15:25 Chepstow
Sunday 27 December 2020
All12:3013:0513:4014:1514:5015:2515:55
Coral 'Fail To Finish' Free Bets Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
- 4YO plus  |  Class 4  |  2m 11y  |  Heavy  |  10 Runners  |  Turf
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Horse A-Z
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Backed at long odds when making winning hurdling bow over C&D but came up short under a penalty at Bangor next time and will likely need Gowel Road to underperform if he's to resume winning ways.
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Showed fair form when third in a Plumpton novice hurdle in January 2019 but disappointing on both subsequent outings, leaving him with plenty to prove.
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Brother to smart hurdler/useful chaser Vision des Flos and bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Umndeni. No impact on debut in a Newbury bumper and probably more of a long-term project. Hood applied.
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Well-bred sort who made a positive start when runner-up in a novice at Ffos Las 28 days ago and, with improvement on the cards, looks well capable of opening his account.
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Showed ability in bumpers during 2018/19 campaign, but absent since pulled up on hurdles bow at Plumpton a year ago (bled from nose and found to be suffering an irregular heartbeat post-race).
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Bred to have ability but was tailed off in a novice at Sandown on hurdling debut, so hard to fancy on the back of that.
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Milan gelding who was only fifth of 14 in a bumper at Exeter on Rules debut 14 months ago but is liable to be suited by this longer trip over hurdles for the first time.
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Bred to be ordinary and has only shown a modicum of ability in two hurdling outings to date.
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Well beaten in bumper/completed start over hurdles. Hard to make any sort of case for.
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Yet to hint at ability and looks set for another struggle.
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Forecasts
Gowel Road (6/4), The Grey Falco (3/1), Sergeant O'leary (6/1), Coastal Drift (6/1), Imperial Esprit (6/1), Diamon Des Flos (20/1), Spotty Dog (25/1), Mickyh (50/1), What A Baloo (100/1), Treacys Jim (150/1)
GOWEL ROAD has a cracking pedigree and was clear of the remainder when second in a novice at Ffos Las on hurdling debut, so he's firmly expected to go one better in a race that's lacking depth. C&D winner The Grey Falco looks the main danger, with Imperial Esprit not discounted for all he has a lengthy absence to overcome.
Prize Money
1st: £3,769.002nd: £1,107.003rd: £553.004th: £277.00
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