16:30 Taunton

Tuesday 7 February 2023

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Free Racing On Monday 13th March Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 5  |   2m 3f 1y  |   Good (Good to Soft in places)  |   11 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:30  |   Winning time: 4m 49.75s
1st
Horse silk
3
20/1
T: F O'BrienJ: C Brace
Held up off the pace towards rear, good headway out wide chasing leaders 6th, effort out wide and went 2nd before 2 out, ran on to lead close home op 18/1
2nd
Horse silk
½
1
7/4f
T: P F NichollsJ: Adrian Heskin
Raced keenly, tracked leader until 3rd, handy, led after 5th, pushed along before 2 out, ridden between last two, headed and not pace of winner towards finish tchd 15/8
3rd
Horse silk
3 ¼
2
9/1
T: Nicky MartinJ: Ben Jones
Raced keenly tracking leaders, 3rd and one pace when bad mistake last, weakened run-in op 17/2 tchd 10/1
4th
Horse silk
½
8
810-13
4/1
T: G HarrisJ: Joe Anderson (7)
Off the pace in rear, hit 5th, headway on inside chasing leaders at the last, stayed on run-in, just missed modest 3rd op 9/2
5th
Horse silk
5 ½
6
20/1
T: Harry DerhamJ: Paul O'Brien
Chased leaders on inside, pushed along turning in, 5th and no impression when bad mistake and rider lost iron briefly last tchd 18/1
6th
Horse silk
2
7
511-0
4/1
T: N B KingJ: Jack Quinlan
Held up towards rear, headway chasing leaders 4 out, went 2nd 3 out, ridden and lost 2nd before next, chased leaders, ridden and weakened between last two op 10/3 tchd 16/5
7th
Horse silk
4 ¾
10
33/1
T: J ScottJ: Rex Dingle
Led until after 5th, chased leaders, weakened home turn op 28/1 tchd 25/1
8th
Horse silk
1 ¼
5
80/1
T: J W MullinsJ: M G Nolan
Off the pace and and always towards rear tchd 100/1
9th
Horse silk
¾
4
8/1
T: N P MulhollandJ: Danny McMenamin
Raced out wide in mid-division, headway chasing leaders 4 out, weakened after next op 10/1
10th
Horse silk
½
9
22/1
T: D PipeJ: David Noonan
Chased leaders, went 2nd 3rd until 3 out, soon weakened op 14/1
11th
Horse silk
14
11
22/1
T: J TizzardJ: Brendan Powell
Off the pace and always rear-division, tailed off op 33/1

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Non-Runners

12
Horse silk
Instant Gambler29
Weight: 10-2|  Age: 7
T: Alexandra Dunn  J: J E Moore
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£29.20Pl:£4.80, £1.30, £2.50EX:£96.70Trifecta:£542.20Tricast:£363.84SF:£54.64Swingers:£8.40, £24.10, £2.80

Forecasts

Pleasant Man (7/4), Karakoram (4/1), Clay (4/1), Celtic Fortune (8/1), Just Loose Change (9/1), Blue Bikini (20/1), Prince Nino (20/1), Tango Arumba (22/1), Born In Borris (22/1), Mr Snow Way (33/1), Instant Gambler (33/1), Barrowmount (80/1)

Verdict

This looks a competitive race for the level. CLAY shaped well on his recent Doncaster handicap debut and is well worth a chance to confirm that promise but there are plenty of possible dangers, headed by Just Loose Change who had next-time-out winners behind in second and third when making a successful handicap debut at Worcester in the autumn. Pleasant Man went very close off this mark at Exeter last week and should also be bang there if coping with 2 outings in quick succcession.

  1. CLAY
  2. JUST LOOSE CHANGE
  3. PLEASANT MAN

Previous Winners

2022
Iberio
Weight: 11-2  |Age: 5
9/2

Prize Money

1st: £4,225.002nd: £1,944.003rd: £972.004th: £486.005th: £242.00

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