15:20 Hexham

Saturday 17 June 2017

All14:1514:4515:2015:5516:3017:0517:4018:15

GPP Novices' Chase

Off time: 15:21 | Winning time: 5m 16.2s

1^st

Midnight Shot

711-12

5/4j

T: C E LongsdonJ: Jordan Nailor (7)

Went right and bumped rival 1st, tracked leader, left in lead 7th, made rest, ridden and stayed on gamely when joined flat, just held on op 13/8 tchd 11/8

2^nd

nse

Cup Final

811-5

7/1

T: B HaslamJ: R P McLernon

Tracked leaders, mistake 3rd, left 2nd at 7th, effort last, upsides and every chance when ridden flat, kept on, just held op 11/2 tchd 9/2 and tchd 8/1

3^rd

For Yes

810-12

66/1

T: W ColtherdJ: D R Fox

Held up in rear, went modest 4th 4 out, stayed on to take 3rd flat, no chance with clear pair op 50/1

4^th

Wyfield Rose

810-5

25/1

T: A C WhillansJ: Dale Irving (3)

Chased leaders, ridden and outpaced by front pair after 2 out, well beaten before last, lost modest 3rd flat op 22/1 tchd 20/1 and tchd 28/1

5^th

Pineapple Crush

510-5

125/1

T: M TodhunterJ: Henry Brooke

Chased leaders to before 4 out, soon lost touch, tailed off op 100/1

Also Ran

Elusive Theatre

610-12

5/4j

T: S R B CrawfordJ: B S Hughes

Led 1st, fell 7th tchd 11/10 and tchd 11/8

Flying Jack

710-12

20/1

T: M A BarnesJ: Thomas Dowson (5)

Led until headed and badly hampered 1st, chased leaders when ran out and unseated rider approaching 4th tchd 22/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.80Pl:£1.20, £3.10EX:£9.20Trifecta:£185.00SF:£9.83Swingers:£1.90, £2.40, £12.60

Forecasts

Midnight Shot (5/4), Elusive Theatre (5/4), Cup Final (7/1), Flying Jack (20/1), Wyfield Rose (25/1), For Yes (66/1), Pineapple Crush (125/1)

MIDNIGHT SHOT has a double penalty to shoulder, but his riders 7lb claim comes in handy and effectively negates one of those penalties. He likes to race prominently and could be taken on for the lead by the emphatic Cartmel winner Elusive Theatre, but with worries as to that mares effectiveness on a sounder surface, Charlie Longsdon is fancied to land a second winner on the afternoon. Cup Final was once a most talented handicap hurdler, and the suspicion is that he's not quite the force of old, but he is also respected in an excellent novices chase for June.