13:13 Uttoxeter
Saturday 29 January 2022
All12:0812:3813:1313:4814:2214:5715:3316:08
Virgin Bet Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2)
- 4YO plus  |  Class 4  |  1m 7f 168y  |  Good (Good to Soft in places)  |  8 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 13:15Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 4m 14.53s
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Odds
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Horse A-Z
Show odds
Firebreak gelding out of a 2m hurdle winner who stayed 25f (also an 11.5f winner on Flat). Yard's newcomers usually come on for a run and probably best watched on this occasion.
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Well-bred sort who improved to land a C&D bumper on first start for this yard in November. Far from disgraced in a listed event at Ascot subsequently and should make his mark over hurdles.
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Placed in a pair of bumpers in early 2020 and has found only one too good both starts over hurdles, latterly at Chepstow (2m). Sets the standard in this sphere.
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No great shakes in bumpers and showed only a bit before departing late on Huntingdon hurdling debut.
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All the rage in the market but needed experience in sole bumper. Showed some ability behind a useful one on Fakenham hurdle bow but not so good at Taunton. Has since left Nigel Twiston-Davies.
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Fairly useful maiden on Flat, stays 1¼m. Below form last 3 starts in that sphere but made a decent enough start over hurdles after 3 months off when second at Pumpton last month. Likely to improve.
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Winning pointer who failed to see things out on his sole outing in bumpers and it was a similar story sent hurdling upped in trip at Sedgefield 15 days ago.
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€30,000 3-y-o, Westerner gelding. Brother to 2 winners, including useful hurdler/fairly useful chaser Anything Will Do, and half-brother to useful hurdler/chaser Stand Up And Fight.
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Non-Runners
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Mothill21
Weight: 10-7|Â Â Age: 4
T: N P Mulholland  J: Harry Reed
NR
Forecasts
Drenagh (10/11), Benign Dictator (3/1), Western Baron (5/1), Russian Virtue (12/1), Sullivan's Brow (16/1), Nine Nine Nine (25/1), Mothill (33/1), Ez Tiger (40/1), Barnie Beetle (50/1)
BENIGN DICTATOR has shown enough in bumpers to suggest a race of this nature over hurdles is within his compass, so he's preferred to Drenagh, who sets the standard in this sphere on his pair of runner-up efforts. Of the rest, Western Baron is a well-bred newcomer to keep an eye on.
- BENIGN DICTATOR (IRE)
- DRENAGH (IRE)
- WESTERN BARON (IRE)
Prize Money
1st: £5,446.002nd: £2,509.003rd: £1,254.004th: £628.00
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