16:20 Bangor

Saturday 22 April 2017

All14:0014:3515:1015:4516:2016:5517:25

Maelor Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 4m 50.70s

1^st

Midnight Walk

711-4

7/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: W T Kennedy

Tracked leader, led before 2 out, clear before last, readily op 9/2

2^nd

Pennies And Pounds

1010-1

7/1

T: J S SmithJ: M D Grant

In rear, headway before 3 out, kept on to take 2nd place run-in, no impression op 9/1

3^rd

1 ¼

Without Frontier

511-5

5/2f

T: Tim VaughanJ: Alan Johns (3)

Towards rear, outpaced 6 out, headway before 2 out, kept on to take 3rd place run-in op 9/4 tchd 11/4

4^th

Sidsteel

610-12

10/1

T: J GroucottJ: Lee Edwards

Led, ridden before 2 out, soon headed, weakened and lost 2 places run-in op 18/1

5^th

Silent Warrior

511-7

7/2

T: C E LongsdonJ: G B Watters (3)

Tracked leaders, ridden before 3 out, weakened before last op 5/1

6^th

Walter Oneeightone

511-12

7/2

T: J & A O'NeillJ: T Scudamore

Mid-division, pushed along before 4 out, soon weakened op 4/1

Also Ran

Fair Ask

910-13

20/1

T: G HanmerJ: Conor Shoemark

Held up mid-division, weakened from 4 out, pulled up before 2 out op 14/1

Daring Knight

410-12

20/1

T: C EllamJ: Dave Crosse

Always towards rear, weakened before 5 out, pulled up tchd 22/1

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Non-Runners

Midnight Owle¹³⁵

Weight: 10-10| Age: 7

T: Miss C Dyson J: Joshua Moore

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.30Pl:£3.10, £2.20, £1.50EX:£49.60Trifecta:£170.60Tricast:£154.51SF:£55.25Swingers:£8.90, £6.80, £5.60

Forecasts

Without Frontier (5/2), Silent Warrior (7/2), Walter Oneeightone (7/2), Midnight Walk (7/1), Pennies And Pounds (7/1), Sidsteel (10/1), Fair Ask (20/1), Daring Knight (20/1), Midnight Owle (33/1)

The market may have a big say as to what will be winning here, with a few unexposed sorts to take into consideration. Preference at this stage is for SILENT WARRIOR, who should do better as he gains experience and has shown flashes of ability in his five starts to date. This relative speed test should suit on breeding too. Without Frontier arguably holds the best piece of actual recent form and should be in the money, and both MIdnight Walk and Walteroneeightone are possible improvers today.