14:15 Leicester

Thursday 14 February 2019

All13:4514:1514:5015:2516:0016:30

Thurnby Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:17 | Winning time: 5m 19.50s

1^st

Western Morning

611-6

5/1

T: M F HarrisJ: Kevin Jones (3)

Tracked leaders, went 2nd 5 out, led next, driven after 2 out, hung left after last, all out, held on op 7/1 tchd 9/2

2^nd

1 ¾

Lady Master

611-12

13/8f

T: Mrs Caroline BaileyJ: S Bowen

Disputed lead until 6 out, led next, headed 4 out, rallied approaching last, stayed on under pressure closing stages op 11/4 tchd 7/2

3^rd

Cnoc Sion

911-1

6/1

T: R BrothertonJ: R Patrick (3)

Disputed lead until led 6 out, mistake next, soon headed, outpaced 4 out, stayed on same pace after 2 out op 5/1 tchd 9/2 and tchd 7/1

4^th

Black Anthem

711-0

3/1

T: B BarrJ: Patrick Cowley (5)

Held up in rear, jumped right in places, under pressure 5 out, headway 2 out, never on terms op 7/2 tchd 5/2 and tchd 4/1

5^th

1 ¾

Muilean Na Madog

811-3

6/1

T: D G BridgwaterJ: Mitchell Bastyan (5)

Held up in rear, headway 5 out, chased leaders next, weakened after 3 out op 9/2

Also Ran

Clondaw Robin

611-1

33/1

T: Miss Z C DavisonJ: James Best

Behind, blundered 6th, soon struggling, tailed off halfway, pulled before 4 out op 14/1 tchd 12/1

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Non-Runners

Arboretum⁴⁴

Weight: 10-6| Age: 11

T: M E Sowersby J: C R King

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.50Pl:£3.60, £1.20EX:£13.00Trifecta:£51.60SF:£13.96Swingers:£2.00, £4.30, £2.30

Forecasts

Lady Master (13/8), Black Anthem (3/1), Western Morning (5/1), Cnoc Sion (6/1), Muilean Na Madog (6/1), Arboretum (25/1), Clondaw Robin (33/1)

Hard to find a solid proposition with most of these having shown little of late. LADY MASTER is the pick in the hope that she can return to the form she showed on her chasing debut at Wetherby; a repeat of that would be good enough here. Cnoc Sion would need to return to his Bangor form to be in with a chance but he can’t be written off in a weak heat like this. Western Morning has at least won a point-to-point and this sphere may well show him in a better light, he’s not quite a forlorn hope. Muilean Na Madog is another who needs to repeat previous form his Ludlow second giving him a chance if he turns up after running at Plumpton on Wednesday.

Lady Master
Western Morning
Cnoc Sion

Previous Winners

2018

Clondaw Westie

Weight: 11-1 |Age: 7

J: Aidan Coleman | T: Mrs L Hill

9/2

Prize Money

1st: £4,809.002nd: £1,412.003rd: £706.004th: £353.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00