14:25 Taunton

Monday 30 December 2019

All12:4513:1513:5014:2514:5515:3016:00

Byerley Stud Mares' Novices' Hurdle (Listed)

Off time: 14:27 | Winning time: 4m 2.20s

1^st

Marie's Rock

411-5

6/4j

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Raced keenly tracking leading pair, headway on outside to lead going well approaching 2 out, quickened last, went readily clear run-in, easily (3 hurdles in back straight omitted due to low sun, 4 hurdles in total jumped) op 5/4

2^nd

Midnights' Gift

310-8

7/1

T: A KingJ: Thomas Bellamy

Held up in 4th place, headway to challenge in 2nd and every chance 2 out, not pace of winner when hit last op 15/2

3^rd

It's Probably Me

411-2

33/1

T: H D DalyJ: R Patrick

Held up in last pair, pushed along and outpaced in back straight, plugged on into never nearer 3rd run-in op 25/1

4^th

2 ½

Queens Cave

611-2

9/2

T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore

Chased leader, ridden to challenge and led briefly before 2 out, outpaced into 3rd 2 out, weakened into 4th run-in op 11/2 tchd 6/1

5^th

1 ¼

Deja Vue

511-2

6/4j

T: A J HoneyballJ: Aidan Coleman

Led and set decent pace, ridden and headed before 2 out, soon outpaced and beaten op 7/4

6^th

Zero To Hero

411-2

200/1

T: Mrs S LeechJ: Adrian Heskin

Always last, outpaced in back straight, tailed off

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Non-Runners

Silver Forever³⁰

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: P F Nicholls J: H Cobden

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.30Pl:£1.50, £2.20EX:£10.50Trifecta:£74.90SF:£13.59Swingers:£1.80, £9.40, £0.00

Forecasts

Marie's Rock (6/4), Deja Vue (6/4), Silver Forever (9/4), Queens Cave (9/2), Midnights' Gift (7/1), It's Probably Me (33/1), Zero To Hero (200/1)

A fantastic renewal of this 'Listed' contest with the hat-trick seeking Deja Vue one of the leading contenders after recording a pair of wide-margin victories the last twice. Paul Nicholls' runners must always be respected at this venue, and Silver Forever was always in for a hard task when conceding 3lb to Floressa last time out, though she still ran well in third. Midnights' Gift is dangerous to dismiss receiving chunks of weight from all of her rivals. However, clear preference is for MARIE'S ROCK though who sprung a minor surprise when bounding clear of her rivals at Haydock. She can cope with the step up in grade and complete the hat-trick in the process.

Marie's Rock
Silver Forever
Deja Vue

Previous Winners

2018

Posh Trish

Weight: 11-7 |Age: 5

J: H Cobden | T: P F Nicholls

4/6

Prize Money

1st: £12,529.002nd: £4,701.003rd: £2,354.004th: £1,173.005th: £590.006th: £295.00