15:35 Newbury

Saturday 10 February 2018

All13:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:40

Betfair Hurdle (Grade 3 Handicap)

Off time: 15:36 | Winning time: 4m 9.75s

1^st

Kalashnikov

511-5

12/1c

T: Miss A MurphyJ: J M Quinlan

Held up in mid-division, headway chasing leaders before 3 out, 2nd and hit 2 out, led between last 2, clear approaching last, stayed on strongly op 10/1

2^nd

4 ½

Bleu Et Rouge

711-10

10/1

T: W P MullinsJ: B J Geraghty

Held up towards rear, steady headway on inside approaching 3 out, chased leaders 2 out, went 2nd before the last, stayed on same pace run-in, no chance with winner op 12/1

3^rd

Spiritofthegames

611-3

25/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Bridget Andrews (3)

Held up towards rear, steady headway approaching 3 out, chased leaders next, went modest 3rd last

4^th

Coeur Blimey

710-10

20/1

T: Mrs S GardnerJ: Lucy Gardner (3)

Chased leaders, hit 3rd, pushed along approaching 3 out, soon outpaced, plugging on when hit last, modest 4th towards finish op 16/1

5^th

1 ¼

Remiluc

911-8

33/1

T: C GordonJ: Harry Reed (7)

Chased leaders on outside, led approaching 3 out, slightly hampered by loose horse next, ridden and headed between last 2, lost modest 3rd last, weakened run-in op 50/1

6^th

Lough Derg Spirit

611-2

14/1

T: N J HendersonJ: J McGrath

Chased leaders, pushed along before 3 out, ridden and outpaced next, plugged on run-in

7^th

Zalvados

510-7

33/1

T: O Greenall & J GuerrieroJ: Ross Turner (7)

Towards rear, headway approaching 3 out, chased leaders next, 6th and weakening when blundered last

8^th

William H Bonney

710-12

20/1

T: A KingJ: Wayne Hutchinson

Towards rear, steady headway before 2 out, weakened between last 2, hit last

9^th

1 ¾

Misterton

711-6

16/1

T: H FryJ: Nick Scholfield

Led until 4th, chased leader until before 3 out, chased leaders, weakened between last 2 op 16/1

10^th

3 ¾

Verdana Blue

611-9

10/1

T: N J HendersonJ: D N Russell

Held up towards rear, headway on outside approaching 3 out, weakened before the last tchd 16/1

11^th

3 ½

Moon Racer

911-6

20/1

T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore

Always towards rear, never on terms

12^th

Kayf Grace

811-4

10/1c

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Mid-division, pushed along before 3 out, weakened soon after 3 out op 9/1

13^th

Lalor

611-1

10/1

T: K WoollacottJ: D A Jacob

Chased leaders, pushed along before 3 out, weakened soon after op 16/1

14^th

Charli Parcs

511-9

25/1

T: N J HendersonJ: Ned Curtis (5)

Chased leaders, pushed along approaching 3 out, ridden and weakened between last 2

15^th

2 ¾

Nietzsche

510-10

33/1

T: B EllisonJ: Danny Cook

Always behind

16^th

2 ½

Jenkins

611-12

10/1c

T: N J HendersonJ: James Bowen (3)

Raced keenly, tracked leader, led 4th until approaching 3 out, chased leader until after 3 out, weakened before next tchd 7/1

17^th

4 ½

High Bridge

711-12

14/1

T: B PaulingJ: Mr Alex Ferguson (7)

Never better than mid-division, towards rear and struggling after 4 out, tailed off op 25/1

18^th

Project Bluebook

511-5

33/1

T: J & S QuinnJ: B S Hughes

Always behind, never a factor, tailed off op 40/1

19^th

Poppy Kay

811-1

25/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson

Mid-division, headway on inside approaching 3 out, weakening when mistake next, eased, tailed off

20^th

Divin Bere

511-8

25/1

T: P F NichollsJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Always towards rear, tailed off

Also Ran

Knocknanuss

810-13

12/1

T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore

In touch on inside, pushed along after 4 out, weakened soon after, tailed off when blundered 2 out, pulled up before last

Waterlord

710-13

12/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: W T Kennedy

Mid-division, lost place 3rd, pulled up quickly before 6th

Irish Roe

710-12

8/1

T: P AtkinsonJ: Henry Brooke

Towards rear, blundered 2nd, tailed off 3 out, and pulled up soon after tchd 9/1

Silver Streak

510-11

14/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Mitchell Bastyan (5)

Chasing leaders when mistake and unseated rider 2nd tchd 14/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£8.80Pl:£3.10, £3.10, £6.20, £4.60EX:£104.00Trifecta:£3,385.90Tricast:£1,613.88SF:£76.73Swingers:£19.30, £49.90, £105.80

Forecasts

Irish Roe (8/1), Bleu Et Rouge (10/1), Verdana Blue (10/1), Kayf Grace (10/1), Lalor (10/1), Jenkins (10/1), Kalashnikov (12/1), Knocknanuss (12/1), Waterlord (12/1), Lough Derg Spirit (14/1), High Bridge (14/1), Silver Streak (14/1), Misterton (16/1), Coeur Blimey (20/1), William H Bonney (20/1), Moon Racer (20/1), Spiritofthegames (25/1), Charli Parcs (25/1), Poppy Kay (25/1), Divin Bere (25/1), Remiluc (33/1), Zalvados (33/1), Nietzsche (33/1), Project Bluebook (33/1)

A bumper field of 24 and it would be hard to cross any of them off with confidence, this is as competitive as it gets. Irish Roe has been popular in the betting and does look very well handicapped based on her recent run behind Maria's Benefit at Doncaster, for which she was not penalised. Many of these clashed at Ascot before Christmas, and there's little to separate them on form. Silver Streak fared best of them that day in second and rates a key player now under just 3lb more. Despite heavy burdens Bleu Et Rouge, Verdana Blue and Charli Parcs are all contenders while C&D specialist High Bridge should go well under top weight. Jenkins has turned a corner and arguably headlines Nicky Henderson's five-pronged assault on a race he has won five times in the past. Gary Moore has snared this pot three times in ten runnings and his KNOCKNANUSS could be answer now. He had plenty in hand at Fontwell on Boxing Day and is still on a nice weight here with improvement extremely likely.

Knocknanuss
Silver Streak
Irish Roe

Previous Winners

2017

Ballyandy

Weight: 11-1 |Age: 6

J: Sam Twiston-Davies | T: N & W Twiston-Davies

3/1

Prize Money

1st: £88,272.002nd: £33,124.003rd: £16,585.004th: £8,262.005th: £4,154.006th: £2,077.00