Star Sports Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 4m 48.82s

1^st

Queenie St Clair

611-2

5/1

T: Nick ScholfieldJ: S Bowen

Travelled strongly, midfield, in touch 3 out, smooth headway to lead 2 out, soon went clear, pushed out run-in, canter op 11/2 tchd 9/2

2^nd

Col Du Pre'

511-9

6/1

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Ned Fox (3)

Not always fluent, prominent, disputed lead 5th, led outright 3 out, ridden and headed 2 out, soon outpaced by winner, faded run-in, held on for second op 9/2

3^rd

Royal Way

611-6

4/1

T: G & J MooreJ: Sean Houlihan

Midfield, in touch 3 out, soon ridden, chased leaders 2 out, kept on same pace approaching last, just failed for second post op 5/1

4^th

Galactic Charm

511-6

10/1

T: G & J MooreJ: Caoilin Quinn

Ran in snatches, held up in rear, kept on same pace before last op 11/1

5^th

Sinchi Roca

611-13

15/8f

T: S HosieJ: Paddy Hanlon (5)

Led, joined 5th, not fluent 6th, headed 3 out, soon ridden and faded, tailed off before last op 2/1

Also Ran

The Boss Bear

611-8

9/2

T: G & J MooreJ: Tom Cannon

Never travelling in rear, pulled up before 5th op 18/5 tchd 7/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.00Pl:£2.70, £3.40EX:£18.90Trifecta:£100.30SF:£33.42Swingers:£4.20, £3.80, £4.00

Forecasts

Sinchi Roca (15/8), Royal Way (4/1), The Boss Bear (9/2), Queenie St Clair (5/1), Col Du Pre' (6/1), Galactic Charm (10/1)

A competitive small-field contest with bottom weight QUEENIE ST CLAIR selected to come out on top. Successful on stable debut at Wincanton in December, she was far from disgraced faced with a sterner assignment at Taunton last time and this return to handicaps looks firmly in her favour now. The Boss Bear and Sinchi Roca are still very much unexposed and head up the dangers on their respective handicap debuts.