17:10 Taunton

Monday 10 March 2025

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DragonBet 'Hands And Heels' Handicap Hurdle (Conditionals/Amateurs)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 5  |   2m 3f 1y  |   Good (Good to Soft in places)  |   7 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 17:10  |   Winning time: 4m 46.96s
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Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
Show odds
1
Horse silk
Grenardier33
Age: 6|  Weight: 12-0| J: Freddie Keighley(3)| T: M Keighley| OR:  95
10/3
Little impact in a couple of bumpers but appears to be gradually getting the hang of things over hurdles, chasing home the long odds-on Vanderpoel in a Ludlow novice (15.8f, soft) last time. Improvement possible now upped in trip for this handicap debut.
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2
Horse silk
Albert Parkt260
Age: 5|  Weight: 12-0| J: Miss Shannon Holmes(5)| T: N J Hawke| OR:  95WS
4/1
Fairly useful ex-Irish Flat maiden who has been brought along steadily over hurdles, finishing a creditable third in 16.5f Market Rasen handicap last June. Stiff track probably against him at Hexham later that month and could have a say round here if fully tuned-up following a break/wind op.
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3
Horse silk
Kap De Triomphe23
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-12| J: Mr J J Murphy-Knight(3)| T: Christian Williams| OR:  93
12/1
Fair bumper winner but yet to match that level of form in this sphere, failing to improve for the switch to handicap company on his last 2 starts.
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4
Horse silk
Whatmakes Honey Bt20
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-6| J: Chad Bament| T: H Brown| OR:  87
14/1
Winless following 8 attempts in maiden points and has failed to pull up any trees a bumper and 3 runs over hurdles to date. That said she could be seen in a better light now venturing down the handicap route.
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5
Horse silk
Mach Ten23
Age: 4|  Weight: 11-1| J: Lewis Saunders| T: Anthony Charlton| OR:  94
8/1
Fair maiden on the Flat and bettered hurdles debut display when third of 6 in a Leicester maiden in December. However, he has failed to build on that in 2 subsequent starts, including on handicap debut last time.
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6
Horse silk
Kintarov51
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-0| J: Rian Corcoran(5)| T: D Pipe| OR:  81
6/4
Ten-race maiden on the Flat and record stands at 0-9 in this sphere having finished sixth in a 14-runner handicap here (3m, good to soft) on latest start in January. Still, he has shown enough to suggest that a race of this nature may well be within his grasp off a mark such as this.
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7
Horse silk
Sevenofus34
Age: 9|  Weight: 10-6| J: Elizabeth Gale| T: C J Gray| OR:  73
12/1
Still looking for first success following 21 starts overall and it's likely that she will again come up short.
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Forecasts

Kintaro (6/4), Grenardier (10/3), Albert Park (4/1), Mach Ten (8/1), Sevenofus (12/1), Kap De Triomphe (12/1), Whatmakes Honey B (14/1)

Verdict

KINTARO probably found 3m too much of a test last time and is better judged on his C&D effort in November. He was in the process of running creditably when departing at the second-last here on that occasion and is now 7 lb lower in the weights. Handicap debutant Grenardier appears to be gradually finding his feet and rates the main danger ahead of another contesting a handicap for the first time, namely Whatmakes Honey B.

  1. Kintaro6/4
  2. Grenardier10/3
  3. Whatmakes Honey B14/1

Prize Money

1st: £4,753.002nd: £2,187.003rd: £1,094.004th: £547.005th: £272.00

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