16:35 Bangor

Saturday 25 March 2017

All13:4014:1514:5015:2516:0016:3517:10

Broxton Gates Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:36 | Winning time: 5m 45.80s

1^st

Duel At Dawn

711-8

5/1

T: A M HalesJ: Kielan Woods

Led, not fluent 7th, headed 5 out, rallied 2 out, stayed on strongly to lead again towards finish, ridden out op 7/1

2^nd

Sam Red

611-12

6/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Prominent, led 5 out, hard ridden 2 out, mistake last, headed closing stages, no extra op 15/2

3^rd

Wicked Willy

610-11

7/1

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Jamie Bargary (3)

Held up in rear, headway halfway, chasing leaders when hampered 4 out, soon lost place tchd 11/2

4^th

Boyhood

611-2

8/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: N P Madden

Held up in rear, headway 5 out, chased leaders next, weakened approaching last tchd 9/1

5^th

Rolling Maul

911-6

12/1

T: P & M BowenJ: R T Dunne

Chased leaders, lost place 4th, behind when hampered 4 out op 10/1

6^th

Millanisi Boy

811-3

17/2

T: R WoollacottJ: H Cobden

Held up in touch, keen, effort 4 out, weakened 2 out op 9/1 tchd 8/1

7^th

Young Dillon

811-12

10/1

T: Dr R D P NewlandJ: Charlie Hammond (7)

In touch, pulled hard early, chased leaders 7th, under pressure next, weakened 3 out op 6/1

8^th

Three Ways

612-0

7/2f

T: Jamie SnowdenJ: Page Fuller (7)

Tracked leaders, took keen hold, lost place before halfway, rallied approaching 5 out, weakening when hampered 4 out op 9/2 tchd 10/3 and tchd 5/1

Also Ran

Will O'The West

611-6

8/1

T: H D DalyJ: Jake Greenall

Held up towards rear, headway to chase leaders 5 out, fell next op 7/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.80Pl:£2.20, £2.60, £2.50EX:£33.90Trifecta:£236.60Tricast:£210.02SF:£35.16Swingers:£8.70, £11.30, £13.70

Forecasts

Three Ways (7/2), Duel At Dawn (5/1), Sam Red (6/1), Wicked Willy (7/1), Boyhood (8/1), Will O'The West (8/1), Millanisi Boy (17/2), Young Dillon (10/1), Rolling Maul (12/1)

This looks a wide open contest for the money, and cases can be made for plenty of these. Boyhood would have been a strong selection had the form of his Doncaster race worked out a bit better, but he's still got improvement in him and this step up in trip may well be a positive. He can't be discounted. But preference is for top weight THREE WAYS, who has improved for the step up to 3m and was quietly fancied for the Pertemps final before getting balloted out. He can gain some compensation here. Young Dillon could be considered but his trainer is 0-15 at Bangor in the last 5 years, a worrying stat. Sam Red may bounce back.