13:15 Kempton
Monday 3 May 2021
All13:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:45
VBET Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
- 4YO plus  |  Class 4  |  2m  |  Good (Good to firm in places)  |  11 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 13:16Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 3m 43.05s
Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
Show odds
Useful on Flat for James Fanshawe. Won on Huntingdon hurdle debut after absence in March but failed to build on that when only third at Newbury 10 days later. Out of depth in Grade 1 latest.
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Off 5 months, improved when winning 2m Huntingdon novice (good) 21 days ago. Did that in the style of one who likely has more to offer.
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Modest maiden on Flat (stays 1½m). Outsider on hurdle debut.
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Well held in a bumper back in spring 2019. Poor maiden on the Flat since and no promise on recent Huntingdon hurdle debut.
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Brother to Sprinter Sacre and easily won course bumper early in 2020. Hasn't lived up to expectations in 2 attempts over hurdles but it's clearly still very early days.
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Fair on Flat (stays 10.5f). Ought to be sharper for a reappearance run at Doncaster but he does make his hurdle debut in what looks a warm race. Best watched.
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Fair Flat winner (stays 1¼m) for Harry Dunlop and has taken well to hurdling, winning at Warwick (2m) 22 days ago. Potential for better again but more will be needed to follow up.
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Modest performer on the Flat who made an inauspicious start over hurdles when well behind Voice of Calm at Warwick recently.
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Fairly useful on Flat but well held on hurdle/yard debut at Musselburgh on New Year's Day. Also well beaten in a Newbury Flat handicap recently (first run after wind surgery).
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Modest/temperamental maiden on Flat. Big outsider now hurdling.
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Fairly useful Flat winner (stays 1¾m) for Jim Bolger. Made a very encouraging start to hurdle career when third in Grade 2 Adonis over C&D in February. Very much the one to beat.
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Non-Runners
6
Restandbethankful138
Weight: 11-0|Â Â Age: 5
T: O Murphy  J: Adrian Heskin
NR
Forecasts
Paso Doble (10/11), Grisbi De Berce (10/3), Restandbethankful (4/1), Bombyx (11/2), Flinteur Sacre (11/2), Voice Of Calm (17/2), Ajax Tavern (50/1), The Throstles (66/1), Ocho Grande (150/1), Word Of Honour (200/1), Confab (250/1), Emojie (250/1)
A few promising sorts in this line-up but it's still hard to ignore the claims of PASO DOBLE, who made a very good start over hurdles in the Adonis here at the end of February and appeals as one who should do very well in novice hurdles this season. Restandbethankful also has plenty of potential and he can follow the selection home ahead of Grisbi de Berce.
- PASO DOBLE (IRE)
- RESTANDBETHANKFUL
- GRISBI DE BERCE (FR)
Prize Money
1st: £3,159.002nd: £1,455.003rd: £727.004th: £364.00
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