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14:05 Cheltenham

Citipost Novices' Hurdle (Class 2)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 4f 56y
  • Going: Good
  • Surface: Turf
  • £20,000 added
  • Winner: £12,380
  • 2nd: £3,676
  • 3rd: £1,838
  • 4th: £916
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 53.60s
  • Off Time: 14:06:16
  • 7 Ran
1
Silk - Purple, yellow star, red sleeves, yellow cap
15/8
  • Form 334111
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-8
  • Official Rating 140

made all, ridden flat, ran on well

3
Silk - Mauve, White sash, Red cap
11/4
  • Form 2-11181
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-4
  • Official Rating 141

held up in rear, headway 2 out, went 4th before last, no impression, one pace

4
Silk - EMERALD GREEN and RED diabolo, WHITE sleeves, EMERALD GREEN diamonds, WHITE cap, RED diamond
  • Form 1-1411
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-4
  • Official Rating 135

tracked winner, took keen hold, not fluent 6th, lost 2nd 3 out, beaten after 2 out, hung left and weakened before last

5
Silk - Royal Blue and White diabolo, hooped sleeves and cap
9/2
  • Form 4-31134
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-4
  • Official Rating 134

tracked leaders, went 2nd 3 out, mistake 2 out, 3rd and beaten before last, one pace

6
Silk - Yellow and orange diamonds, white sleeves
  • Form 114220
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-4
  • Official Rating 136

held up towards rear, headway approaching 3 out, went 2nd on long run to last, pecked on landing last, hung left and unable to trouble winner

7
Silk - Dark green, red hoop, emerald green sleeves, emerald green cap, red star
100/1
  • Form 1
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-0

held up towards rear, took keen hold, not fluent 7th, headway 3 out, weakened after 2 out

8
Silk - White, dark blue stars, red sleeves, dark blue stars, dark blue cap
  • Form 692
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-8

chased leaders on outside, not fluent 6th, lost place before 3 out, well beaten from next, tailed off

2
NR
  • Form 251201
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-4
  • Official Rating 137

NonRunner

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

Mill Green cannot be left out of calculations having ran well in a Grade 3 at Sandown last month given Nicky Henderson has trained four of the last six winners but COTSWOLD WAY edges this at the weights. Philip Hobbs’ charge showed further progress with a wide-margin success in a handicap at Taunton last time and Richard Johnson takes over the reins today. Dashel Drasher landed a hat-trick of novice hurdles with last month’s victory at Newbury and Dr Sanderson continued his improvement at Ludlow to record a double. That pair are preferred to Ask Dillon and Thistle Do Nicely, both well beaten at the Festival here last month, while Cotswold Prince faces a tough task and winning pointer Buzz De Turcoing debuts under Rules.

Formwatch

Dashel Drasher 5-2fav (11-11) won at Newbury 2m 5f (3) gs in Mar beating Remastered (11-7) by 4l, 10 ran.

Cotswold Way (IRE) 5-1 (11-8) won at Taunton 2m 3f hcp (3) gd in Apr beating Capitaine (11-12) by 15l, 6 ran.

Dr Sanderson (IRE) 9-4 (11-12) won at Ludlow 2m 5f (4) gd in Apr beating Rapper (11-6) by 2l, 7 ran.

Mill Green 14-1 (11-6) 4th of 18, 3 3/4l behind Third Wind (11-5) at Sandown 2m 4f hcp (1) sft in Mar.

Thistle Do Nicely (IRE) 28-1 (10-5) 13th of 24, 13 1/4l behind Ch'tibello (11-5) at Cheltenham 2m 1f hcp (1) gs in Mar.

Buzz De Turcoing (FR) 4-1 (11-11) won at Corbeagh House 3m mdn sft in Dec beating Hill Of Hope (11-11) by 6l, 9 ran.

Cotswold Prince (IRE) 66-1 (10-7) 2nd of 5, 1 1/2l behind Manning Estate (11-2) at Doncaster 2m 3f (4) gd in Mar.

Ask Dillon (IRE) 50-1 (11-7) 10th of 16, 28 3/4l behind City Island (11-7) at Cheltenham 2m 5f (1) sft in Mar.