14:15 Taunton

Monday 4 February 2019

All13:4514:1514:4515:1515:4516:1516:45

Racing To School Novices' Hurdle (Div 2)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 3f 1y  |   Soft  |   9 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:15  |   Winning time: 4m 54.0s
1st
Horse silk
1
1/2f
T: H MorrisonJ: R Johnson
Held up in last trio, headway tracking leaders 5th, 3rd before next, 2nd 4 out, led going before 2 out, 1 length ahead last, stayed on well run-in op 8/15
2nd
Horse silk
2
3
511-4
9/4
T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden
Held up in last trio and kept wide, smooth headway before 3 out, close 3rd next, went 2nd between last 2, 1 length down last, ridden and stayed on same pace run-in op 5/2
3rd
Horse silk
4 ½
6
5/1
T: F O'BrienJ: C Brace (7)
Chased leaders, 2nd before 2 out until between last 2, kept on same pace in 3rd
4th
Horse silk
17
4
611-4
25/1
T: P F NichollsJ: Bryony Frost
Flighty in preliminaries, raced keenly, chased leaders on inside, 2nd briefly after 3 out, pushed along and weakened before 2 out
5th
Horse silk
9
7
50/1
T: M BlakeJ: P J Brennan
Led and kept wide, headed before 2 out, soon weakened op 66/1
6th
Horse silk
7
2
50/1
T: Jonjo O'NeillJ: R P McLernon
Raced keenly, chased leader, mistake 4th, lost 2nd 4 out, ridden and weakened after next op 100/1 tchd 50/1
7th
Horse silk
2
9
66/1
T: Alexandra DunnJ: M G Nolan
Held up towards rear and keen, never a factor
8th
Horse silk
13
8
66/1
T: J G CannJ: Nick Scholfield
Towards rear and wide, mistake 4th, soon behind, never a factor, tailed off op 100/1
9th
Horse silk
19
5
50/1
T: D PipeJ: David Noonan
Restrained and keen in rear, ridden and no response after 3 out, never a factor, tailed off

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.50Pl:£1.02, £1.20, £1.20EX:£2.00Trifecta:£4.30SF:£2.34Swingers:£1.10, £1.60, £1.60

Forecasts

Third Wind (1/2), My Way (9/4), Paint The Dream (5/1), Ostuni (25/1), Two Sams (50/1), Global Anchor (50/1), Ourmullion (50/1), Westerner Ocean (66/1), Save The Pennies (66/1)

Verdict

The Paul Nicholls-trained My Way hasn't so far managed to live up to his reputation and, while it is too soon to be writing him off, he looks short in the betting here. THIRD WIND was a shock winner at Plumpton two starts back but proved that to be no fluke back there since and Richard Johnson's mount is the standard-bearer now. Paint The Dream showed more for the switch to hurdling at Huntingdon on Boxing Day and can lay claims on the place money.
  1. Third Wind
  2. My Way
  3. Paint The Dream

Prize Money

1st: £5,133.002nd: £1,507.003rd: £754.004th: £377.00

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