12:40 Hereford

Wednesday 25 November 2020

All12:0512:4013:1013:4014:1514:5015:2015:50

Dreams Come True At OldGoldRacing.com Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 3f 147y  |   Soft  |   13 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 12:40  |   Winning time: 5m 3.6s
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Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
Left his previous efforts behind when running out a comfortable winner of 7-runner novice at Downpatrick (21.5f) in September. Looks the sort to progress again.
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Timeform
2
Horse silk
11/2
All the better for his reappearance when making a winning hurdling debut over C&D 23 days ago, driven out. That form unlikely to prove strong but yard continue to churn out the winners.
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Timeform
3
Horse silk
200/1
Fairly useful on Flat for Andrew Balding, stays 1½m. Sold for 17,000 gns but made an unpromising start over hurdles after more than a year off when pulled up at Warwick 19 days ago.
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Timeform
4
Horse silk
28/1
Boasts a cracking pedigree but ran to just a poor level in a Uttoxeter bumper on Rules debut in December. Has run twice in points subsequently, pulled up last time. Wears first-time hood.
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Timeform
Appears a stable lesser light on early evidence. Yard's other runner Rapid Flight looks much more interesting.
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Timeform
6
Horse silk
50/1
Just modest form in bumpers so makes little appeal now going hurdling.
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Timeform
€120,000 Shantou gelding. Settled matters in the style of a good one in a Kempton bumper in February and looks the type to go on to better things over hurdles.
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Timeform
From a top yard but offered little in a Ffos Las bumper on last month's debut.
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Timeform
9
Horse silk
66/1
Signs of ability but handicaps will be more his bag.
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Timeform
Midnight Legend gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner/useful hurdler Sunshade. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 2½m) Close Touch. Trainer’s newcomers command respect.
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Timeform
11
Horse silk
250/1
Well held in a Newton Abbot bumper in 2019 and a faller sole outing in points subsequently.
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Timeform
Regressive in bumpers and offered little on C&D hurdle debut 15 days ago.
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Timeform
13
Horse silk
Sinistryh,t16
Age: 4|  Weight: 10-5| J: Tom Buckley(5)| T: N J Hawke
250/1
Well held in bumpers and both starts over hurdles, in hood latest.
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Timeform

Forecasts

Hoi Polloi (1/1), Fancy Foundations (9/4), Presentedwithwings (11/2), Rapid Flight (15/2), Galan Des Planches (25/1), Fiddlers Tracker (28/1), Honorary Colonel (50/1), Glance From Clover (50/1), Rainbow Storm (66/1), Snowpiercer (200/1), Blood Eagle (200/1), Smartmandarcy (250/1), Sinistry (250/1)

Verdict

HOI POLLOI had several subsequent winners behind in a Kempton bumper in February, so he looks an exciting recruit to hurdling for Emma Lavelle. Fancy Foundations is the sort to progress again now he’s up and running, with Rapid Flight a newcomer worthy of great respect.

  1. HOI POLLOI (IRE)
  2. FANCY FOUNDATIONS
  3. RAPID FLIGHT

Prize Money

1st: £3,769.002nd: £1,107.003rd: £553.004th: £277.00

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