16:40 Wincanton

Wednesday 1 March 2017

All14:1014:4015:1015:4016:1016:40

Ryan Direct Group Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:40 | Winning time: 4m 1.10s

1^st

Thundering Home

1011-3

5/1

T: N R MitchellJ: Alice Mills (5)

Tracked leaders, 2nd before jumping left 2 out, led approaching last where again jumped left, clear flat, stayed on well tchd 9/2 and tchd 6/1

2^nd

Lady Longshot

611-6

8/1

T: J ScottJ: Matt Griffiths

Tracked leader, led 3 out, headed and switched right before last, well held by winner flat op 7/1

3^rd

1 ¼

Karl Marx

710-5

8/1

T: Mark GillardJ: James Banks

Held up in mid-division, slow 3rd, headway next, every chance 3 out, 3rd and stayed on same pace from next, closed on 2nd flat op 9/1 tchd 10/1

4^th

Chivers

611-7

8/1

T: D SteeleJ: Kevin Jones (5)

Held up in mid-division, mistake 3 out, plugged on from next, 4th before last, no impression

5^th

Norphin

710-2

12/1

T: S HodgsonJ: Jack Sherwood (3)

Mid-division, effort 3 out, 4th and one pace 2 out, no extra in 5th before last op 16/1 tchd 10/1

6^th

Peppay Le Pugh

611-12

4/1f

T: David DennisJ: N D Fehily

Held up in rear, not fluent 4th, some headway on outside next, weakened before next tchd 7/2

7^th

Whipcrackaway

810-4

14/1

T: P HedgerJ: L P Aspell

Held up in rear, took keen hold, weakened after 3 out

Also Ran

Skylark Lady

411-0

7/1

T: Mrs N S EvansJ: W Featherstone (5)

Tracked leaders on outside, not fluent 3rd or 3 out, soon weakened, pulled up before 2 out op 11/2

League Of His Own

810-0

5/1

T: Nick MitchellJ: T Scudamore

Took keen hold, led, headed 3 out, soon hung left, weakened and pulled up before 2 out op 8/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.30Pl:£2.20, £1.80, £2.40EX:£37.40Trifecta:£297.50Tricast:£312.83SF:£43.47Swingers:£6.20, £10.20, £12.20

Forecasts

Peppay Le Pugh (4/1), Thundering Home (5/1), League Of His Own (5/1), Skylark Lady (7/1), Lady Longshot (8/1), Karl Marx (8/1), Chivers (8/1), Norphin (12/1), Whipcrackaway (14/1)

On his old form Thundering Home is well-handicapped but he’s only showed glimpses of that old form of late. Lady Longshot needs to settle better to be seen to best effect while Skylark Lady could be given a chance on her Fakenham runner-up effort. In the end CHIVERS earned the vote dropping back to a bare 2m which looked to suit him on his penultimate start where he could have gone even closer if ridden a little more patiently. 1. Chivers 2. Skylark Lady 3. Lady Longshot

Prize Money

1st: £2,599.002nd: £763.003rd: £382.004th: £191.00