16:55 Huntingdon

Thursday 9 May 2019

All13:4014:1014:4515:2015:5516:2516:55

MansionBet Maiden Open NH Flat Race

Off time: 16:55 | Winning time: 3m 41.40s

1^st

Pink Sheets

510-11

7/1

T: M R ChannonJ: C O'Farrell

Made all, came clear before home turn, unchallenged op 6/1 tchd 11/2

2^nd

Pipesmoker

411-0

2/1f

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Chased leaders, went 2nd 2f out, no chance with unchallenged winner op 9/4

3^rd

Shantou Vow

411-0

5/2

T: H WhittingtonJ: G Sheehan

Chased leaders, pushed along 6f out, 3rd and one pace final 2f op 9/2

4^th

3 ¼

Wasdell Dundalk

411-0

9/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: Nick Scholfield

Mid-division, headway approaching home turn, kept on final 2f op 8/1 tchd 10/1

5^th

Republican

411-0

17/2

T: O SherwoodJ: L P Aspell

Held up in last trio, plugged on final 2f, no threat op 8/1 tchd 10/1

6^th

City Diva

410-7

50/1

T: A CarsonJ: Graham Carson (7)

Chased winner until over 3f out, soon ridden and weakened quickly tchd 66/1

7^th

The Cruix

411-0

25/1

T: D K IvoryJ: P J Brennan

Towards rear and keen, never on terms op 20/1 tchd 16/1

8^th

Takeit Easy

411-0

10/1

T: Mrs P SlyJ: Kielan Woods

Raced keenly tracking leaders, went 2nd over 3f out until over 2f out, chased leaders, weakened soon after op 9/1 tchd 17/2

9^th

Certainly Red

511-4

25/1

T: Mrs L RichardsJ: J E Moore

Mid-division, lost place 6f out, soon behind, tailed off op 20/1

10^th

1 ½

Noble Savage

411-0

20/1

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: M D Grant

Held up in last trio, closer in mid-division halfway, weakened 3f out, tailed off op 22/1 tchd 25/1

11^th

Samtara

511-4

100/1

T: M KeighleyJ: Conor Shoemark

Always towards rear, never on terms, tailed off tchd 150/1

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Non-Runners

Earl Biffy Biffen

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: B Pauling J: Thomas Bellamy

Konigin Ara³⁰

Weight: 10-7| Age: 4

T: D Skelton J: Harry Skelton

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£8.70Pl:£2.30, £1.30, £1.50EX:£30.50Trifecta:£117.10SF:£20.73Swingers:£4.40, £4.00, £2.20

Forecasts

Pipesmoker (2/1), Shantou Vow (5/2), Konigin Ara (4/1), Earl Biffy Biffen (5/1), Pink Sheets (7/1), Republican (17/2), Wasdell Dundalk (9/1), Takeit Easy (10/1), Noble Savage (20/1), The Cruix (25/1), Certainly Red (25/1), City Diva (50/1), Samtara (100/1)

Certainly Red, Pink Sheets and Konigin Ara were placed at big prices on debut and there are doubts regarding the value of the form. REPUBLICAN and Takeit Easy failed to meet market expectations first time out, but the former will improve for this trip. Shantou Vow represents a stable who do well here in bumpers, whilst Wasdell Dundalk represents a yard that did well in this sphere last season and a market move would be significant. Nicky Henderson has a good record in similar races but his Flat-bred newcomer Pipesmoker needs to break a sequence of 13 consecutive losers in bumpers for the yard and they have a poor record here.