14:05 Taunton

Thursday 4 April 2019

All14:0514:4015:1015:5016:2517:0017:35

Racing To School Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:09 | Winning time: 4m 5.75s

1^st

Veiled Secret

510-9

7/4f

T: David DennisJ: David Bass

Raced keenly, held up in mid-division, not fluent 5th, headway chasing leaders after 3 out, 6 lengths 2nd before next, closed before last, ran on to lead final 75 yards op 2/1

2^nd

1 ¼

Nachi Falls

611-12

11/2

T: N J HawkeJ: Tom Buckley (7)

Held up in rear, smooth headway on wide outside approaching 4 out, led after 3 out, soon clear, 6 lengths ahead 2 out, reduced lead and mistake last, headed and no extra final 75 yards op 15/2 tchd 8/1

3^rd

Midnight Jitterbug

711-2

10/1

T: M R BosleyJ: Thomas Bellamy

Mid-division, headway chasing leaders after 3 out, 3rd and no impression from next op 16/1

4^th

Sadma

1011-0

9/1

T: N LampardJ: Pte Alexandra Bell (7)

Raced keenly, led until soon after 3 out, lost 2nd before next, soon weakened op 10/1 tchd 11/1

5^th

2 ½

Sin Sin

511-3

33/1

T: N J HawkeJ: David Noonan

Chased leader, jumped right 3 out, weakened before next op 28/1

6^th

2 ¼

Sehayli

611-7

66/1

T: J FarrellyJ: Alain Cawley

Held up in last pair, never on terms op 40/1

7^th

Auld Sod

611-8

12/1

T: J M BradleyJ: James Best

Chased leaders, weakened after 3 out op 8/1

8^th

2 ½

Micras

811-6

4/1

T: M SheppardJ: Stan Sheppard (3)

Raced wide chasing leaders, pushed along after 3 out, weakened on long run before next tchd 7/2

9^th

Ice Konig

1010-7

25/1

T: J D FrostJ: W T Kennedy

Always towards rear, never a factor op 14/1

10^th

1 ½

Atlantic Grey

611-9

28/1

T: J D FrostJ: Sean Houlihan (3)

Always towards rear, jumped slowly 5th, never a factor op 40/1 tchd 25/1

11^th

Karl Marx

910-6

16/1

T: Mark GillardJ: Dave Crosse

Chased leaders, pushed along before 4 out, weakened rapidly and mistake next, tailed off and eased before 2 out

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Non-Runners

Sweep Of Diamonds¹⁷

Weight: 10-10| Age: 6

T: R Woodman J: Brendan Powell

Skylark Lady¹²⁶

Weight: 10-0| Age: 6

T: Mrs N S Evans J: R Patrick

Lady Natasha¹⁷

Weight: 10-13| Age: 6

T: James Grassick J: L Treadwell

Lucky's Dream²⁴

Weight: 11-6| Age: 4

T: Ian Williams J: R T Dunne

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.10Pl:£1.30, £1.90, £2.90EX:£11.80Trifecta:£88.50Tricast:£74.87SF:£11.49Swingers:£2.90, £4.50, £8.40

Forecasts

Veiled Secret (7/4), Micras (4/1), Nachi Falls (11/2), Sadma (9/1), Midnight Jitterbug (10/1), Lucky's Dream (10/1), Auld Sod (12/1), Karl Marx (16/1), Ice Konig (25/1), Sweep Of Diamonds (25/1), Atlantic Grey (28/1), Sin Sin (33/1), Lady Natasha (33/1), Skylark Lady (50/1), Sehayli (66/1)

A modest race and not too many make that much appeal. Last year's winner Karl Marx is only 1lb higher in the weights and merits consideration despite recent form not being so good, while Veiled Secret posted his best effort over hurdles to date with a solid run at Hereford earlier in the month; he can be thereabouts if he can take another step forward. However, preference is for MIRCRAS, who has strung together a series of near misses and may have been found an ideal route to gaining some compensation in this weaker company.

Micras
Veiled Secret
Karl Marx

Previous Winners

2018

Karl Marx

Weight: 10-7 |Age: 8

J: Dave Crosse | T: Mark Gillard

8/1

Prize Money

1st: £3,834.002nd: £1,126.003rd: £563.004th: £350.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00