14:48 Catterick

Wednesday 28 December 2022

All11:5312:2813:0313:3814:1314:4815:25

Sky Bet Mares' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1)

Off time: 14:51 | Winning time: 4m 2.82s

1^st

Autumn Return

511-7

15/8

T: Ruth JeffersonJ: Callum Bewley

Prominent, going best shaken up 2 out, soon ridden and led, edged left under pressure run-in, kept on well op 9/4

2^nd

Bents Hollow

511-7

10/3

T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes

Close up, led before 2 out, soon pushed and and headed, rallied approaching final flight, ran on but always held op 5/2

3^rd

Comedaygoday

511-0

16/1

T: Lizzie QuinlanJ: Ross Chapman

Front rank, ridden along when outpaced after 3 out, rallied and went third flat, kept on but no match for first two op 14/1 tchd 12/1 and tchd 18/1

4^th

3 ¾

Malaita

611-0

11/8f

T: Mrs M RowleyJ: Alex Edwards (3)

Chased leaders, ridden and outpaced after 3 out, plugged on one pace from 2 out, never going pace to challenge op 9/5 tchd 2/1

5^th

Midnight Shuffle

711-0

14/1

T: W ColtherdJ: Sam Coltherd

Led, ridden and headed after 3 out, soon no extra, faded after 2 out op 9/1 tchd 17/2

6^th

Emily Wade

511-0

100/1

T: S EnglandJ: Tom Midgley (5)

Took keen hold, in rear when not fluent 1st, struggling and behind from 4 out, tailed off op 33/1

7^th

She's A Steal

511-0

125/1

T: R DobbinJ: Craig Nichol

In rear, never a factor op 100/1

8^th

1 ¾

Wedding Stress

411-0

150/1

T: Samantha & Jacqueline CowardJ: Jonathan England

Always behind op 125/1 tchd 200/1

Also Ran

Milltown Lily

411-0

80/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Aidan Macdonald (10)

Towards rear, ran out and unseated rider 4th tchd 66/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.90Pl:£1.10, £1.40, £3.90EX:£10.40Trifecta:£65.00SF:£9.03Swingers:£1.60, £4.80, £6.80

Forecasts

Malaita (11/8), Autumn Return (15/8), Bents Hollow (10/3), Midnight Shuffle (14/1), Comedaygoday (16/1), Milltown Lily (80/1), Emily Wade (100/1), She's A Steal (125/1), Wedding Stress (150/1)

It's unsure as to what exactly BENTS HOLLOW achieved when landing the odds in a small-field novice at Musselburgh last month but he couldn't have done it much more impressively so, with improvement on the cards, Donald McCain's charge looks the one to side with. Midnight Shuffle made a winning start for Stuart Coltherd 15 months ago and she looks the main danger to the selection on hurdling debut, with Malaita rounding off the shortlist.

BENTS HOLLOW (IRE)
MIDNIGHT SHUFFLE
MALAITA

Previous Winners

2021

Auditoria

Weight: 10-12 |Age: 4

J: Fergus Gregory | T: O Murphy

11/4

Prize Money

1st: £4,357.002nd: £2,007.003rd: £1,003.004th: £502.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00