14:40 Wetherby

Saturday 4 November 2017

All12:2012:5513:3014:0514:4015:1515:45

bet365 Hurdle (Registered As The West Yorkshire Hurdle) (Grade 2)

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 6m 16.60s

1^st

Colin's Sister

610-10

10/1

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Held up in rear, headway from 4 out, challenged 3 out, led before 2 out, edged left flat, stayed on op 9/1 tchd 17/2

2^nd

Wholestone

611-3

2/1j

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: D A Jacob

Held up in rear, not fluent 4th, headway 8th, challenged 3 out, switched right flat, no impression towards finish op 9/4 tchd 15/8

3^rd

Lil Rockerfeller

611-0

2/1j

T: N B KingJ: T E Whelan

Tracked leaders, 2nd 8th, led 4 out, soon headed, led again approaching 3 out, headed before 2 out, no extra flat tchd 9/4

4^th

Ptit Zig

811-0

4/1

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Held up in 5th, closed 8th, pushed along before 4 out, close up before 3 out, no extra last op 5/1

5^th

Fountains Windfall

711-4

14/1

T: A J HoneyballJ: David Noonan

Chased leaders, went 2nd after 6th until 8th, led after 4 out, headed before next, weakened 2 out op 10/1

Also Ran

Gayebury

711-2

14/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Adam Wedge

Led until 4 out, weakened and pulled up before next op 16/1

Missed Approach

711-0

20/1

T: W GreatrexJ: R Johnson

With leader, lost place before not fluent 7th, pulled up after 4 out op 25/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£8.70Pl:£3.40, £1.80EX:£29.20Trifecta:£128.40SF:£31.01Swingers:£4.00, £4.40, £1.70

Forecasts

Wholestone (2/1), Lil Rockerfeller (2/1), Ptit Zig (4/1), Colin's Sister (10/1), Fountains Windfall (14/1), Gayebury (14/1), Missed Approach (20/1)

Colin's Sister, Missed Approach, Gayebury and Fountains Windfall have plenty to find on official ratings and, although respected, may find this company a little too hot. The same can be said of WHOLESTONE, but there are reasons for thinking he may be capable of better. He had some tough races in the build-up to the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival and may not have been at his best despite finishing third. He was not disgraced in a valuable handicap on his comeback run and, given the hot form of his leading trainer, may be too match-sharp for favourite Lil Rockerfeller, who clearly boasts the best form on his Stayers' Hurdle second. Ptit Zig is talented, but he does not win too often these days and is opposable at his likely price.

Wholestone
Lil Rockerfeller
Ptit Zig

Previous Winners

2016

Silsol

Weight: 11-1 |Age: 7

J: Jack Sherwood | T: P F Nicholls

13/2

Prize Money

1st: £22,780.002nd: £8,548.003rd: £4,280.004th: £2,132.005th: £1,072.006th: £536.00