13:45 Southwell

Friday 2 March 2018

All13:4514:1514:4515:2015:5016:2517:00

Back Or Lay On Betdaq 'Jumpers' Bumper' NH Flat Race

Off time: 13:46 | Winning time: 3m 57.10s

1^st

Swashbuckle

511-4

5/2

T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes

Whipped round start, soon led, ridden over 3f out, pressed from over 2f until well inside final furlong, stayed on tchd 9/4

2^nd

Shine Baby Shine

410-3

6/5f

T: P A KirbyJ: A Nicol

Tracked leaders, pushed along over 4f out, switched left and effort to press winner from over 2f out, kept on, no impression towards finish op 5/4

3^rd

1 ¾

Haulani

410-10

2/1

T: B EllisonJ: Danny Cook

Led early, chased winner until ridden over 2f out, soon edged left and beaten, stayed on same pace op 7/4

Also Ran

RTR

Investigation

410-10

50/1

T: S A HarrisJ: J M Quinlan

Reluctant to line up, slightly hampered an refused to race

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Non-Runners

Oskar Denarius⁶⁶

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: B Pauling J: N de Boinville

Ortenzia¹¹³

Weight: 10-3| Age: 4

T: C E Longsdon J: J J Burke

Magic Dancer⁶⁹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: Kerry Lee J: R Patrick

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.00EX:£8.00Trifecta:£10.20SF:£6.00Swingers:£1.60

Forecasts

Shine Baby Shine (6/5), Haulani (2/1), Magic Dancer (2/1), Swashbuckle (5/2), Oskar Denarius (8/1), Ortenzia (8/1), Investigation (50/1)

The first of six Jumpers Bumpers today, and with the fixture being held at Southwell, as well as all the usual pitfalls to avoid in these races, we have the added question of which horses that have never tried the surface will act on it. In this first race, there's no such qualms with SHINE BABY SHINE, twice a winner in 2m handicaps here over the past few months. He wouldn't get near a few of these under normal circumstances but the Fibresand is a great leveller and he can put his experience of the place to good use. Magic Dancer is the class act here and there's a decent chance he'll go on the surface, so he looks the danger. With Swashbuckle not really performing with any great relish on his only start here, maybe Ortenzia could be the one for the trifecta spot.