17:50 Fontwell

Thursday 23 August 2018

All16:4017:1517:5018:2018:5019:2019:50

Josie O'Leary Pineapple Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 17:50 | Winning time: 4m 16.55s

1^st

West Drive

511-0

6/4

T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore

Tracked leading pair and keen, mistake 3rd, 2nd after 3 out, led approaching next, joined last, driven and kept on gamely run-in op 6/5

2^nd

Competition

612-0

6/5f

T: Dr R D P NewlandJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Keen, held up in touch, smooth headway tracking leaders after 3 out, went 2nd and hit 2 out, every chance when hit last, pressed winner briefly run-in, no extra towards finish op 13/8

3^rd

Robin Des Mana

712-0

9/2

T: P YorkJ: Mr P York (5)

Raced wide, tracked leader, led 3 out, headed approaching next, no extra in 3rd

4^th

Reason To Believe

410-6

50/1

T: D G BridgwaterJ: T Scudamore

Held up well in rear, headway into 5th before 2 out, where mistake, kept on in 4th run-in

5^th

4 ½

Silver Sea

511-0

25/1

T: J W MullinsJ: J McGrath

Keen in 5th place, not fluent 4th, pushed along in 4th after 3 out, no impression, weakened into 5th run-in

6^th

Bit More

610-7

50/1

T: N P MulhollandJ: Philip Donovan (7)

Keen, tracked leaders, weakened soon after 3 out op 40/1

7^th

Highly Likely

911-0

100/1

T: R WoodmanJ: Brendan Powell

Always towards rear, never a factor, tailed off

Also Ran

Up The Navan Road

611-0

40/1

T: M RobertsJ: Joshua Moore

Always behind, tailed off and pulled up before last op 50/1

Cora Sundrop

510-7

10/1

T: W GreatrexJ: R Johnson

Mistakes, led and raced freely, flattened 5th, hit 4 out, mistake and headed next, weakened and pulled up before 2 out

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.30Pl:£1.10, £1.10, £1.80EX:£4.60Trifecta:£10.80SF:£4.11Swingers:£1.10, £2.70, £2.60

Forecasts

Competition (6/5), West Drive (6/4), Robin Des Mana (9/2), Cora Sundrop (10/1), Silver Sea (25/1), Up The Navan Road (40/1), Reason To Believe (50/1), Bit More (50/1), Highly Likely (100/1)

Robin Des Mana carries a health warning as Gordon Elliot trained him to win a poor seller and his current yard had their fingers burnt with another of his cast offs, Tajseer, in 2016. Competition has been well placed to land a couple of similar races and earn a rating of 121. That sets the standard but he has to concede 14lb to Gary Moore's newcomer WEST DRIVE who was rated in the mid-80s on the Flat and should strip fitter for a recent pipeopener at Sandown.

West Drive
Competition
Cora Sundrop

Previous Winners

2017

Jackblack

Weight: 10-12 |Age: 5

J: Tom Cannon | T: B R Johnson

2/1

Prize Money

1st: £4,094.002nd: £1,202.003rd: £601.004th: £301.00