14:00 Huntingdon

Friday 12 January 2018

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Smarkets EBF 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:02 | Winning time: 4m 4.70s

1^st

Turtle Wars

511-5

3/1

T: N J HendersonJ: N D Fehily

Mid-division, headway approaching 3 out, challenged 2 out, led narrowly last, stayed on, in command towards finish op 7/2

2^nd

1 ¼

Midnight Chill

611-5

25/1

T: Jamie SnowdenJ: G Sheehan

Led after 1st, ridden and joined 2 out, headed narrowly last, stayed on, held towards finish tchd 33/1

3^rd

Lad Of Luck

511-5

2/1f

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

Held up towards rear, jumped left 1st, headway when blundered 3 out, shaken up before 2 out, went 3rd approaching last, no impression on front pair, edged left flat op 5/2

4^th

First Du Charmil

611-5

9/2

T: S DrinkwaterJ: C Gethings (3)

Led until after 1st, prominent, 3rd and held when not fluent 2 out, weakened flat tchd 5/1

5^th

Court Affairs

611-5

50/1

T: J W MullinsJ: J McGrath

In touch, not fluent 3 out, no extra next op 66/1

6^th

1 ¼

Supakalanistic

511-5

16/1

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Tracked leaders, ridden after 3 out, weakened before last op 25/1

7^th

Maire Banrigh

610-12

10/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up, took keen hold, closed from 2nd, travelling well before 3 out, ridden and weakened before 2 out op 6/1

8^th

2 ¼

Arthur's Reuben

511-5

200/1

T: J CandlishJ: David Noonan

In touch, driven 5th, lost place 3 out, soon weakened op 150/1

9^th

2 ¼

Zoltan Varga

410-7

40/1

T: M R ChannonJ: Dave Crosse

Held up towards rear, not fluent 2nd, ridden before 3 out, no impression, soon well beaten

10^th

1 ¼

Leapaway

611-5

8/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: T J O'Brien

Held up in mid-division, not fluent and slow 5th, modest effort 3 out, soon weakened op 13/2

11^th

Pyrios

511-5

20/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson

Tracked leaders on inside, took keen hold, lost place after 3 out tchd 22/1

12^th

Classula

611-5

125/1

T: Miss C DysonJ: Ian Popham

Tracked leaders on outside, lost place 4th, behind 3 out

13^th

Cobbler's Son

511-5

125/1

T: H D DalyJ: Andrew Tinkler

Towards rear, not that fluent, reminder 2nd, well behind before 3 out tchd 150/1

14^th

Wahwonaisa

611-5

150/1

T: D G BridgwaterJ: Tom Cannon

Always behind

15^th

Echnaton

511-5

100/1

T: L WadhamJ: L P Aspell

Took keen hold in rear, well behind before 3 out op 66/1

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Non-Runners

Arian⁶¹

Weight: 10-12| Age: 6

T: J L Flint J: T Scudamore

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.20Pl:£1.20, £6.30, £1.20EX:£100.70Trifecta:£528.40SF:£78.02Swingers:£9.20, £1.90, £14.90

Forecasts

Lad Of Luck (2/1), Turtle Wars (3/1), First Du Charmil (9/2), Arian (7/1), Leapaway (8/1), Maire Banrigh (10/1), Supakalanistic (16/1), Pyrios (20/1), Midnight Chill (25/1), Zoltan Varga (40/1), Court Affairs (50/1), Echnaton (100/1), Classula (125/1), Cobbler's Son (125/1), Wahwonaisa (150/1), Arthur's Reuben (200/1)

A big field go to post here and it looks quite an interesting and competitive race of its type for the track. Lad Of Luck makes his hurdles debut having won convincingly on his only bumper start and he’s worth watching in the market and First Du Charmil looks likely to come on for his last run. Both Turtle Wars and Maire Banrigh are expected to run better than when disappointing last time out while Arian will appreciate this sharper 2m. At a price though LEAPAWAY is given a chance here in a race that should be well run and he showed by the way that he travelled into a Newbury race last time out that he could win a race like this.

Leapaway
Turtle Wars
Lad Of Luck

Previous Winners

2017

Burbank

Weight: 11-5 |Age: 5

J: J McGrath | T: N J Henderson

8/15

Prize Money

1st: £4,549.002nd: £1,336.003rd: £668.004th: £334.00