15:28 Hereford

Thursday 4 January 2024

All12:5813:2813:5814:2814:5815:2815:58

Daily Racing Specials At PlanetSportBet Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:28 | Winning time: 6m 41.39s

1^st

Hill Of Tara

711-6

4/7f

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch

In touch behind leaders, prominent on outer 3rd, led 4th, went clear in a canter after 3 out, coasted home, not extended

2^nd

Mactavish

711-9

5/1

T: M SheppardJ: Stan Sheppard

Towards rear early, not fluent 4th in mid-division, slow jump 5th, pushed along and went modest 2nd after 2 out, plugged on, no chance with winner op 13/2

3^rd

2 ¼

Santa Clarita

611-2

33/1

T: T SymondsJ: Benjamin Poste

Mid-division, well behind 4 out, plugged on for remote 3rd op 25/1

4^th

Steal My Sunshine

712-0

6/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Mid-division, headway into 3rd at 9th, ridden before 4 out, chased clear leader next, weakened before 2 out op 13/2

5^th

M' Lady May

1010-10

50/1

T: Katy PriceJ: Shane Quinlan (3)

Led, headed and tracked leaders 4th, dropped to rear 9th, tailed off 4 out tchd 40/1 and tchd 66/1

Also Ran

Dragoon Springs

810-13

22/1

T: D Killahena & G McPhersonJ: Nick Slatter (5)

Chased leaders, lost position 6th and in rear, struggling 8th, pulled up 4 out op 25/1 tchd 28/1

Inchiquin Spirit

710-13

28/1

T: A RalphJ: C Gethings

Tracked leaders, pushed along 4 out, dropped away tamely and pulled up before next op 18/1

Blackacre

510-10

10/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Adam Wedge

Handy, lost ground before 9th, soon struggling and pulled up tchd 11/1

Newtonian

710-6

25/1

T: M SheppardJ: R Patrick

Prominent, not fluent 2nd, lost ground 4 out, pulled up before 2 out op 20/1

Elfride

810-4

25/1

T: R T PhillipsJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Mid-division, fell 1st tchd 28/1

Coilrock

710-2

150/1

T: D J JeffreysJ: Max Kendrick

Always in rear, tailed off and pulled up 4 out op 80/1

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Non-Runners

Faha Belle¹⁹

Weight: 11-10| Age: 6

T: F O'Brien J: Daire Davis

Fantomas⁹³

Weight: 10-9| Age: 8

T: N & W Twiston-Davies J: Non Runner

A Dublin Job²⁸

Weight: 11-9| Age: 7

T: Harry Derham J: Paul O'Brien

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.58Pl:£1.10, £1.70, £7.20EX:£5.10Trifecta:£50.70Tricast:£55.92SF:£4.22Swingers:£2.00, £8.40, £19.20

Forecasts

Hill Of Tara (4/7), A Dublin Job (4/1), Mactavish (5/1), Steal My Sunshine (6/1), Fantomas (15/2), Faha Belle (10/1), Blackacre (10/1), Dragoon Springs (22/1), Elfride (25/1), Newtonian (25/1), Inchiquin Spirit (28/1), Santa Clarita (33/1), M' Lady May (50/1), Coilrock (150/1)

An open-looking event with the vote going to A DUBLIN JOB, who shaped encouragingly starting out for Harry Derham at Market Rasen 4 weeks ago. Mactavish suggested he's still going the right way when third in a strong-looking race at Taunton on his most recent outing, with the unpenalised Haydock-scorer Hill of Tara completing the shortlist.