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Cheltenham

14:00 Fontwell

Wednesday 21 October 2020

All13:2514:0014:3515:1015:4516:2016:2316:5517:30

Heart Of The South Supports Fontwell Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2)

Weighed In

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 4m 50.75s

1^st

Rookie Trainer

611-2

3/1

T: N P MulhollandJ: R T Dunne

Mid-division, headway going well before 3 out, niggled along to sit 2nd despite mistake 2 out, left in lead last, ridden out tchd 11/4 and tchd 16/5

2^nd

Coquelicot

410-9

1/1f

T: A J HoneyballJ: Rex Dingle (3)

Held up in touch, not fluent 3rd or 4th, niggled along and progress before 4 out, closed further 2 out, kept on at one pace after last op 10/11

3^rd

Kala Noire

611-2

10/1

T: S ThomasJ: Charlie Deutsch

Prominent, pushed along 3 out, disputed 2nd heading to last, not much room behind faller, stayed on same pace flat op 11/1

4^th

4 ¾

Brummie Boys

511-2

5/1

T: O SherwoodJ: T Scudamore

Just better than midfield, niggled along before 2 out, outpaced before next op 11/2

5^th

2 ¾

Smarter

411-2

40/1

T: Miss E C LavelleJ: Aidan Coleman

Just worse than midfield, mistake 1st, pushed along at halfway, brief headway 2 out, well held before next

6^th

The Bolshoi Bandit

411-2

200/1

T: R BandeyJ: J McGrath

Mid-division, pushed along and lost position before 4 out, weakened before next op 125/1

Also Ran

Lifeisahighway

611-2

22/1

T: B PaulingJ: Thomas Bellamy

Prominent or led, headed 3 out, soon ridden, mistake 2 out, pulled up before last op 16/1

Truckers Time

811-2

150/1

T: R RoweJ: James Davies

Always towards rear, pulled up 5th op 125/1

Van Meegeren

411-2

17/2

T: D G BridgwaterJ: Brendan Powell

Led or prominent, led 3 out, left clear 2 out, fell at the last op 9/1and tchd 10/1

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Non-Runners

Willies Dream⁵⁴⁸

Weight: 11-2| Age: 7

T: R G Hawker J: Tom Cheesman

Langafel Bee³⁴⁸

Weight: 10-9| Age: 5

T: G L Moore J: Joshua Moore

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.20Pl:£1.40, £1.10, £2.00EX:£8.80Trifecta:£35.40SF:£6.82Swingers:£1.30, £3.70, £2.80

Forecasts

Coquelicot (1/1), Rookie Trainer (3/1), Brummie Boys (5/1), Van Meegeren (17/2), Kala Noire (10/1), Lifeisahighway (22/1), Willies Dream (25/1), Langafel Bee (25/1), Smarter (40/1), Truckers Time (150/1), The Bolshoi Bandit (200/1)

COQUELICOT accomplished what many horses don't by winning three bumpers last season, so has to be marked down as a potentially exciting recruit to hurdling. Brummie Boys and Rookie Trainer are considered the main threats in that order.

COQUELICOT (FR)
BRUMMIE BOYS (IRE)
ROOKIE TRAINER (IRE)

Previous Winners

2019

I K Brunel

Weight: 11-2 |Age: 5

J: Adrian Heskin | T: O Murphy

13/8

Prize Money

1st: £3,769.002nd: £1,107.003rd: £553.004th: £277.00