14:30 Sandown

Friday 8 December 2017

All12:5013:2513:5514:3015:0515:35

Ballymore Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (Registered As The Winter Novices' Hurdle )

Off time: 14:30 | Winning time: 5m 0.80s

1^st

On The Blind Side

511-5

7/4f

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Close up, good headway to lead 2 out, soon clear, comfortable, impressive op 5/4 tchd 11/10

2^nd

Springtown Lake

511-0

7/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson

Led, ridden and headed 2 out, kept on one pace op 8/1

3^rd

Red River

411-0

7/1

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: David Bass

Tracked leaders, ridden well before 2 out, kept on same pace op 5/1 tchd 11/2

4^th

Marley Firth

511-0

8/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up, ridden and outpaced well before 2 out, short lived effort soon after 2 out, weakening when blundered last op 16/1

5^th

Dynamite Dollars

411-0

15/2

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Raced wide tracked leader, ridden 3 out, weakened approaching next, blundered last tchd 11/1

6^th

Diamant Bleu

411-5

16/1

T: Nick WilliamsJ: Lizzie Kelly

Not fluent 1st and 2nd, close up in rear, pushed along 5th, ridden 3 out, weakened well before next

7^th

White Moon

511-0

4/1

T: C L TizzardJ: Aidan Coleman

Raced wide close up, ridden 3 out, weakened well before next, tailed off op 3/1

Also Ran

N/A

Mulcahys Hill

511-0

12/1

T: W GreatrexJ: Adrian Heskin

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.00Pl:£1.20, £3.50EX:£12.10Trifecta:£49.80SF:£14.06Swingers:£3.70, £1.30, £7.50

Forecasts

On The Blind Side (7/4), White Moon (4/1), Springtown Lake (7/1), Red River (7/1), Dynamite Dollars (15/2), Marley Firth (8/1), Mulcahys Hill (12/1), Diamant Bleu (16/1)

WHITE MOON has impressed in both hurdles outings to date and he is taken to make a successful step up in class by taking this competitive looking Grade 2 novice hurdle. The selection hails from a stable who can boast a 20% strike-rate (7/35) of late and he can get the better of the penalised On The Blind Side who may find this trip on the sharp side while Springtown Lake, a likely winner prior to coming down in a handicap last time out can claim third.

White Moon
On The Blind Side
Springtown Lake

Previous Winners

2016

Messire Des Obeaux

Weight: 11-7 |Age: 4

J: D A Jacob | T: A King

9/4

Prize Money

1st: £17,085.002nd: £6,411.003rd: £3,210.004th: £1,599.005th: £804.006th: £402.00