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Saturday 29 January 2022

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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: 13:15  |   Winning time: 4m 14.53s
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Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
Show odds
1
Horse silk
Barnie Beetle
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-6| J: Henry Brooke| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero
50/1
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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2
Horse silk
Benign Dictator43
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-6| J: Fergus Gregory| T: O Murphy| CD
3/1
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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Timeform
3
Horse silk
Drenagh23
Age: 7|  Weight: 11-6| J: S Bowen| T: A Ralph| OR:  109
10/11
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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Timeform
4
Horse silk
Ez Tiger15
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-6| J: C Gethings| T: A M Hales
40/1
No great shakes in bumpers and showed only a bit before departing late on Huntingdon hurdling debut.
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Timeform
5
Horse silk
Nine Nine Nine79
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-6| J: W T Kennedy| T: S-J Davies
25/1
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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Timeform
6
Horse silk
Russian Virtue39
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-6| J: Tabitha Worsley(3)| T: C Hobson
12/1
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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Timeform
7
Horse silk
Sullivan's Brow15
Age: 7|  Weight: 11-6| J: Theo Gillard(5)| T: D McCain Jnr
16/1
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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Timeform
8
Horse silk
Western Baron
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-6| J: T J O'Brien| T: C L Tizzard
5/1
€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

9
Horse silk
Mothill21
Weight: 10-7|  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)

Verdict

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.

  1. BENIGN DICTATOR (IRE)
  2. DRENAGH (IRE)
  3. WESTERN BARON (IRE)

Prize Money

1st: £5,446.002nd: £2,509.003rd: £1,254.004th: £628.00

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