15:30 Wincanton

Thursday 7 March 2024

All13:5014:2514:5515:3016:0516:40

Wiltshire Air Ambulance Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 6m 53.35s

1^st

Madaket

611-6

13/8f

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: M G Nolan

Raced wide, tracking leaders, led 7th, made rest, went clear after 3 out, stayed on strongly tchd 15/8

2^nd

Moonlight Artist

610-6

3/1

T: J TizzardJ: Brendan Powell

Raced towards inside, chased leaders, angled out before 8th, went 2nd on inside home turn, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner op 16/5 tchd 11/4

3^rd

3 ¾

Sporty Jim

712-0

11/2

T: O MurphyJ: S Bowen

Raced wide, pressed leader, led 6th until next, chased winner until 3 out, soon pushed along, ridden home turn, pushed along and outpaced home turn, ridden soon after, plugged on into modest 3rd final strides op 9/2

4^th

Faded Fantasy

511-2

9/1

T: Christian WilliamsJ: Nick Scholfield

Held up in last pair out wide, closer out wide before 6th, pushed along and outpaced after 8th, rallied out wide before 2 out, rider lost iron briefly between last two poor 3rd when mistake last, weakened into 3rd final strides op 15/2

5^th

5 ½

Burrows Park

1211-9

16/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch

Raced on inside, made most until headed and dropped to 3rd at 6th, chased leaders, pushed along before 8th, soon lost place and behind, tailed off op 14/1 tchd 18/1

Also Ran

Rare Clouds

1011-9

5/1

T: Simon EarleJ: James Best

Held up in last pair, good headway out wide chasing leaders before 8th, went 2nd 3 out until weakened quickly home turn, tailed off and pulled up before the last op 7/1

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Non-Runners

Paricolor⁷²

Weight: 12-0| Age: 8

T: D Pipe J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.63Pl:£1.40, £1.80EX:£6.30Trifecta:£27.60SF:£6.97Swingers:£1.40, £2.10, £2.70

Forecasts

Madaket (13/8), Moonlight Artist (3/1), Rare Clouds (5/1), Sporty Jim (11/2), Paricolor (7/1), Faded Fantasy (9/1), Burrows Park (16/1)

The way MADAKET finished over 21f at Kempton last month strongly suggests this step back up in trip is well worth exploring and he gets the vote in a competitive handicap now tried in cheekpieces. Sporty Jim could be the danger.

MADAKET
SPORTY JIM (IRE)
RARE CLOUDS

Previous Winners

2023

Island Run

Weight: 11-5 |Age: 6

J: M G Nolan | T: P Hobbs & J White

7/2

Prize Money

1st: £5,281.002nd: £2,430.003rd: £1,215.004th: £608.005th: £303.00