12:40 Sandown

Saturday 4 February 2017

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Betfred 'Home Of Goals Galore' Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 12:41 | Winning time: 4m 15.10s

1^st

Coeur de Lion

410-10

7/4

T: A KingJ: Tom Cannon

Tracked leaders, tracked leading pair 3rd, 2nd before 2 out, led between last 2, strongly pressed final 50 yards, battled on gamely and found bit extra last strides op 11/8 tchd 15/8

2^nd

Rather Be

611-10

5/4f

T: N J HendersonJ: Ned Curtis (5)

Held up in last trio, steady headway 3 out, chased leading pair before 2 out, 2nd before last, ridden and stayed on run-in, upsides and every chance 50 yards out, no extra last strides op 7/4 tchd 11/10

3^rd

Accord

711-0

11/2

T: D G BridgwaterJ: T Scudamore

Tracked leader, led 4th, ridden and headed between last 2, soon dropped to 3rd, no extra before last op 6/1 tchd 13/2

4^th

Bazooka

611-0

66/1

T: D FloodJ: James Banks

Held up in touch, headway into 4th 2 out, plugged on same pace, pressed for modest 3rd, no chance with leading duo

5^th

Ahio

611-0

66/1

T: G & J MooreJ: Jason Nuttall (10)

Held up in rear, plugged on into never dangerous 5th between last 2 op 50/1

6^th

Altaayil

611-0

50/1

T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore

Led, raced keenly on downhill run after 2nd, headed and pecked 3rd, chased leader until before 2 out, weakened soon after, mistake last op 40/1

7^th

Scrutinise

511-0

9/1

T: Tim VaughanJ: R Johnson

Not fluent, held up in close 5th, jumped slowly 3rd, jumped slowly again and lost place 5th, rallying on outside when hit 3 out, weakened quickly on long run before next, tailed off op 7/1

8^th

Sergio

511-0

33/1

T: Tim VaughanJ: Alan Johns (3)

Last pair, not fluent 2nd, pushed along and struggling after 3 out, ridden and hung right before next, tailed off

9^th

Nicolosio

711-0

33/1

T: P E CowleyJ: Nick Scholfield

Raced keenly, chased leading pair, jumped slowly 3rd, dropped to 4th next, weakened on long run before 2 out, tailed off tchd 25/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.60Pl:£1.10, £1.10, £1.80EX:£4.60Trifecta:£10.40SF:£4.45Swingers:£1.50, £2.60, £1.80

Forecasts

Rather Be (5/4), Coeur de Lion (7/4), Accord (11/2), Scrutinise (9/1), Sergio (33/1), Nicolosio (33/1), Altaayil (50/1), Bazooka (66/1), Ahio (66/1)

With their likely to be very little value at the top of the market, a chance is taken on Scrutinise to take to this side of the game on the first time of asking. He cost this yard 80,000 gns and with the Champion Jockey booked, he's expected to go well. Rather Be has been consistent but needs to step up on the bare level of his form here and Coeur de Lion disappointed at short odds last time but would have an obvious chance on his previous second behind a highly progressive type. 1. Scrutinise 2. Rather Be 3. Coeur de Lion