16:30 Sedgefield

Thursday 22 February 2018

All13:4014:1014:4515:2015:5516:3017:05

Brian Ellison Beat The Best Winner Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:30 | Winning time: 4m 24.94s

1^st

Strait Run

710-0

33/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Joe Colliver

Mid-division, headway before 3 out, led before last, held on well op 14/1 tchd 10/1

2^nd

3 ½

Dark And Dangerous

1011-10

12/1

T: S WaughJ: Amie Waugh (7)

Tracked leaders, ridden before 2 out, chased winner before last, kept on and held run-in op 9/2 tchd 7/2

3^rd

Discoverie

1011-7

6/1

T: Kenneth SlackJ: Colm McCormack (3)

Led, headed before 2 out, kept on to take 3rd place towards finish op 11/1

4^th

1 ½

Derrynane

711-9

11/8f

T: D McCain JnrJ: W T Kennedy

Towards rear, pushed along 5 out, chased leaders 3 out, ridden before last, no extra op 15/8 tchd 9/4

5^th

Nautical Twilight

811-12

5/1

T: Ruth JeffersonJ: Jamie Hamilton

Tracked leaders, went 2nd before 4 out, led before 2 out, headed before last, kept on same pace tchd 18/1

6^th

Copt Hill

1010-0

33/1

T: Julia BrookeJ: Henry Brooke

Close up, outpaced from before 4 out op 50/1

7^th

Ajabindejaw

811-9

10/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Finian O'Toole (3)

In rear, struggling early op 50/1

Also Ran

Amadoue

512-0

8/1

T: T LaceyJ: Alan Johns

Tracked leader, weakened before 3 out, pulled up op 7/2 tchd 4/1

Read'em And Weep

811-5

20/1

T: R M SmithJ: Dale Irving (3)

Always behind, pulled up before 2 out op 28/1 tchd 25/1

Simply Business

510-0

10/1

T: S EnglandJ: Jonathan England

Always behind, pulled up op 8/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£12.60Pl:£3.20, £1.60, £3.20EX:£78.20Trifecta:£546.20Tricast:£546.65SF:£56.05Swingers:£19.60, £14.30, £4.40

Forecasts

Derrynane (11/8), Nautical Twilight (5/1), Discoverie (6/1), Amadoue (8/1), Ajabindejaw (10/1), Simply Business (10/1), Dark And Dangerous (12/1), Read'em And Weep (20/1), Strait Run (33/1), Copt Hill (33/1)

With many of his rivals struggling for form, DERRYNANE might be the one here having run well on his last two starts. In a puzzling contest a case can also be made for top weight Amadoue who make the long journey up from Herefordshire and has claims on his best form. Nautical Twilight represnts an in-form stable and is in with a shout along with course specialist Discoverie. Another standing dish here, Dark And Dangerous, has it to do on recent efforts but last year's winner cannot be totally dismissed.

Derrynane
Amadoue
Nautical Twilight

Previous Winners

2017

Dark And Dangerous

Weight: 11-7 |Age: 9

J: Amie Waugh | T: S Waugh

10/3

Prize Money

1st: £4,094.002nd: £1,202.003rd: £601.004th: £350.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00