19:15 Worcester

Friday 25 May 2018

All17:4018:1518:4519:1519:4520:1520:45

Celtic Marches 'The Bright Cider Life' 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 19:20 | Winning time: 5m 11.20s

1^st

Commodore Barry

510-12

6/1

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: David Bass

Made virtually all, pecked 2nd, hard pressed from before 2 out, stayed on, held on op 7/1 tchd 5/1

2^nd

Rebel Royal

511-5

3/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Tracked leaders, not fluent 4th, went 2nd after 4 out, strong challenged from 2 out, stayed on, just held tchd 5/2

3^rd

4 ½

Victarion

610-12

6/4f

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson

Chased winner, not fluent 3rd, mistake next, lost 2nd after 4 out, not fluent 2 out, held by front pair last op 2/1 tchd 9/4

4^th

Whitley Neill

611-5

11/2

T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore

Held up towards rear, not fluent 2nd, headway after 4 out, wide on bend before 3 out, soon no impression on leaders, hanging left 2 out, mistake last, plugged on op 7/2 tchd 6/1

5^th

Springbok Seia

510-12

20/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: Aidan Coleman

Tracked leaders, lost place 4 out, weakened before 2 out tchd 18/1 and tchd 25/1

6^th

Hidden Impact

710-12

7/1

T: Miss R CurtisJ: Adam Wedge

Chased leaders, ridden 3 out, weakened next op 15/2 tchd 8/1

7^th

Quite Right

710-5

100/1

T: P GundryJ: Nick Scholfield

Took keen hold, held up towards rear on outside, well beaten from 4 out op 150/1

8^th

Steve Mequine

510-12

150/1

T: Katy PriceJ: Benjamin Poste

Not always fluent in rear, well beaten after 4 out op 100/1 tchd 200/1

Also Ran

Times Of Trouble

810-12

100/1

T: Mrs F M ShawJ: Mr M Legg (5)

Mid-division, not fluent 2nd, reminder after 5th, not fluent next, more reminders and soon weakened, pulled up before 3 out tchd 150/1

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Non-Runners

Earth Leader⁹

Weight: 10-12| Age: 5

T: P F Nicholls J: H Cobden

A Bold Move¹⁸²

Weight: 10-12| Age: 8

T: A Ralph J: Lee Edwards

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.40Pl:£1.90, £1.10, £1.60EX:£28.00Trifecta:£66.80SF:£24.41Swingers:£3.40, £2.90, £2.10

Forecasts

Victarion (6/4), Rebel Royal (3/1), Earth Leader (9/2), Whitley Neill (11/2), Commodore Barry (6/1), Hidden Impact (7/1), A Bold Move (10/1), Springbok Seia (20/1), Quite Right (100/1), Times Of Trouble (100/1), Steve Mequine (150/1)

This could be between the two previous winners in the field, Rebel Royal and WHITLEY NEILL. Though they both have to carry penalties they both impressed in their own way when getting off the mark, with the latter just edging preference given he looks to have less improvement to find to defy this bigger weight. Of the maidens, Earth Leader may be on the premises if avoiding running out like he did on hurdles debut last time.