17:05 Taunton

Thursday 12 April 2018

All14:1014:4015:1515:5516:3017:0517:35

Pontispool Equine Sports Centre 'Grassroots' Maiden Hunters' Chase

Off time: 17:05 | Winning time: 6m 26.8s

1^st

Master Baker

912-0

15/8f

T: Mrs L JeffordJ: Mrs Jo Supple (5)

Raced wide, chased leaders, hit 12th, 2nd before 3 out, led going well next, soon clear, finished alone op 7/4 tchd 9/4

Also Ran

Connies Cross

1112-0

40/1

T: Mrs Sue PophamJ: Rex Dingle (7)

Chased leaders and ran in snatches, ridden and weakened soon after 13th, soon behind, hung left after 4 out, pulled up before next op 33/1

Fly West

1012-0

9/4

T: E WalkerJ: Mr Joshua Newman (3)

Held up in touch in rear, good headway tracking leaders 5th, went 2nd 12th, led before 3 out, headed next, well held when fell last op 11/4

Manhattan Mead

812-0

16/1

T: Paul HamerJ: Ben Jones (7)

Last pair, went left dropped to rear and reminder 6th, ridden before 8th, tailed off and pulled up before 13th op 18/1 tchd 12/1

Moral Hazard

912-0

9/4

T: Miss Beverley ThomasJ: Mr Bradley Gibbs (3)

Led, ridden and headed before 3 out, soon lost 2nd, poor 3rd when pulled up last op 3/1

The Lizard King

912-0

11/1

T: Nicky MartinJ: Mr D Edwards

Chased leader, mistake and lost 2nd 12th, chased leaders, pushed along and weakened before 3 out, hit next, poor 4th when pulled up before the last op 8/1

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Non-Runners

Henrys Hill⁵³

Weight: 12-0| Age: 7

T: P D Rogers J: Mr N Lawton

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.40Pl:£2.90EX:£2.30Trifecta:£2.20

Forecasts

Master Baker (15/8), Fly West (9/4), Moral Hazard (9/4), The Lizard King (11/1), Manhattan Mead (16/1), Henrys Hill (33/1), Connies Cross (40/1)

Some good local point-to-pointers are put to the test here. Fly West catches the eye with Josh Newman booked to ride. The lightly raced ten-year-old split a useful pair of horses last time, but form lines via that contest suggest he has work to do with MASTER BAKER who recorded an eight seconds faster time when beating the useful Alternatif on the same card. Moral Hazard has been in good form this winter and has coped with heavy ground to land back-to-back successes. The one concern is his jumping of regulation fences in the past, but if ironing out those deficiencies he will be dangerous.

Master Baker
Moral Hazard
Fly West

Previous Winners

2017

Mr Raj

Weight: 12-0 |Age: 9

J: Mr S Davies-Thomas | T: T Gallagher

6/1

Prize Money

1st: £2,305.002nd: £709.003rd: £355.00