17:00 Newcastle

Saturday 26 February 2022

All13:3514:1014:4515:1515:5016:2517:00

Vertem Investing For The Future Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:01 | Winning time: 3m 57.97s

1^st

Hungry Tiger

811-9

7/2

T: G BewleyJ: D B Hurst (8)

Chased leaders, pushed along 2 out, led approaching last, stayed on well flat op 11/4

2^nd

4 ¾

Click And Collect

1010-5

9/1

T: J CandlishJ: Lewis Stones (3)

Led, headed 3rd, pushed along before 3 out, ridden next, kept on to go second after last op 12/1

3^rd

Tommaso

411-6

9/4f

T: P A KirbyJ: Joe Williamson (3)

Towards rear, headway to chase leaders before 3 out, pushed along approaching next, ridden after last, went third flat op 3/1 tchd 85/40

4^th

Myburg

610-10

13/2

T: J Parkinson & S SmithJ: Thomas Willmott (3)

Mid-division, not fluent 4th, headway to chase leaders approaching 3 out, kept on one pace from 2 out tchd 15/2

5^th

Monfass

1111-2

22/1

T: R DobbinJ: Dylan Johnston (7)

Raced keenly in midfield, headway to lead 3rd, pushed along 2 out, headed before last, ridden and lost second flat, no extra and lost two places final 100yds tchd 20/1

6^th

Trouble Shooter

611-4

10/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Emma Smith-Chaston (6)

Mid-division, pushed along approaching 3 out, made no impression op 12/1 tchd 9/1

7^th

Misty Mani

710-11

50/1

T: P D NivenJ: Theo Gillard

Towards rear, pushed along 3 out, never in contention op 33/1

8^th

K C Bailey

611-2

18/1

T: Ewan WhillansJ: Edward Austin (3)

Prominent, not fluent 2nd, mistake 5th, pushed along approaching 3 out, soon beaten op 14/1

9^th

2 ½

Court Jurado

811-2

10/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: Peter Kavanagh (6)

Chased leaders, dropped to midfield 4th, lost place 6th, soon pushed along, faded 2 out op 8/1

10^th

Contrebasse

711-9

50/1

T: D BrookeJ: Fergus Gillard

Towards rear, pushed along after 6th, soon struggling op 40/1

Also Ran

Ex S'elance

810-7

12/1

T: V ThompsonJ: Alan Doyle (3)

Midfield when fell 3rd

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Non-Runners

Bestiarius¹⁶

Weight: 11-11| Age: 10

T: G Boanas J: Tom Midgley

Joie De Vivre²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: M Todhunter J: Jack Hogan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.60Pl:£1.60, £2.50, £1.50EX:£33.80Trifecta:£138.30Tricast:£84.34SF:£33.94Swingers:£6.30, £2.40, £5.00

Forecasts

Tommaso (9/4), Hungry Tiger (7/2), Myburg (13/2), Click And Collect (9/1), Trouble Shooter (10/1), Court Jurado (10/1), Bestiarius (10/1), Joie De Vivre (10/1), Ex S'elance (12/1), K C Bailey (18/1), Monfass (22/1), Misty Mani (50/1), Contrebasse (50/1)

The unexposed TOMMASO could have got off lightly with just a 2 lb nudge for Doncaster and is taken to follow up. The drop back to 2m is a possible positive for Hungry Tiger so George Bewley's in-form 8-y-o is a must for the shortlist. Court Jurado and Bestiarius are others to consider.

TOMMASO (IRE)
HUNGRY TIGER (IRE)
COURT JURADO (IRE)

Previous Winners

2021

Foster'sisland

Weight: 11-9 |Age: 6

J: Billy Garritty | T: Micky Hammond

4/9

Prize Money

1st: £3,730.002nd: £1,719.003rd: £859.004th: £430.005th: £350.006th: £350.00