12:05 Sandown

Saturday 9 December 2017

All12:0512:4013:1013:4514:2014:5515:30

IPA Purchasing 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 12:05 | Winning time: 4m 3.30s

1^st

Ainchea

410-12

11/4

T: C L TizzardJ: R M Power

Held up in touch, jumped right 1st and 2nd, driven and headway on inside to lead approaching 2 out, soon challenged, ran on strongly tchd 5/2 and tchd 3/1

2^nd

Whatswrongwithyou

610-12

7/2

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Pulled hard in rear, tracked leaders after 2nd, every chance last, no extra closing stages op 4/1 tchd 10/3

3^rd

Just A Sting

510-12

5/4f

T: H FryJ: N D Fehily

Tracked leader, every chance approaching 2 out, outpaced by leaders before last, kept on same pace op 11/8 tchd 6/5 and tchd 6/4

4^th

1 ¼

Get Out The Gate

410-12

12/1

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Tracked leaders, outpaced before 2 out, kept on under pressure closing stages, never a threat op 11/1 tchd 9/1

5^th

Shanroe Saint

510-12

14/1

T: B I CaseJ: D A Jacob

Led until approaching 2 out, weakening when mistake last op 10/1

6^th

Vango De Vaige

410-12

66/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: Tom Cheesman (5)

Held up in touch, dropped to rear after 2nd, jumped slowly next, mistake 3 out, took closer order approaching 2 out, weakened before last op 50/1

Unlimited Replays

of all UK and Irish races with our Race Replays

Discover Sporting Life Plus Benefits Sporting Life Plus - Join For Free

Non-Runners

Mellow Ben¹⁵

Weight: 10-12| Age: 4

T: C Gordon J: Tom Cannon

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.50Pl:£1.90, £2.00EX:£13.90Trifecta:£30.90SF:£12.17Swingers:£2.00, £1.20, £1.70

Forecasts

Just A Sting (5/4), Ainchea (11/4), Whatswrongwithyou (7/2), Get Out The Gate (12/1), Shanroe Saint (14/1), Vango De Vaige (66/1), Mellow Ben (66/1)

This is a very big day for the Colin Tizzard team and they can get off to the best possible start with the promising AINCHEA who looked one to follow with a very encouraging debut at Cheltenham. The biggest threat comes from Just a Sting who won both bumpers before narrowly going down on his hurdles debut at Exeter. Also running well in second last time was Shanroe Saint and he enters calculations given he is clearly going the right way.

Ainchea
Just A Sting
Shanroe Saint

Previous Winners

2016

Dashing Oscar

Weight: 11-4 |Age: 6

J: N D Fehily | T: H Fry

7/2

Prize Money

1st: £6,498.002nd: £1,908.003rd: £954.004th: £477.00