13:00 Newton Abbot

Sunday 18 July 2021

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Newtonabbotrace On Twitter Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 3  |   2m 2f 110y  |   Good to Firm (Good in places)  |   10 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:00  |   Winning time: 4m 28.05s
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Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
1
Horse silk
Beholdent33
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-4| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden| OR:  112| C
11/10
Fairly useful bumper winner in 2020 and also placed 3 times on the Flat. Fair form when placed both starts over hurdles in recent months and looks the one to beat.
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2
Horse silk
Grove Ash14
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-4| J: David Noonan| T: N J Hawke| OR:  102
28/1
Fair form. Back on track when fourth over 23f at Market Rasen in June but wasn't in the same form on handicap debut there last time.
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3
Horse silk
14/1
eft debut form well behind in a first-time tongue tie to make second bumper outing a winning one at this course (16.8f, good) 37 days ago, kept up to work. Makes hurdles debut.
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Timeform
Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Hooded for 1st time, possibly flattered on first run since leaving David Harry Kelly when last of 2 in novice hurdle (11/1) at Ffos Las (20f) 31 days ago.
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Timeform
Exceeded expectations in filling a clear third on hurdling debut here (21.6f) 16 days ago. Remains to be seen if he's able to back that up.
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7
Horse silk
Ship Of The Fenv21
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-4| J: R T Dunne| T: Ian Williams| OR:  107
5/2
Fairly useful on the Flat. Not quite the same force in this sphere but should be competitive back in maiden company.
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Timeform
8
Horse silk
50/1
Modest on Flat, stays 2m, respectable effort last time. Would be an unlikely winner on hurdle debut.
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9
Horse silk
Cheat19
Age: 4|  Weight: 10-13| J: Alexander Thorne(5)| T: J W Mullins| OR:  75
200/1
Fair Flat winner, stays 9.5f, but no form over hurdles for new yard.
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Timeform
Fairly useful on the Flat (stays 1½m) in France and probably needed the run when well held in maiden at Worcester on hurdling debut 25 days ago. Open to improvement.
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Twice-raced maiden under NH rules who achieved little when fourth of 7 in a maiden at Uttoxeter (15.8f, good, 12/1) on hurdles bow 32 days ago.
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Non-Runners

5
Horse silk
Mister Sweets21
Weight: 11-4|  Age: 6
T: N P Mulholland  J: T Scudamore
NR

Forecasts

Beholden (11/10), Ship Of The Fen (5/2), Mister Sweets (9/2), Oscars Fame (13/2), Ottavio (12/1), Holerday Ridge (14/1), Master Of Spin (16/1), Grove Ash (28/1), Snow Stoppin Him (40/1), Smith (50/1), Cheat (200/1)

Verdict

BEHOLDEN has shown enough on both his starts over hurdles to suggest he can win a race of this nature, so he receives the vote. Ottavio is surely capable of better given his fairly useful Flat ability, while Ship of The Fen ought to make more of an impact back in maiden company.

  1. BEHOLDEN
  2. OTTAVIO
  3. SHIP OF THE FEN

Prize Money

1st: £5,991.002nd: £2,760.003rd: £1,379.004th: £691.00

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