16:42 Taunton

Wednesday 24 April 2024

All16:4217:1517:5018:2519:0019:3520:10

Taunton Racecourse Business Club Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 16:42 | Winning time: 4m 37.28s

1^st

Meatloaf

511-12

5/2

T: P F NichollsJ: Harry Cobden

Made all, shaken up and forged on before 2 out, ridden before last, ran on well, readily op 2/1

2^nd

6 ½

Recoup

511-12

5/1

T: F O'BrienJ: Kielan Woods

Tracked leader, ridden 2 out, no impression when not fluent last op 9/2 tchd 11/2

3^rd

Walks Like The Man

611-12

9/2

T: H DickinJ: Bradley Harris (3)

Chased leaders, pushed along after 2 out, kept on same pace op 5/1

4^th

3 ¾

Backinaction

611-5

80/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Brendan Powell

Mid-division, went 4th after 3 out, pushed along home turn and kept on one pace op 50/1

5^th

8 ½

Dan's Chosen

911-5

20/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: Sean Houlihan

Rear mid-division, some headway 4 out, pushed along home turn, soon weakened op 18/1

6^th

Dasher

611-5

28/1

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Mid-division, not fluent 1st, pushed along and beaten 2 out op 22/1

7^th

1 ½

Ballyfinn

611-5

11/1

T: A J HoneyballJ: Rex Dingle

Prominent, dropped to mid-division after 5th, pushed along and weakened 3 out op 12/1 tchd 10/1

8^th

Sindri

410-2

200/1

T: M HuntJ: Harry Reed

Towards rear, pushed along after 3 out, never on terms op 150/1

9^th

Talap

711-5

200/1

T: G F EdwardsJ: Bryan Carver

Handy on outer, weakened quickly 3 out

10^th

Roger Pol

611-12

15/8f

T: Jamie SnowdenJ: G Sheehan

Mid-division, pushed along before 4 out, jumped left 3 out and tailed off tchd 2/1

Also Ran

Inspector Maigret

511-5

250/1

T: H BrownJ: Ben Godfrey

Towards rear, pushed along and struggling after 5th, ran out op 200/1

Telenn D'annain

511-5

200/1

T: Christian WilliamsJ: Jordan Nailor

Towards rear, mistake and unseated rider 4th op 150/1

Silver Chord

610-12

150/1

T: C J DownJ: David Noonan

Towards rear, reminders after 3rd, pushed along after 5th, lost touch 4 out, pulled up op 100/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.50Pl:£1.20, £1.70, £1.70EX:£15.10Trifecta:£54.00SF:£15.34Swingers:£2.70, £2.50, £4.00

Forecasts

Roger Pol (15/8), Meatloaf (5/2), Walks Like The Man (9/2), Recoup (5/1), Ballyfinn (11/1), Dan's Chosen (20/1), Dasher (28/1), Backinaction (80/1), Silver Chord (150/1), Sindri (200/1), Talap (200/1), Telenn D'annain (200/1), Inspector Maigret (250/1)

MEATLOAF, Roger Pol and to a lesser degree, Recoup were all a shade disappointing last time but they are previous hurdles winners and are fancied to bounce back. The Paul Nicholls charge is marginally preferred.

MEATLOAF (FR)
ROGER POL (IRE)
RECOUP

Previous Winners

2023

Phoenix Risen

Weight: 11-3 |Age: 6

J: David Prichard | T: J Scott

4/1

Prize Money

1st: £4,955.002nd: £2,283.003rd: £1,141.004th: £571.00