14:05 Southwell

Sunday 17 December 2017

All12:2512:5513:3014:0514:3515:0515:35

EBF Rotherham Racing Club 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 14:06 | Winning time: 5m 19.89s

1^st

Gunfleet

510-12

11/4f

T: Miss E C LavelleJ: Aidan Coleman

Tracked leaders, ridden to challenge last, kept on to lead close home op 7/4 tchd 2/1

2^nd

Shannon Bridge

411-4

7/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up in touch, led before 2 out, pressed last, kept on and caught close home op 16/1

3^rd

Silver Kayf

511-4

4/1

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: David Bass

Tracked leader, led 5th, headed before 2 out, lost 2nd before last, no extra op 11/4 tchd 7/2

4^th

First Assignment

410-12

6/1

T: Ian WilliamsJ: T J O'Brien

Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened before last

5^th

Born For War

510-12

14/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: Adrian Heskin

Held up towards rear, headway 3 out, soon weakened op 14/1 tchd 10/1

6^th

1 ¼

Over Stated

510-12

20/1

T: R T PhillipsJ: Ian Popham

Led to 5th, remained close up, weakened after 3 out op 33/1

7^th

Court Affairs

510-12

33/1

T: J W MullinsJ: Kevin Jones (5)

Towards rear, headway before 5 out, pushed along after 3 out, soon weakened op 40/1 tchd 50/1

8^th

Clondaw Cracker

610-12

16/1

T: N P MulhollandJ: R T Dunne

Tracked leaders, mistake 4 out when weakening op 40/1

9^th

The Groovy Hoovy

510-12

10/1

T: O SherwoodJ: L P Aspell

Towards rear, weakened after 3 out op 28/1 tchd 33/1

10^th

Beyond Supremacy

510-12

66/1

T: Jack BarberJ: Nick Scholfield

Always towards rear, weakened before 5 out

Also Ran

Ballygomartin

410-12

9/2

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

Chased leaders, weakened after 3 out, faulted soon after, pulled up

Pontresina

410-12

33/1

T: O SherwoodJ: Conor Shoemark

Always behind, weakened from 5 out, pulled up before 2 out op 80/1

Shiroccodee

410-5

100/1

T: A M HalesJ: Kielan Woods

Always behind, tailed off before 4 out, pulled up before 2 out

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.50Pl:£1.40, £2.70, £1.40EX:£23.70Trifecta:£70.50SF:£28.43Swingers:£6.80, £1.60, £7.80

Forecasts

Gunfleet (11/4), Silver Kayf (4/1), Ballygomartin (9/2), First Assignment (6/1), Shannon Bridge (7/1), The Groovy Hoovy (10/1), Born For War (14/1), Clondaw Cracker (16/1), Over Stated (20/1), Court Affairs (33/1), Pontresina (33/1), Beyond Supremacy (66/1), Shiroccodee (100/1)

There are quite a few in this who can be expected to step forward on what they have done so far and one of those would be FIRST ASSIGNMENT who shaped with plenty of encouragement last time out and should build on that run. Gunfleet is another similar runner and he was better than the bare result last time. The Groovy Hoovy has also shaped well so far and he along with Ballygomartin and Over Stated are another trio to keep an eye on. Both Shannon Bridge and Silver Kayf have already proved themselves capable of winning such an event but they may find it tough to follow up under a penalty against a field that has some obvious promise amongst those getting weight.