12:45 Huntingdon

Sunday 4 December 2022

All12:1512:4513:1513:4514:2014:5515:25

Fitzdares Salutes Ben Pauling Racing Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 12:45 | Winning time: 5m 6.34s

1^st

Poker Master

511-5

5/2f

T: P J McBrideJ: Tom Buckley

Towards rear, in touch, went 4th home turn, shaken up and led narrowly 2 out, ridded and edged right before last, kept on gamely, always doing enough op 11/4

2^nd

Sermando

811-4

11/4

T: J & A O'NeillJ: Jamie Brace (8)

Led narrowly, headed 3rd, remained prominent, led again after 5th, headed narrowly 2 out, every chance last, ridden run-in, ran on but always held op 10/3

3^rd

Maid On The Moon

511-2

28/1

T: A KingJ: Alexander Thorne

Towards rear, in touch, pushed along and headway before 2 out, pressed leaders 2 out, soon ridden, kept on run-in, no impression op 25/1 tchd 33/1

4^th

Rhebus Road

411-10

12/1

T: O SherwoodJ: Ben Bromley (3)

In touch, pressed leader from 6th, pushed along before 2 out and gradually faded, weakened run-in op 9/1

5^th

2 ½

Hiconic

511-11

40/1

T: A M HalesJ: Harriet Tucker (5)

Tracked leaders, pushed along before 2 out, weakened before last op 25/1

6^th

Hillfinch

511-4

4/1

T: S EdmundsJ: Caoilin Quinn

In rear, in touch, pushed along after 4 out, plugged on, weakened before last tchd 10/3

7^th

Pearly Island

611-8

6/1

T: L WadhamJ: Mr Eddie Edge (10)

Handy, saddle slipped 2nd, led 3rd, headed and tracked leaders after 5th, dropped away after 3 out and soon well behind op 9/2

8^th

Justified

511-6

14/1

T: N B KingJ: J R Wildman (5)

Prominent, lost place 6th, pushed along after 4 out, beaten before 2 out op 11/1

Also Ran

Masteroftheheights

611-8

22/1

T: M F HarrisJ: Lily Pinchin

In rear, slow jump 1st, refused 2nd op 33/1

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Non-Runners

Hardy Boy²³

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: B Pauling J: Luca Morgan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.50Pl:£1.20, £1.30, £5.50EX:£9.80Trifecta:£142.80Tricast:£147.16SF:£9.75Swingers:£1.90, £10.90, £10.40

Forecasts

Poker Master (5/2), Sermando (11/4), Hillfinch (4/1), Hardy Boy (5/1), Pearly Island (6/1), Rhebus Road (12/1), Justified (14/1), Masteroftheheights (22/1), Maid On The Moon (28/1), Hiconic (40/1)

POKER MASTER can boast an enviable strike rate in handicaps and, still unexposed over this trip, he may well shrug off a 5 lb rise for his reappearance success at this venue. Sermando should be bang there again, with Hillfinch another to consider back over the right sort of distance.

POKER MASTER (IRE)
SERMANDO (FR)
HILLFINCH

Previous Winners

2021

Vee Dancer

Weight: 11-3 |Age: 6

J: K Brogan | T: R McNally

1/2

Prize Money

1st: £6,753.002nd: £3,111.003rd: £1,555.004th: £779.005th: £350.006th: £350.00