13:30 Cheltenham

Wednesday 15 March 2023

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Ballymore Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) (Registered As The Baring Bingham) (GBB Race)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 1  |   2m 5f  |   Soft  |   10 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:30  |   Winning time: 5m 10.74s
1st
Horse silk
7
5/2
T: W P MullinsJ: P Townend
Bit keen tracking leaders on inside, went 3rd 4 out, smooth headway on inside home turn, led turning in, 5 lengths clear when went right at the last, stayed on strongly, easily op 2/1
2nd
Horse silk
6 ½
3
9/2
T: W P MullinsJ: Mr P W Mullins
Bit keen, held up in 6th, closer on inside at 5th, pushed along chasing leaders before 2 out, followed winner through on inside home turn, went 2nd at the last, no chance with winner tchd 5/1
3rd
Horse silk
1
2
13/2
T: W P MullinsJ: D E Mullins
Jumped right at times, led until narrowly headed 4 out, chased leader, in front again next, went badly right and hampered rival 2 out, headed turning in, chased easy winner until the last, ridden and one pace in 3rd run-in op 17/2
4th
Horse silk
3 ¾
4
9/2
T: B ConnellJ: M J M O'Sullivan
Held up in 5th, smooth headway tracking leaders before 3 out, pushed along turning in, weakened before the last tchd 5/1
5th
Horse silk
9 ½
8
150/1
T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan
Off the pace in last trio, some headway on heels of leaders before 2 out, soon outpaced, plugged on in remote 5th post op 125/1
6th
Horse silk
nse
5
9/4f
T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden
Tracked leader, led narrowly 4 out, headed next, every chance when bumped and hit 2 out, lost 2nd home turn, weakened turning in, lost remote 5th post op 11/4
7th
Horse silk
½
1
28/1
T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell
Tracked leading pair until 4 out, chased leaders, wide and weakened home turn op 33/1 tchd 25/1
8th
Horse silk
9
9
200/1
T: N A Twiston-DaviesJ: Sam Twiston-Davies
Held up in last pair on inside, never involved
9th
Horse silk
2 ½
6
50/1
T: W P MullinsJ: M P Walsh
Held up off the pace in 7th, never involved, mistake last op 28/1 tchd 20/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
10
150/1
T: N J HendersonJ: Adrian Heskin
Always in rear, tailed off 3 out, never a factor, tailed off and pulled up before the last tchd 200/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.50Pl:£1.60, £1.40, £1.90EX:£14.90Trifecta:£74.10Tricast:£65.10SF:£14.29Swingers:£2.10, £4.10, £4.50

Forecasts

Hermes Allen (9/4), Impaire Et Passe (5/2), Gaelic Warrior (9/2), Good Land (9/2), Champ Kiely (13/2), American Mike (28/1), Ho My Lord (50/1), Marble Sands (150/1), Persian Time (150/1), Master Chewy (200/1)

Verdict

IMPAIRE ET PASSE is admittedly more style over substance at this stage, but he couldn't have been much more impressive in winning both his hurdle starts to date and, with the longer trip highly unlikely to hold any fears, he's very much fancied to make his class tell. Hermes Allen produced a scintillating performance in the Challow and has to be considered a big threat, along with last years's Fred winter runner-up Gaelic Warrior, who has progressed plenty more this season.

  1. IMPAIRE ET PASSE (FR)
  2. HERMES ALLEN (FR)
  3. GAELIC WARRIOR (GER)

Previous Winners

2022
Sir Gerhard
Weight: 11-7  |Age: 7
8/11

Prize Money

1st: £75,964.002nd: £28,620.003rd: £14,324.004th: £7,155.005th: £3,591.006th: £1,796.007th: £891.008th: £459.00

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