16:55 Wetherby

Tuesday 17 March 2020

All14:0014:3515:1015:4516:2016:5517:25

Happy St Patrick's Day Novices' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:55 | Winning time: 6m 23.80s

1^st

Espoir Moriviere

610-3

11/4

T: R DobbinJ: Craig Nichol

Close up, tracked leaders 7th, led 2 out, ridden and ran on

2^nd

4 ¼

The Very Thing

611-12

28/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Alain Cawley

Held up in rear, headway 3 out, ridden next, chasing winner when rider dropped whip approaching last, kept on one pace

3^rd

Skylanna Breeze

511-9

5/2

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

Close up, ridden to track leaders 3 out, jumped left last, kept on one pace op 11/4

4^th

On We Go

711-2

20/1

T: Kenny JohnsonJ: Sean Quinlan

Led, headed 3rd, tracked leader, ridden and every chance 3 out, beaten when hampered last, kept on one pace tchd 22/1

5^th

2 ¼

Pond Road

611-10

9/4f

T: K Bailey & M NichollsJ: David Bass

Tracked leader, led 3rd, 4 lengths clear 6th, ridden 3 out, hit and headed next, weakened flat op 2/1

6^th

Black Opium

611-0

50/1

T: Miss T JacksonJ: Ross Chapman

Held up, headway when not fluent 8th, ridden 4 out, weakened next op 40/1

7^th

6 ½

Bee Crossing

911-5

14/1

T: M ScudamoreJ: Brendan Powell

Raced wide in touch, ridden 4 out, weakened next

Also Ran

Incertaine

711-2

8/1

T: T R GrettonJ: B S Hughes

Prominent, mistake 1st and lost place, tracked leaders 3rd, driven and dropped to rear 6th, pulled up 8th

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.80Pl:£1.20, £4.30, £1.10EX:£67.20Trifecta:£190.90Tricast:£214.38SF:£67.22

Forecasts

Pond Road (9/4), Skylanna Breeze (5/2), Espoir Moriviere (11/4), Incertaine (8/1), Bee Crossing (14/1), On We Go (20/1), The Very Thing (28/1), Black Opium (50/1)

The key to this contest may well be the 2m4f contest that both Pond Road and SKYLANNA BREEZE contested at Huntingdon last time where they finished fourth and sixth respectively. Kim Bailey’s charge has already proven his stamina for trips such as this but he doesn’t look an easy ride and would benefit from some sterner headgear. The selection on the other hand does need to prove his stamina and he does have 10L to find with his old adversary but he will be suited by the better conditions here and may well reverse the form. Most of the others are modest with Sedgefield fourth Espoir Moriviere the only other one who has shown any real form of late.

Skylanna Breeze
Pond Road
Espoir Moriviere

Previous Winners

2019

Border Victor

Weight: 11-7 |Age: 7

J: Sean Quinlan | T: F P Murtagh

3/1

Prize Money

1st: £3,514.002nd: £1,032.003rd: £516.004th: £350.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00