15:30 Hexham

Saturday 13 May 2017

All13:4514:2014:5515:3016:0516:4017:15

Great North Swim Handicap Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 7f 63y  |   Good (Watered)  |   7 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:30  |   Winning time: 6m 14.6s
1st
Horse silk
4
13/2
T: Micky HammondJ: H Thompson Brown (10)
In touch, outpaced when mistake 2 out, ridden between last 2, rallied last, ran on to lead near finish op 6/1 tchd 11/2 and tchd 7/1
2nd
Horse silk
½
2
911-12
4/1j
T: N W AlexanderJ: Mr Kit Alexander (5)
In touch on outer, lost place and behind from 5th, headway after 8th, outpaced after 2 out, soon ridden, switched inside and rallied to chase leader before last, led flat, kept on, headed near finish op 5/1
3rd
Horse silk
1 ¾
6
9/2
T: H HogarthJ: Jamie Hamilton (3)
Tracked leaders, challenged 2 out, led between last 2, ridden and headed flat, kept on same pace tchd 5/1
4th
Horse silk
1 ½
5
4/1j
T: B EllisonJ: Mr Kaine Wood (7)
Held up in touch, driven to chase leaders after 3 out, ridden before last, kept on under pressure flat, not reach leaders op 5/1
5th
Horse silk
5
3
1111-9
8/1
T: D McCain JnrJ: W T Kennedy
Slowly away, behind until headway to join leaders after 2nd, led next, ridden and headed between last 2, no extra flat op 6/1
6th
Horse silk
½
7
5/1
T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: Alexander Thorne (7)
Prominent, lost place before 4 out, ridden after next, lost touch next, kept on under pressure from last, not trouble leaders

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
1
8/1
T: A M ThomsonJ: Rachel McDonald (7)
Led to 3rd, in touch, ridden after 3 out, weakened after next, pulled up before last op 13/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.30Pl:£3.10, £2.90EX:£34.80Trifecta:£159.60SF:£30.49Swingers:£7.00, £7.00, £1.90

Forecasts

Landecker (4/1), Jac The Legend (4/1), Grand Enterprise (9/2), Bescot Springs (5/1), Waterclock (13/2), Bourne (8/1), Fly Vinnie (8/1)

Verdict

A tight handicap. Grand Enterprise looks capable of getting the better of old rival Jac The Legend over this slightly shorter trip, but there probably isn't a great deal to choose between both horses. Bourne has been waiting for this better ground, whilst Bescot Springs should never be written off at Hexham despite his advancing years. However, a real chance is taken on the Micky Hammond trained WATERCLOCK. His recent hurdles form is no great shakes and he was comfortably beaten on the Flat at Pontefract by a stablemate recently, but he was mixing it from marks of 122 at Wetherby early in 2016, and with 10lb claimer Hugo Thompson Brown booked, he effectively races from a much reduced mark of 100 today.
  1. Waterclock
  2. Grand Enterprise
  3. Jac The Legend

Prize Money

1st: £5,848.002nd: £1,717.003rd: £859.004th: £429.00

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