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17:00 Hereford

Brook Hotels Beginners' Chase (Class 4)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 3m 1f 110y
  • Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
  • Surface: Turf
  • £9,650 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 6m 2.10s
  • Off Time: 17:02:15
  • 9 Ran
1
Silk - Grey and Light Blue stripes, Grey sleeves and cap
5/2
  • Form U3145-6
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-0

held up in touch, not fluent 2nd, headway 8th, soon chasing leaders, weakened before 4f out

2
Silk - Maroon and Pink (quartered), Maroon sleeves and cap
6/1
  • Form 442242-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-0
  • Official Rating 114

held up in rear, blundered 1st, soon under pressure and tailed off, remote 3rd

3
Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue triple diamond, Yellow sleeves, Royal Blue stars, Yellow cap, Royal Blue diamond
100/1
  • Form P77-88P
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-0
  • Official Rating 54

led until 4th, remained prominent, lost place before 10th, behind when pulled up after 11th

4
Silk - Yellow, Red Cross of Lorraine, Red sleeves, Yellow armlets, Emerald Green cap
9/4
  • Form 32U-4R2
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-0
  • Official Rating 122

held up in touch, chased leader 4f out, every chance approaching 2f out, led before last, hard driven and held on well

5
Silk - PINK, EMERALD GREEN cross belts, armlets and spots on cap
  • Form 0/23P2-3
  • Age 9
  • Weight 11-0
  • Official Rating 117

prominent, led 4th, jumped left 2f out, hard ridden and headed approaching last, rallied and stayed on strongly towards finish, just failed

6
Silk - Purple, pink disc, pink cap
  • Form PF
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-0

behind, blundered badly 5th, detached before 7th, behind when pulled up before 11th

7
Silk - Black, Red stars, Red sleeves, Black armlets and star on Red cap
  • Form P/P004-6
  • Age 9
  • Weight 11-0
  • Official Rating 68

tracked leaders, mistakes 7th, soon lost place, behind when blundered 14th, pulled up before 4f out

8
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE collar and sleeves, BLACK and LIGHT BLUE check cap
  • Form 861-U95
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-0

in touch, chased leader 6th, lost place 12th, soon tailed off

9
Silk - Light Blue, Maroon spots, Light Blue sleeves, Maroon cap, Light Blue spots
  • Form 332U3-3
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-7
  • Official Rating 105

keen early, raced in rear, headway when mistakes 10th, weakened 4f out

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

NO PANIC, Sandhurst and Catch The Stars are the trio which catch our eye here, with preference for the first named. Peter Bowen's got his string in fine form, but there may be a question mark as to whether No Panic will get the trip, having failed to complete some races. This is the furthest he's raced, but the yard must be confident he'll stay the distance. Sandhurst has been placed in four of his eight goes over the bigger fences, but not won since his younger days in Ireland. He's in decent form, and there are no stamina doubts over him. Catch The Stars has won a point to point, but may want some cut in the ground; she's yet to win under rules, but is open to improvement. Winning doesn't come easily to any of these, but we think first home could be No Panic.

Formwatch

Georgian King 9-2fav (11-10) Mid-division, ridden after 8th, weakened after 3 out, 6th of 16, 29l behind Sheshali (10-13) at Exeter 2m 7f hcp hdl 0-130 (3) gf in May.

House Of Bourbon (IRE) 8-11fav (11-6) Held up, pushed along briefly and headway 8th, reminders after 10th, went 2nd after 3 out, no chance with winner, 2nd of 8, 12l behind Picture In The Sky (11-6) at Hereford 3m 2f mdn hdl (5) sft in Jan.

Mystic King 50-1 (9-11) Mid-division until not fluent 7th, soon behind, pulled up before 4 out, in a race won by Tank Buster (10-10) at Newton Abbot 3m 2f hcp ch 0-95 (5) gd, 14 ran.

No Panic (IRE) 13-2 (11-0) Held up towards rear, headway 11th, ridden after 3 out, stayed on under pressure to take second flat, not trouble winner, 2nd of 8, 2 1/2l behind Cruchain (11-0) at Worcester 2m 4f beg chase (4) sft.

Sandhurst (IRE) 11-1 (11-0) Prominent, led 11th, headed approaching 13th, every chance 4 out, hit 3 out, stayed on same pace approaching last, 3rd of 14, 1 3/4l behind Black Beauty (11-0) at Worcester 2m 7f beg chase (4) gd in May.

Stormy Chance (IRE) 12-1 (12-0) in a race won by The Stroker (12-0) at Whitfield 3m ptp in May, 9 ran.

Suprendre Espere 12-1 (10-0) Chased leaders, mistake 10th, not fluent next, soon weakened, 6th of 8, 38l behind King Cyrus (11-12) at Huntingdon 2m 4f hcp chs 0-100 (4) gf in May.

Tricky Tangler (IRE) 14-1 (12-0) Lost plce 5; kpt on 2 out; lkd to fin 4th, 5th of 12, 19l behind Slipawayon (12-0) at Bratton Down 3m ptp in May.

Catch The Stars (IRE) 5-4fav (10-7) Held up, mistake 2nd, headway 4th, pressing leader after 6th, led 10th, headed 3 out, weakened approaching 2 out, left poor 3rd last, 3rd of 9, 27l behind Mystic Storm (11-0) at Towcester 2m 3f mdn chs (4) gf in May.