Luke Reardon 21st Birthday 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:45 | Winning time: 5m 29.20s

1^st

The Raven's Return

611-2

5/6f

T: J W MullinsJ: Daniel Sansom (5)

Tracked leaders in 4th, 3rd place after 3rd, left 2nd at 7th, led approaching 3 out (normal 4 out), clear next, easily op 10/11 tchd Evens

2^nd

Officernisi

611-2

9/2

T: J W MullinsJ: Kevin Jones (3)

Held up in last place, left in 4th at 7th, went 2nd after 2 out (normal 3 out), kept on same pace, no chance with winner tchd 4/1

3^rd

Dartmoor

410-11

12/1

T: J & A O'NeillJ: Nick Scholfield

Chased clear leader until left in lead 7th, headed approaching 3 out (normal 4 out) lost 2nd after next, plugged on, tailed off op 10/1

Also Ran

Laoch Beag

811-2

6/1

T: Mrs H R J NelmesJ: Paul O'Brien (3)

Raced keenly, tracked leading pair until after 3rd, tailed off when reminders 2 out (normal 3 out), pulled up before next op 11/2 tchd 5/1

Rio Gold

611-2

11/2

T: P J GilliganJ: Mr L P Gilligan (7)

Led and soon well clear, fell heavily 7th op 7/1

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Non-Runners

Blazing Glen⁵⁸

Weight: 11-2| Age: 11

T: A E Jessop J: Brendan Powell

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.70Pl:£1.20, £2.70EX:£5.00Trifecta:£19.10SF:£5.04Swingers:£5.70

Forecasts

The Raven's Return (5/6), Officernisi (9/2), Rio Gold (11/2), Laoch Beag (6/1), Dartmoor (12/1), Blazing Glen (25/1)

A tricky contest to solve where The Raven's Return has the best form to offer from his latest fourth, although the large amount of jumping errors is of obvious concern. OFFICERNISI was given a lot to do on his latest start but at least showed signs of progress and this rates as a good opportunity to kick on again. Rio Gold needs to improve further but also took a step in the right direction last time.