16:45 Huntingdon

Thursday 5 October 2017

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32Red Casino Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 4m 43.25s

1^st

Cosmic Diamond

710-5

12/1

T: P R WebberJ: G Sheehan

Chased leader, led after 3 out, strongly pressed run-in, battled on gamely to assert close home op 14/1 tchd 16/1

2^nd

Shrubland

411-12

6/5f

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Chased leaders on inside, hampered 2nd, ridden before 2 out, went 2nd last, ridden and every chance when drew level run-in, just held op 6/4 tchd 5/4

3^rd

3 ¾

Midnight Gypsy

710-9

9/1

T: W S KittowJ: N de Boinville

Last pair, headway on wide outside into 3rd approaching 2 out, 2nd 2 out, chance when went right and hit last, no extra run-in op 8/1 tchd 10/1

4^th

1 ½

Irish Hawke

511-6

9/2

T: D McCain JnrJ: Lorcan Murtagh (5)

Held up towards rear, badly hampered 2nd, kept on from 2 out, went 4th run-in op 7/2 tchd 10/3

5^th

Osgood

1011-1

16/1

T: G & J MooreJ: Jason Nuttall (10)

Took keen hold, chased leaders, 2nd before 2 out, every chance when hit 2 out, soon lost 2nd, weakened last op 14/1

6^th

Clay Allison

611-8

8/1

T: O MurphyJ: Ian Popham

Held up towards rear, hampered 2nd, never on terms after tchd 7/1

7^th

Romann Angel

810-4

20/1

T: M MullineauxJ: Lewis Stones (7)

Led until ridden and headed after 3 out, weakened before next op 25/1 tchd 28/1

Also Ran

Bollin Line

1011-10

20/1

T: L EgertonJ: J E Moore

Held up in rear, badly hampered and brought down 2nd op 25/1 tchd 28/1

Winido

511-8

14/1

T: Tim VaughanJ: Alan Johns

Chasing leaders when fell 2nd

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£14.00Pl:£3.50, £1.10, £2.30EX:£34.10Trifecta:£151.60Tricast:£139.92SF:£27.56Swingers:£5.70, £17.60, £4.10

Forecasts

Shrubland (6/5), Irish Hawke (9/2), Clay Allison (8/1), Midnight Gypsy (9/1), Cosmic Diamond (12/1), Winido (14/1), Osgood (16/1), Romann Angel (20/1), Bollin Line (20/1)

Dan Skelton has found the key to Shrubland and he's unbeaten in two starts for the yard, but he looks vulnerable (even in this company) from an 11lb higher mark given the longer trip. Whilst the majority of the field make no or little appeal, the claims of IRISH HAWKE are all too obvious. In some ways he might have been fortunate to have beaten the rapidly improving subsequent winner Mathayus at Sedgefield in August, but with the bulk of his 6lb rise effectively removed by the 5lb claim of Lorcan Murtagh, he's effectively a winner without a penalty in a fairly grim contest.