12:50 Ayr

Monday 11 December 2023

All11:5012:2012:5013:2013:5014:2014:5015:20

Coral 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2)

Off time: 12:54 | Winning time: 4m 1.58s

1^st

Doyen Du Bar

711-6

7/1

T: Miss P RobsonJ: Craig Nichol

Chased leader, led 2nd, not fluent 2 out, shaken up before last, clear flat, comfortably op 5/1 tchd 9/2

2^nd

Esprit Du Potier

411-6

1/2f

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: D R Fox

Led until 2nd, chased winner, not fluent 2 out, soon ridden, not fluent last, no impression on winner flat, kept on

3^rd

President Scottie

511-6

8/1

T: N G RichardsJ: Danny McMenamin

Held up in touch, 5th 3 out, left modest 3rd last, no chance with front pair op 15/2 tchd 7/1

4^th

Finn Lough

411-6

16/1

T: O Greenall & J GuerrieroJ: Henry Brooke

Mid-division, headway 6th, no impression from after 3 out, not fluent and left 4th last op 12/1

5^th

Lucky Soldier

511-6

18/1

T: N W AlexanderJ: Bruce Lynn (3)

Not jump well, rear of mid-division, well beaten 6th, plugged on from 2 out op 40/1

6^th

Tommy Combats

411-6

100/1

T: M TodhunterJ: Sean Quinlan

Mid-division, not fluent 2nd or 6th, well beaten before 3 out, plugged on from 2 out op 66/1

7^th

3 ¼

Skiddaw

511-6

28/1

T: N W AlexanderJ: B S Hughes

Chased leaders, not fluent 2nd, pushed along 3 out, 3rd and no impression 2 out, weakened before last op 33/1

8^th

4 ¾

Prontoanita

410-13

50/1

T: I JardineJ: Nathan Moscrop

Never better than mid-division tchd 80/1

9^th

River Ayr

511-6

100/1

T: R M SmithJ: Callum Bewley

Held up in touch, modest 6th 3 out, soon weakened op 50/1

10^th

4 ½

Whozatgirl

410-13

150/1

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: S Mulqueen

Held up towards rear, some headway after 6th, weakened before 3 out op 125/1

11^th

Bowler Jack

511-6

80/1

T: A M ThomsonJ: Ryan Mania

Held up towards rear, reached mid-division when mistake 6th, soon weakened op 40/1 tchd 125/1

12^th

5 ½

Cave Hill

411-6

250/1

T: I A DuncanJ: Alan Doyle (5)

Always behind op 150/1

Also Ran

Born To Sparkle

510-13

300/1

T: R M SmithJ: William Shanahan (5)

Always behind, pulled up before 3 out op 200/1

Brucio

510-13

13/2

T: S R B CrawfordJ: D A Jacob

Chased leaders on inside, outpaced and switched right before 2 out, went modest 3rd when fell last op 11/1 tchd 6/1

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Non-Runners

Rory's Story¹⁸

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: T Davidson J: Harry Reed

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.50Pl:£2.00, £1.02, £2.60EX:£13.20Trifecta:£59.80SF:£11.73Swingers:£1.80, £5.30, £2.30

Forecasts

Esprit Du Potier (1/2), Brucio (13/2), Doyen Du Bar (7/1), President Scottie (8/1), Finn Lough (16/1), Lucky Soldier (18/1), Rory's Story (25/1), Skiddaw (28/1), Prontoanita (50/1), Bowler Jack (80/1), Tommy Combats (100/1), River Ayr (100/1), Whozatgirl (150/1), Cave Hill (250/1), Born To Sparkle (300/1)

ESPRIT DU POTIER quickly made up into a pretty useful bumper performer last season and he shaped well when finding just one too good on his reappearance at Kelso. The 4-y-o is open to improvement and will take plenty of stopping here. Doyen du Bar is second choice ahead of Brucio and hurdles-debutant President Scottie.