12:05 Sandown

Saturday 4 December 2021

All12:0512:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:35

Andy Stewart - Sandown Park's Great Friend 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 3  |   1m 7f 216y  |   Good to Soft (Soft in places)  |   9 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 12:06  |   Winning time: 4m 5.8s
The word Sky in blue and Bet in white with a red background.
The word Betfair in black.
The words Paddy Power in green.
Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
1
Horse silk
Hardkore31
Age: 4|  Weight: 11-4| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| D
15/2
Half-brother to 3 winners, including fairly useful hurdler Enee and Falafel. Dam classy hurdles/chase winner up to 2¾m. Easy to back but made a winning debut at Chepstow a month ago.
|
Timeform
2
Horse silk
Might I44
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-4| J: Lorcan Murtagh(3)| T: H Fry| D
6/4
Fairly useful bumper performer (won on debut and Newbury defeat worked out well) and impressive when making successful return/hurdles bow at Newton Abbot, quickening clear. Smart prospect.
|
Timeform
£120,000 4-y-o. First foal, dam (h123) 2m-19f hurdle winner. Head second sole start in Irish points in April and has joined top yard.
|
Timeform
4
Horse silk
200/1
£58,000 3-y-o, Kayf Tara gelding. Brother to fair hurdler/fairly useful hurdler/chaser Two Swallows, and half-brother to 3 winners, including useful hurdler One For The Team.
|
Timeform
5
Horse silk
100/1
Plenty of encouragement in 2 bumpers in February and showed promise starting out over hurdles when third at Fontwell in March. Disappointing return to action over C&D a month ago.
|
Timeform
6
Horse silk
Minella Hub20
Age: 6|  Weight: 10-12| J: Lee Edwards| T: A West
100/1
€28,000 3-y-o, Shirocco gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Ferrobin. Failed to complete both starts in Irish points but displayed ability when fourth on last month's hurdles bow.
|
Timeform
€90,000 3-y-o. In need of the experience in his bumper last winter and much more like it switched to hurdling when runner-up over C&D 27 days ago. Can build on that.
|
Timeform
8
Horse silk
Outlaw Petert132
Age: 5|  Weight: 10-12| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| D
5/1
Runner-up on debut in a Navan bumper in January. Duly went one better starting out for this yard at Worcester in October and promising start over hurdles (finished lame). Back in trip and tongue tied.
|
Timeform
Runner-up in a point, then travelled as well as any when third in a Tipperary bumper in May. Changed hands for £65,000 after and collared close home at Wincanton. Hurdles debut.
|
Timeform

Forecasts

Might I (6/4), Constitution Hill (85/40), Outlaw Peter (5/1), Hardkore (15/2), Name In Lights (14/1), Thelasthighking (25/1), Minella Hub (100/1), Lavorante (100/1), Eyed (200/1)

Verdict

With some strong bumper form behind him, MIGHT I looked useful when quickening clear of his rivals at Newton Abbot in October and he can leave the bare form of that well behind. There's depth to this though, with Name In Lights open to progress, while six-figure point recruit Constitution Hill demands a second look.

  1. MIGHT I (IRE)
  2. NAME IN LIGHTS (IRE)
  3. CONSTITUTION HILL

Previous Winners

2020
Golden Boy Grey
Weight: 10-12  |Age: 4
11/2

Prize Money

1st: £7,804.002nd: £3,588.003rd: £1,794.004th: £897.005th: £448.006th: £224.00

MOST READ RACING

Follow & Track
Image of a horse race faded in a gold gradientYour favourite horses, jockeys and trainers with My Stable
Log in
Discover Sporting Life Plus benefitsWhite Chevron
Sporting Life Plus Logo

RACING TIPS

Next Off