13:35 Doncaster
Saturday 14 December 2019
All11:5012:2513:0013:3514:1014:4515:20
bet365 Handicap Hurdle
- 3YO plus  |  Class 2  |  2m 128y  |  Soft (Good to Soft in places)  |  8 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 13:35Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 4m 20.30s
T:Â A StrongeJ:Â Jonjo O'Neill Jr.
Tracked leaders, challenged 3 out, went 2nd 2 out, soon ridden, hung left and led approaching last, ridden clear and stayed on well op 11/1
T:Â P AtkinsonJ:Â Henry Brooke
With leader, led narrowly 4th, strongly pressed from 3 out, ridden and headed approaching the last, stayed on same pace run-in, no chance with winner op 7/2 tchd 11/4
T:Â D McCain JnrJ:Â B S Hughes
Held up, good headway on outside chasing leaders 3 out, every chance 2 out, no extra in 3rd before last op 11/1 tchd 7/1
T:Â C W FairhurstJ:Â J Kington
Raced keenly tracking leaders, pushed along approaching 3 out, ridden and outpaced 2 out, plugged on run-in op 33/1 tchd 50/1
T:Â Ian WilliamsJ:Â C J Todd (7)
Held up in rear, headway approaching 3 out, weakened before next
T:Â Mrs L B NormileJ:Â Grant Cockburn (3)
Slight lead, narrowly headed 4th, with leader, every chance 3 out, lost 2nd before 2 out, weakened 2 out op 9/2 tchd 5/1
T:Â T R GeorgeJ:Â C Gethings
Held up in touch, headway on inside chasing leaders 4 out, weakened between last 2 tchd 16/1
T:Â A KingJ:Â Thomas Bellamy
Held up in touch, pushed along and no headway 3 out tchd 10/3 and tchd 4/1
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Betting Breakdown
Tote Win:£14.40Pl:£3.30, £1.40, £2.80EX:£90.90Trifecta:£453.00Tricast:£410.88SF:£58.01Swingers:£8.60, £22.50, £6.40
Forecasts
Irish Roe (3/1), Speed Company (7/2), Scarlet Dragon (7/2), Curramore (4/1), Nayati (9/1), Faro De Kerser (12/1), Blu Cavalier (14/1), Red Tornado (40/1)
A tricky contest this but Alan King's useful dual-purpose performer SCARLET DRAGON gets the vote. In Epatante he bumped into a likely Grade One performer latest but his win at Market Rasen the time before reads well in this context. Thoroughly likable mare Irish Roe may find 2m on this flat track un-ideal but she isn't taken lightly. Unexposed four-year-old Faro De Kerser is hard to gauge; market support for him would be very notable.
- Scarlet Dragon
- Irish Roe
- Faro De Kerser
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £12,512.002nd: £3,696.003rd: £1,848.004th: £924.005th: £462.006th: £232.00
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