13:45 Hereford

Tuesday 4 January 2022

All12:4513:1513:4514:1514:5015:2015:50

Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:45 | Winning time: 6m 26.30s

1^st

Gazette Bourgeoise

611-8

7/2f

T: B I CaseJ: Harry Bannister

Always prominent, challenging when left in lead 2 out, stayed on well flat, ridden out op 4/1

2^nd

1 ¼

Art Of Diplomacy

611-3

4/1

T: Dr R D P NewlandJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Mid-division, headway after 4 out, left 3rd 2 out, went 2nd final bend, pressing winner last, held flat, kept on tchd 9/2

3^rd

Steinkraus

711-6

16/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: Theo Gillard (5)

Mid-division, ridden along briefly before 9th, effort 3 out, outpaced and no impression after next, plugged on before last, went 3rd flat op 14/1 tchd 18/1

4^th

1 ¼

Mr Washington

911-12

7/1

T: T SymondsJ: Lily Pinchin (5)

Held up in rear, ridden after 9th, still behind 2 out, stayed on approaching last, went 4th flat, never dangerous op 15/2

5^th

1 ¼

Go Chique

611-7

18/1

T: N J HendersonJ: Mr Ben Ffrench Davis (7)

Chased leaders, outpaced 3 out, beaten after 2 out, plugged on op 12/1 tchd 20/1

6^th

Fifrelet

711-3

33/1

T: Ian WilliamsJ: C J Todd (3)

Held up towards rear, headway 9th, left 2nd 2 out, 3rd and beaten final bend, soon weakened, lost 3rd flat op 28/1

7^th

1 ¼

Beau Haze

910-3

10/1

T: P C DandoJ: Conor Ring (3)

Chased leaders, ridden and weakened after 2 out op 12/1

8^th

Scarpia

811-12

6/1

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Held up towards rear, some headway on inside before 3 out, no impression, weakened from next op 9/2 tchd 7/1

9^th

2 ½

Glance From Clover

711-0

11/1

T: A RalphJ: Alex Edwards (3)

Held up towards rear, headway on outside 4th, ridden and struggling before 9th, well beaten from 4 out op 18/1

10^th

2 ¼

Theme Tune

712-1

8/1

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

Not that fluent, chased leaders, driven after 3 out, beaten next, soon weakened op 15/2 tchd 13/2

11^th

Global Harmony

711-9

20/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Tracked leaders on outside, ridden 3 out, soon beaten op 22/1

Also Ran

Mr Clarkson

1011-12

33/1

T: D PipeJ: Philip Armson (7)

Led until before 3rd, prominent, led before 4 out, hard pressed when stumbled, jinked right and unseated rider 2 out

Subcontinent

1011-8

40/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch

Mid-division, slow and lost place 2nd, not fluent and struggling 8th, pulled up when well behind before 2 out op 33/1

Fitzroy

811-7

150/1

T: S-J DaviesJ: W T Kennedy

Prominent, led before 3rd, jumped right next, headed before 4 out, dropped out quickly, pulled up before 2 out op 100/1 tchd 200/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.50Pl:£1.90, £1.70, £5.20EX:£24.50Trifecta:£304.50Tricast:£204.95SF:£17.59Swingers:£4.60, £16.90, £13.10

Forecasts

Gazette Bourgeoise (7/2), Art Of Diplomacy (4/1), Scarpia (6/1), Mr Washington (7/1), Theme Tune (8/1), Beau Haze (10/1), Glance From Clover (11/1), Steinkraus (16/1), Go Chique (18/1), Global Harmony (20/1), Fifrelet (33/1), Mr Clarkson (33/1), Subcontinent (40/1), Fitzroy (150/1)

ART OF DIPLOMACY made the perfect start for Dr Richard Newland at Ludlow and a subsequent 8 lb rise shouldn't prevent a very bold follow-up bid. This is competitive though, with Mr Washington and Scarpia just a couple of potential threats.

ART OF DIPLOMACY
MR WASHINGTON (IRE)
SCARPIA (IRE)

Prize Money

1st: £7,570.002nd: £3,488.003rd: £1,743.004th: £873.005th: £350.006th: £350.00