16:40 Huntingdon

Wednesday 2 October 2019

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Off time: 16:40 | Winning time: 5m 51.6s

1^st

Midnight Aurora

610-11

8/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up towards rear, not fluent 7th, headway before next, led last, stayed on op 17/2

2^nd

1 ½

Jen's Boy

511-10

7/2

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Prominent, not fluent 4 out, led after next, headed last, held towards finish op 9/2 tchd 5/1

3^rd

1 ½

Craig Star

911-4

20/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes

Mid-division, headway after 4 out, not fluent 2 out or last, stayed on same pace flat op 16/1

4^th

Lord Ballim

911-12

15/2

T: N J HawkeJ: Kieren Buckley (7)

Held up well behind, not fluent 6th, some headway but still plenty to do 3 out, closed 2 out, soon hung right, switched left and disputing close 3rd when mistake last, lost momentum and beaten after, stayed on towards finish op 7/1 tchd 13/2 and tchd 8/1

5^th

3 ¾

Transpennine Star

611-11

3/1f

T: J & A O'NeillJ: Jonjo O'Neill Jr. (3)

Led, ridden after 4 out, headed after next, no extra flat tchd 10/3

6^th

Beautiful People

811-8

14/1

T: R T PhillipsJ: R Johnson

Held up towards rear, headway approaching 4 out, mistake 3 out, soon weakened op 11/1

7^th

2 ½

Sauvignon

811-1

28/1

T: George BakerJ: Andrew Tinkler

Held up towards rear, not fluent 7th, ridden and no impression before 2 out op 20/1

8^th

The Premier Celtic

611-3

6/1

T: P PhelanJ: Sean Houlihan (3)

Chased leaders, lost place after 4 out op 8/1

9^th

The Groovy Hoovy

711-5

5/1

T: O SherwoodJ: L P Aspell

Chased leaders, mistake and lost place 5th, well beaten 4 out op 6/1

10^th

Dorado Dollar

510-11

50/1

T: B I CaseJ: C Gethings

Tracked leaders, not fluent 5th, blundered and lost place 6th, pushed along after next, weakened before 4 out op 33/1

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Non-Runners

Nemean Lion¹

Weight: 10-2| Age: 7

T: P A Kirby J: A Nicol

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£11.70Pl:£2.40, £2.70, £5.30EX:£57.40Trifecta:£478.30Tricast:£551.31SF:£36.64Swingers:£4.60, £18.90, £11.20

Forecasts

Transpennine Star (3/1), Jen's Boy (7/2), The Groovy Hoovy (5/1), The Premier Celtic (6/1), Lord Ballim (15/2), Midnight Aurora (8/1), Beautiful People (14/1), Nemean Lion (14/1), Craig Star (20/1), Sauvignon (28/1), Dorado Dollar (50/1)

Top weight LORD BALLIM still held chances when coming down last time out and he can register a victory in this staying handicap hurdle. The selection can see off his rivals here with Beautiful People, an easy winner of a small field event last time out capable of finishing runner-up ahead of Transpennine Star who is stepping up in distance.

Lord Ballim
Beautiful People
Transpennine Star

Previous Winners

2018

Hepijeu

Weight: 11-0 |Age: 7

J: C Gethings | T: S Edmunds

6/5

Prize Money

1st: £3,899.002nd: £1,145.003rd: £572.004th: £350.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00