselburgh hurdles debut; folded quickly at the business end of the race when finishing seventh of 13 to Global Society at Doncaster (2m½f, soft) subsequently; needs to step forward over this longer trip.
Ex-David Loughnane; has held the rear to midfield rank in both starts over hurdles since joining Joanne Thomason-Murphy for £3,500 in September 2019.
Half-sister to the 2m4f-3m1f hurdle/chase winner Milly Baloo; 33-1 when a keeping on fifth (beaten 5L) in a Doncaster mares' bumper (2m½f, gd/sft) last month; may progress for the switch to hurdling (over a longer trip).
Forecasts
Hazzaar (13/8), Archie Brown (11/4), Unai (8/1), Spirit Of Waterloo (8/1), Falberto (9/1), Riggs (14/1), Santon (22/1), Lulu Baloo (50/1), Candy Lou (50/1), Orsino (100/1), Inexorable (200/1), Moroval (250/1), Bighorn Mountain (300/1)
A suitable opportunity for many with the form standard seemingly set by Hazzaar and Falberto. However, both of the aforementioned horses appear to have a degree of vulnerability with regards this extended 2m4f trip. Better priced each-way alternatives include the lightly-raced Trevor Hemmings pair Riggs and Santon, while the Tim Easterby-trained hurdles newcomer Lulu Baloo is suitably bred for a test of stamina. Nevertheless, the selection arrives from Ditcheat in the shape of the upped-in-trip Million In Mind runner ARCHIE BROWN. He shaped encouragingly when a staying on fifth on stable/hurdles debut at Ludlow three weeks ago.
- Archie Brown
- Falberto
- Santon
Prize Money
1st: £2,859.002nd: £840.003rd: £420.004th: £210.00
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