16:25 Haydock

Saturday 17 February 2018

All13:3014:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:00

Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (Registered As The Prestige Novices' Hurdle) (Grade 2)

Off time: 16:27 | Winning time: 6m 1.00s

1^st

Chef Des Obeaux

611-0

13/8f

T: N J HendersonJ: N D Fehily

Tracked leaders, led after 4 out, clear before last, kept on strongly op 6/4 tchd 7/4

2^nd

Uppertown Prince

611-0

12/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: W T Kennedy

Held up towards rear, reminders after 7th, outpaced 4 out, kept on after 2 out, went 2nd close home, no chance with winner op 9/1 tchd 8/1

3^rd

1 ¼

Golan Fortune

611-0

7/2

T: P W MiddletonJ: J E Moore

Held up towards rear, went 2nd before 3 out, blundered 2 out, lost 2nd place close home op 9/2

4^th

1 ¼

Just Your Type

611-0

25/1

T: C E LongsdonJ: J J Burke

Held up mid-division, pushed along after 4 out, soon outpaced towards rear, plugged on from 2 out op 33/1 tchd 20/1

5^th

Piri Massini

711-0

33/1

T: O MurphyJ: Fergus Gregory

Tracked clear leader, in 3rd and ridden before last, weakened run-in tchd 28/1

6^th

3 ¾

Coole Hall

611-3

6/1

T: R DobbinJ: Craig Nichol

Held up mid-division, pushed along after 5 out, soon outpaced, kept on from over 2 out tchd 11/2 and tchd 13/2

Also Ran

Global Stage

711-0

33/1

T: F O'BrienJ: Alain Cawley

Led, clear until 4 out, soon headed and soon weakened, pulled up

Shannon Bridge

511-0

7/2

T: D SkeltonJ: Bridget Andrews

In rear, pushed along after 4 out, never dangerous, pulled up op 4/1 tchd 10/3 and tchd 9/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.20Pl:£1.30, £2.40, £1.30EX:£22.50Trifecta:£113.00SF:£21.78Swingers:£4.20, £1.70, £5.40

Forecasts

Chef Des Obeaux (13/8), Golan Fortune (7/2), Shannon Bridge (7/2), Coole Hall (6/1), Uppertown Prince (12/1), Just Your Type (25/1), Piri Massini (33/1), Global Stage (33/1)

A decent turn-out for this valuable prize and stamina will be very much at a premium. Chef Des Obeaux looked good when stepped up in trip at Kempton last time and represents a yard brimming with talented novices. He is sure to be popular with punters, but faces no easy task against GOLAN FORTUNE, who has been mixing it in competitive handicaps and ran a blinder at Sandown last time. The selection is game and reliable and can return to winning ways. Coole Hall stays well and enters the equation along with Shannon Bridge and the unexposed Piri Massini.

Golan Fortune
Chef Des Obeaux
Coole Hall

Previous Winners

2017

The Worlds End

Weight: 11-7 |Age: 6

J: Adrian Heskin | T: T R George

11/4

Prize Money

1st: £16,938.002nd: £6,387.003rd: £3,192.004th: £1,593.005th: £801.006th: £399.007th: £201.00