15:30 Market Rasen
Sunday 9 July 2023
All14:2014:5515:3016:0516:4017:1517:50
John Matthews Memorial Handicap Hurdle
- 3YO plus  |  Class 4  |  2m 125y  |  Good  |  12 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 15:32Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 4m 7.90s
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Horse A-Z
Show odds
11/10, career best when winning 4-runner selling hurdle at Uttoxeter (15.8f, good to soft) 17 days ago on his final run for Noel Kelly. Much respected for his new handler.
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First run since leaving John Spearing when below-par third of 4 in handicap hurdle (3/1) at Worcester (16f, good) 36 days ago. Eleven runs since last win in 2021.
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Course winner but pulled up in handicap hurdle at Warwick (19f, good to soft) 73 days ago, dropping away quickly. Tongue strap on for 1st time with something to prove.
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Fairly useful ex-Irish 2m Flat winner. Below par on Flat for new yard at Pontefract last month but makes handicap hurdle debut now and no forlorn hope over this trip under Hughes.
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Scored at Bangor in August and good fifth of 7 in handicap hurdle at Hereford (19.7f, good to firm) when last seen out 9 months ago. Needs to hit the ground running.
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Got back on track when second of 11 in handicap hurdle at Huntingdon (19.6f, good) 59 days ago. Not taken lightly.
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Career best when winning 9-runner handicap hurdle at Southwell (15.8f, good to soft) 33 days ago, responding well. That form has been franked so he merits serious consideration.
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Modest Flat winner. Got off the mark in this sphere at Huntingdon in May before creditable third of 5 in handicap hurdle at Fakenham (16f, good to firm) 35 days ago. Can go well again.
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Three-time winner in this sphere for Nicky Henderson but ended time with that yard below par and has continued in the same vein for current stable. Others appeal more.
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Scored at Uttoxeter in September. Off 8 months before coming in last of 8 in Flat handicap at Leicester 10 days ago. Switches to hurdles and no surprise to see him bounce back.
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Scored at Hexham in May but only eighth of 12 in handicap hurdle there 22 days ago. This C&D winner needs to get back on track.
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9/2, first run since leaving Richard Hawker when fair sixth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Southwell (15.8f, good). Off 13 months with his fitness to prove.
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Forecasts
Allbetsoff (11/4), Saturday Song (10/3), Adamaris (6/1), Sisterandbrother (13/2), Supposedtobe (15/2), Simply Red (9/1), Pateen (12/1), Pillar Of Steel (14/1), Seaborough (25/1), Sehayli (50/1), Chasamax (80/1), Let's Have Another (80/1)
ALLBETSOFF arrives on the back of a career-best success at Southwell and with that form working out well he is fancied to follow up. In-form Saturday Song and Sisterandbrother appeal as the pair to give Mark Walford's 7-y-o most to do and can chase him home in that order.
- Allbetsoff11/4
- Saturday Song10/3
- Sisterandbrother13/2
Prize Money
1st: £5,281.002nd: £2,430.003rd: £1,215.004th: £608.005th: £303.00
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