15:15 Hexham

Saturday 3 June 2017

All13:3014:0514:4015:1515:5016:4517:2017:55

Hexham & Northern Marts Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:17 | Winning time: 4m 6.25s

1^st

Desert Island Dusk

610-5

15/8f

T: M A BarnesJ: Dale Irving (5)

Tracked leader, led before 4 out, headed narrowly when left in lead 4 out, kept on well run-in op 9/4

2^nd

3 ¼

Captain Brown

911-6

16/1

T: James MoffattJ: Henry Brooke

Held up towards rear, headway before 2 out, chased winner after last, kept on and held run-in op 12/1 tchd 18/1

3^rd

4 ½

Verona Opera

610-11

11/2

T: S R B CrawfordJ: B S Hughes

Tracked leaders in 3rd, left 2nd 4 out, one pace in 3rd from last op 5/1 tchd 9/2

4^th

Cousin Oscar

511-12

5/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: W T Kennedy

In touch in 4th, in 3rd before 2 out, soon pushed along, weakened before last op 4/1

5^th

Pads

710-3

13/2

T: P A KirbyJ: Ross Chapman (7)

Always towards rear op 8/1

Also Ran

Beyondtemptation

911-5

3/1

T: J C HaynesJ: Thomas Dowson (5)

Led, headed before 4 out, narrowly led when fell 4 out tchd 7/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.70Pl:£1.50, £4.80EX:£24.10Trifecta:£154.40SF:£25.88Swingers:£3.30, £3.10, £6.50

Forecasts

Desert Island Dusk (15/8), Beyondtemptation (3/1), Cousin Oscar (5/1), Verona Opera (11/2), Pads (13/2), Captain Brown (16/1)

COUSIN OSCAR contested a hot event when making his handicap debut last time out and he can gain compensation by claiming this small field Class 2 contest. The selection carries top weight here but represents a yard with an 18% strike-rate recently (5/28) and can get the better of course specialist Desert Island Dusk in this. Of the remainder Verona Opera is respected having been running well in recent times.

Cousin Oscar
Desert Island Dusk
Verona Opera

Prize Money

1st: £6,256.002nd: £1,848.003rd: £924.004th: £462.005th: £231.006th: £116.00