14:35 Haydock

Monday 30 December 2019

All12:2512:5513:3014:0014:3515:1015:40

Pied Bull Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:36 | Winning time: 4m 44.30s

1^st

Flinck

510-10

5/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: T J O'Brien

Held up in rear, headway 3 out, went 2nd after 2 out, led flat, driven out op 9/2

2^nd

The Con Man

611-0

9/4f

T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes

Chased leader from 2nd, left in lead after 4th, clear 2 out until last, headed flat, no impression towards finish op 3/1 tchd 2/1

3^rd

Zig Zag

610-10

33/1

T: P A KirbyJ: Thomas Dowson

Chased leaders, not fluent 3rd, stayed on same pace from 3 out, went 3rd towards finish op 25/1

4^th

1 ¾

Informateur

611-4

7/1

T: J Parkinson & S SmithJ: Danny Cook

Chased leader until 2nd, left 2nd after 4th, ridden and beaten 3rd after 2 out, dropped to 4th towards finish op 15/2

5^th

2 ½

Crixus's Escape

611-5

14/1

T: G BoanasJ: Sean Quinlan

Chased leaders, ridden before 3 out, beaten next, mistake last op 12/1

6^th

4 ½

Altruism

911-2

33/1

T: James MoffattJ: Charlotte Jones (7)

Towards rear on outside, headway after 4th, mistake 4 out, lost place before 3 out

7^th

Jelski

511-0

9/2

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Held up towards rear, headway on outside 6th, mistake next, lost place before 3 out, hanging badly left 2 out op 4/1

8^th

Theatre Legend

611-12

6/1

T: C GrantJ: P J Brennan

Held up towards rear, headway after 4th, mistake next, ridden after 4 out, weakened before 3 out op 13/2

9^th

Notwhatiam

910-11

100/1

T: A BerryJ: T J Phelan

Mid-division on outside, lost place before 5th, soon behind

Also Ran

The Linksman

711-12

50/1

T: S EnglandJ: Jonathan England

Keen early, led until pulled up after 4th

Don Juan Du Gouet

610-5

9/1

T: H D DalyJ: Bryony Frost

In rear, not fluent 4th, behind 4 out, pulled up before 3 out op 10/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.20Pl:£1.90, £1.30, £4.90EX:£19.10Trifecta:£399.60Tricast:£339.85SF:£16.89Swingers:£2.80, £40.30, £23.20

Forecasts

The Con Man (9/4), Jelski (9/2), Flinck (5/1), Theatre Legend (6/1), Informateur (7/1), Don Juan Du Gouet (9/1), Crixus's Escape (14/1), Zig Zag (33/1), Altruism (33/1), The Linksman (50/1), Notwhatiam (100/1)

Both Theatre Legend and Informateur (C&D) have strong recent form in the book but equally hold few secrets from the handicapper. Therefore, the attention switches to a trio of less exposed former novices'. Flinck made a smooth winning handicap debut at Warwick (2m3f) six weeks ago and is definite shortlist material off just a 4lb higher mark, while the fairly weighted Jelski appears to be a staying handicapper in the making (hurdles or fences) for Nigel Twiston-Davies. However, the suggestion is the Donald McCain-trained THE CON MAN who lacked the finishing kick of Marie's Rock over 2m here recently, form which could be franked earlier by Ebony Jewel (1.30)

The Con Man
Flinck
Jelski

Prize Money

1st: £9,032.002nd: £2,652.003rd: £1,326.004th: £663.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00