12:25 Plumpton

Tuesday 20 December 2022

All12:2512:5513:2514:0014:3015:0015:35

Derek Hunnisett Memorial Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 12:25 | Winning time: 5m 15.90s

1^st

Churchills Boy

511-4

12/1

T: N J GiffordJ: James Davies

Held up in mid-division, headway out wide chasing leaders before 8th, went 2nd turning in, led before last, driven clear run-in op 14/1 tchd 11/1

2^nd

4 ¾

Our Champ

411-4

13/2

T: P HendersonJ: Mitchell Bastyan

Chased leaders, went 2nd 5th, led home turn, ridden and headed before last, stayed on same pace run-in, well held op 11/1

3^rd

Peace Of Rome

411-4

11/1

T: N J HendersonJ: James Bowen

Chased leader until 5th, chased leaders, badly outpaced 3 out, rallied next, driven and went 3rd at the last, no chance with winner op 7/1

4^th

1 ½

Fortuna Ligna

510-11

11/2

T: A J HoneyballJ: Rex Dingle

Mid-division, pushed along after 4 out, ridden in modest 4th after next, went 3rd 2 out, weakened into 4th at the last tchd 5/1 and tchd 6/1

5^th

Tea And Chats

511-4

5/2f

T: C GordonJ: Tom Cannon

Led, pushed along and headed home turn, lost 2nd soon after, weakening when mistake 2 out op 9/4

6^th

Filanderer

611-4

11/4

T: H MorrisonJ: Paul O'Brien

Mid-division on inside, pushed along and outpaced after 4 out, never on terms after op 7/2

7^th

7 ½

Byron Hill

511-4

20/1

T: R HughesJ: Jack Tudor

Mid-division out wide, headway chasing leaders when mistake 8th, soon lost place and towards rear, pushed along and outpaced after 4 out, weakened after next op 16/1

8^th

1 ¾

Sumatran Tiger

510-11

125/1

T: Miss S WestJ: M Goldstein

Off the pace in last pair, some headway out wide 8th, weakened next op 80/1

9^th

Invictus De Brion

411-4

18/1

T: C GordonJ: Freddie Gordon (7)

Mistake 4th, off the pace and always behind tchd 16/1

Also Ran

Abingworth

411-4

18/1

T: G & J MooreJ: J E Moore

Raced wide tracking leaders, pushed along and losing place when fell 3 out op 17/2

Endersen

511-4

100/1

T: R RoweJ: N F Houlihan (3)

Raced wide, chased leaders early, behind and struggling 7th, tailed off 4 out, pulled up before next op 80/1 tchd 125/1

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Non-Runners

Blue Suede Shoes³⁴

Weight: 10-11| Age: 5

T: N P Mulholland J: Harry Reed

Holetown Hero³²

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: P F Nicholls J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£15.40Pl:£3.40, £2.10, £2.90EX:£122.90Trifecta:£850.30SF:£87.18Swingers:£11.70, £14.70, £5.70

Forecasts

Tea And Chats (5/2), Filanderer (11/4), Holetown Hero (11/4), Fortuna Ligna (11/2), Our Champ (13/2), Peace Of Rome (11/1), Churchills Boy (12/1), Invictus De Brion (18/1), Abingworth (18/1), Byron Hill (20/1), Endersen (100/1), Sumatran Tiger (125/1), Blue Suede Shoes (200/1)

TEA AND CHATS never figured in points but there was plenty of promise to glean from his yard/hurdling debut second over C&D 5 weeks ago and, with progress anticipated, he gets the nod to go one place better. Hurdles debutante Fortuna Ligna heads up the dangers, along with Filanderer. Peace of Rome also commands a second look.

TEA AND CHATS (IRE)
FORTUNA LIGNA (IRE)
FILANDERER

Previous Winners

2021

Minella Buster

Weight: 11-4 |Age: 5

J: Thomas Bellamy | T: Miss E C Lavelle

3/1

Prize Money

1st: £4,901.002nd: £2,258.003rd: £1,129.004th: £565.00