15:15 Haydock

Saturday 21 December 2019

All11:5012:2513:0013:3514:0514:4015:15

Betway Heed Your Hunch Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:15 | Winning time: 4m 47.10s

1^st

Captain Moirette

711-0

3/1

T: J Parkinson & S SmithJ: Danny Cook

In touch, headway 4 out, every chance from 2 out, hit last, led closing stages, all out op 7/2

2^nd

Chti Balko

711-11

15/8f

T: D McCain JnrJ: W T Kennedy

Prominent, led 3 out, strongly challenged next, headed after last, soon rallied and every chance, kept on gamely under pressure op 85/40

3^rd

Off The Hook

710-2

9/2

T: N W AlexanderJ: Lucy Alexander

In touch, beaten 3 out, left in 3rd next, never a threat tchd 5/1

4^th

1 ¼

Poetic Rhythm

811-12

4/1

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Tracked leaders, weakened after 4 out, beaten when hampered and left in 4th 2 out

Also Ran

Romeo Brown

510-3

7/1

T: P A KirbyJ: Thomas Dowson

Led until 3 out, held in 3rd when fell next op 11/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.30Pl:£2.20, £1.60EX:£10.20Trifecta:£33.50SF:£9.32

Forecasts

Chti Balko (15/8), Captain Moirette (3/1), Poetic Rhythm (4/1), Off The Hook (9/2), Romeo Brown (7/1)

Donald McCain's Chti Balko made the frame in this contest 12 months ago, while there could be more to come over the smaller obstacles for the lightly raced Captain Moirette. Nevertheless, it's impossible to ignore the alluring claims of the Grade 1 (Challow) and Grade 2 (Persian War) winning hurdler POETIC RHYTHM who re-emerges from a 414-day absence for the Gloucestershire-based handler Fergal O'Brien. Now eight (fast rising nine) he clearly didn't take kindly to the switch to chasing but assuming that he's fit, well and raring to go back over hurdles then he's highly likely to prove a cut above this level of opposition.

Poetic Rhythm
Chti Balko
Captain Moirette

Previous Winners

2018

Ballymoy

Weight: 11-7 |Age: 5

J: Sam Twiston-Davies | T: N & W Twiston-Davies

5/6

Prize Money

1st: £12,512.002nd: £3,696.003rd: £1,848.004th: £924.005th: £462.006th: £232.00