15:35 Southwell

Sunday 17 December 2017

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

www.hall-fast.com Amateur Riders' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:35 | Winning time: 6m 44.57s

1^st

Dandy Duke

612-0

4/5f

T: T R GeorgeJ: Mr N George (5)

Held up in touch, headway after 3 out, led before last, kept on well op 7/4

2^nd

1 ½

Groundunderrepair

611-12

4/1

T: W GreatrexJ: Mr Adam Elias (5)

Held up towards rear on outer, headway from 5 out, led 2 out, soon driven, headed before last, kept on op 7/4

3^rd

Bohemian Rhapsody

810-8

20/1

T: B BarrJ: C J Todd (7)

Held up towards rear, headway to lead 4 out, headed 2 out, ridden before last, soon weakened op 25/1

4^th

Russian Service

512-0

16/1

T: S DrinkwaterJ: Hugh Nugent (5)

Held up towards rear, headway after 3 out, one pace in 4th before 2 out op 11/1 tchd 8/1

5^th

2 ½

Waltz Darling

911-8

8/1

T: G BoanasJ: Miss E Todd (3)

In touch, weakened before 2 out op 16/1

6^th

Wolfslair

610-11

33/1

T: D ThompsonJ: Aaron Anderson (7)

Held up towards rear, headway before 3 out, soon weakened tchd 33/1

Also Ran

Simply The West

811-13

12/1

T: C E LongsdonJ: Mr D Skehan

Tracked leader, led before 5 out, headed 4 out, weakened before 2 out, pulled up before last op 12/1

Make Me A Fortune

911-9

20/1

T: S GollingsJ: Mr Zac Baker

Tracked leaders, weakened from 3 out, pulled up op 22/1

Mighty Missile

611-1

33/1

T: B BarrJ: Luca Morgan (7)

Prominent on outer, mistake 7th, weakened from 4 out, pulled up before 2 out op 40/1

Ballythomas

1011-0

20/1

T: D ThompsonJ: Theo Gillard (7)

Led, headed before 5 out, weakened before 3 out, pulled up before 2 out op 20/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.20Pl:£1.10, £1.30, £4.20EX:£5.40Trifecta:£32.00Tricast:£28.50SF:£4.62Swingers:£1.30, £7.50, £5.10

Forecasts

Dandy Duke (4/5), Groundunderrepair (4/1), Waltz Darling (8/1), Simply The West (12/1), Russian Service (16/1), Bohemian Rhapsody (20/1), Make Me A Fortune (20/1), Ballythomas (20/1), Wolfslair (33/1), Mighty Missile (33/1)

Not a race that has any great strength in depth and it’s hard to see past the two main protagonists in Dandy Duke and GROUNDUNDERREPAIR. The former faces very different conditions here to those that saw him romp to victory at Chepstow and that coupled with a 12lb higher mark may just find him out here. The latter ran into a well handicapped improving type last time and this increased trip should suit him and he’s given a narrow vote to get off the mark in handicaps. The others all look as though they may have been better in the past although conditions are in favour of Waltz Darling and any market moves for the well handicapped Bohemian Rhapsody should be noted given he showed a little more on the Flat last time.