12:30 Doncaster

Saturday 16 December 2017

All12:0012:3013:0513:4014:1014:4515:20

bet365 Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 12:30 | Winning time: 3m 59.06s

1^st

Countister

510-5

4/6f

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Prominent, went 2nd before 3 out, led 2 out, clear before last, easily tchd 8/11

2^nd

De Rasher Counter

510-12

8/1

T: Miss E C LavelleJ: L P Aspell

Tracked leader until before 3 out, kept on to chase winner towards finish, always well held op 12/1

3^rd

Clondaw Castle

511-4

5/2

T: T R GeorgeJ: Adrian Heskin

Led to 2 out, no extra and lost 2nd place towards finish tchd 11/4

4^th

Tayzar

610-12

12/1

T: J M JeffersonJ: B S Hughes

Held up mid-division, tracked leaders 4th, mistake 4 out, soon weakened op 14/1

5^th

Toosey

610-12

50/1

T: T SymondsJ: D A Jacob

Tracked leaders, pushed along before 3 out, ridden before 2 out, soon weakened

6^th

Speed Company

410-12

12/1

T: J & S QuinnJ: Danny Cook

Towards rear, weakened before 3 out

7^th

Djarkevi

410-12

40/1

T: C E LongsdonJ: Paul O'Brien (5)

Held up in touch, weakened from 4 out

8^th

1 ¼

Desert Cross

410-12

33/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: Jonjo O'Neill Jr. (7)

Held up in touch, not fluent 2nd, lost place before 4 out op 40/1

9^th

Frozon

410-12

100/1

T: H BethellJ: Henry Brooke

Always behind, mistake 3rd, tailed off from 4 out op 125/1

Also Ran

Genres

510-12

66/1

T: R MenziesJ: Tony Kelly

Always towards rear, tailed of and pulled up before 3 out

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.60Pl:£1.02, £2.00, £1.20EX:£8.40Trifecta:£18.90SF:£8.19Swingers:£2.10, £1.10, £2.70

Forecasts

Countister (4/6), Clondaw Castle (5/2), De Rasher Counter (8/1), Tayzar (12/1), Speed Company (12/1), Desert Cross (33/1), Djarkevi (40/1), Toosey (50/1), Genres (66/1), Frozon (100/1)

Clondaw Castle looks to have a bright future and he should be thereabouts once again here despite conceding weight, though he may find the task of giving 13lb to COUNTISTER beyond him. Nicky Henderson's mare made an encouraging debut over hurdles behind Cap Soleil at Newbury and that should have her spot on this time. Tayzar is interesting in opposition, while Speed Company is another probable danger.