16:20 Bangor

Thursday 8 June 2017

All14:2014:5015:2015:5016:2016:50

bangorBET Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:21 | Winning time: 5m 57.10s

1^st

Be My Sea

611-12

13/8f

T: A W CarrollJ: Lee Edwards

Held up, not fluent 6th or 7th, headway before next, led after 3 out, clung on close home op 9/4

2^nd

Star Of Namibia

710-7

9/1

T: M MullineauxJ: Andrew Tinkler

Tracked leaders, ridden 7th, 3rd before 2 out, rallied to go 2nd before last, stayed on to close on winner flat, just held tchd 10/1

3^rd

Princess Roania

611-8

11/4

T: P & M BowenJ: S Bowen

Tracked leader, led after 3 out, soon headed, 3rd and beaten when untidy last op 9/4

4^th

3 ¼

Shantou Tiger

812-0

7/2

T: D McCain JnrJ: Lorcan Murtagh (7)

Led, not fluent 3rd, ridden and headed after 3 out, weakened before next tchd 4/1

5^th

Tribal Dance

1110-0

66/1

T: J G M O'SheaJ: Miss Brodie Hampson (5)

Held up, not fluent 3rd, pushed along after 6th, struggling 4 out, tailed off

Also Ran

Arkadios

611-3

7/1

T: D PipeJ: Michael Heard (5)

Reluctant in preliminaries, in rear, headway after 7th, ridden and weakened after 4 out, not fluent 3 out, soon pulled up op 11/2 tchd 5/1

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Non-Runners

Western Storm⁵¹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: R T Phillips J: Ian Popham

Solix³²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 11

T: Ian Williams J: T J O'Brien

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.60Pl:£1.60, £4.30EX:£16.00Trifecta:£43.80Tricast:£35.63SF:£15.34Swingers:£3.80, £1.30, £4.40

Forecasts

Be My Sea (13/8), Princess Roania (11/4), Shantou Tiger (7/2), Arkadios (7/1), Western Storm (8/1), Star Of Namibia (9/1), Solix (12/1), Tribal Dance (66/1)

WESTERN STORM can make a winning handicap debut here following a career best fourth at Kempton last time. The selection is taken to get the better of Be My Sea who finished runner-up at the same venue last month while Princess Roania can claim third for a yard who have a 27% strike-rate in recent weeks (3/11).