14:35 Leicester

Thursday 16 February 2017

All14:0514:3515:1015:4516:2016:50

Thurnby Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:35 | Winning time: 4m 11.90s

1^st

Crown Hill

711-12

9/4j

T: J FarrellyJ: Brendan Powell

Mid-division on outside, headway after 8th, 2nd after 3 out, jumped left 2nd, switched right before last and flat, stayed on to lead towards finish op 3/1 tchd 10/3

2^nd

Storming Strumpet

712-0

9/4j

T: T R GeorgeJ: Adrian Heskin

Chased leaders, closed after 2nd, bumped 3rd, led 4 out, edged left flat, headed towards finish op 5/2

3^rd

Texas Forever

811-9

3/1

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: David Bass

Handy on inside, led 8th, headed 4 out, mistake and lost 2nd 3 out, beaten after, weakened flat op 11/4

4^th

4 ½

Monte Wildhorn

912-0

50/1

T: D G BridgwaterJ: Jake Hodson (5)

Prominent, hampered 3rd, lost a bit of ground when hampered 5th, outpaced 4 out, weakened last op 25/1

5^th

Hahnenkam

712-0

16/1

T: A StrongeJ: M Hamill (5)

Held up in rear, ridden after 8th, some headway before 4 out, no impression, soon weakened tchd 14/1 and 20/1

6^th

Free Return

610-4

20/1

T: T H WestonJ: Adam Wedge

Always behind op 18/1 tchd 16/1

Also Ran

Frankie Ballou

810-13

6/1

T: Miss J E FosterJ: Henry Brooke

Jumped left, led, not fluent 1st, reminders 7th, headed next, weakening when mistake 4 out, pulled up before last op 11/2 tchd 5/1

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Non-Runners

Today Please⁷⁰

Weight: 12-0| Age: 7

T: Henry Oliver J: James Davies

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.20Pl:£1.90, £1.80EX:£8.10Trifecta:£21.90Tricast:£14.08SF:£8.00Swingers:£2.00, £2.80, £2.70

Forecasts

Crown Hill (9/4), Storming Strumpet (9/4), Texas Forever (3/1), Frankie Ballou (6/1), Today Please (13/2), Hahnenkam (16/1), Free Return (20/1), Monte Wildhorn (50/1)

Texas Forever is in good form and may give this a go from the front, and if allowed to get into a rhythm might be hard to peg back. But a chance is taken that FRANKIE BALLOU will improve again from that first start for Joanne Foster at Catterick, where he jumped well and wasn't beaten far at all. He should get a nice tow into the race from Texas Forever and can take over in the closing stages. Storming Strumpet has the ability but looks weak in the finish - she might have to settle for third here. 1. Frankie Ballou 2. Texas Forever 3. Storming Strumpet

Prize Money

1st: £5,198.002nd: £1,526.003rd: £763.004th: £382.00