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National Hunt Credit Card Juvenile Novices' Hurdle (Class D)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 110y
  • Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 52.60s
  • 7 Ran
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1
Silk -

Ela d'Argent (IRE)

6/5

    2
    Silk -

    Gabor

    6/4

      1
      Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue stars on sleeves, Light Blue cap

      Ashton Vale

      21
      15/2
      • Form 12
      • Age 3
      • Weight 11-2

      chased leaders, mistake 5th, ridden approaching 2 out, mistake last, always held

      2
      Silk - Yellow, Black triple diamond, White sleeves, Black armlets, Black and Yellow check cap

      Gabor

      7
      6/4
      • Form 1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 11-2

      chased winner throughout, mistake 5th, pushed along next, soon ridden, always held

      3
      Silk - Dark Blue and Yellow (quartered), Yellow sleeves, Dark Blue spots, Dark Blue and Red quartered cap

      Ela d'Argent (IRE)

      9
      6/5
      • Form U1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 10-11

      made all, soon clear, unchallenged

      4
      Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow chevrons, Dark Blue sleeves, Red armlets, Black cap

      Dim Byd

      100/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 10-10

      mistake 1st, soon in rear, lost touch 4th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out

      5
      Silk - Royal Blue, Red disc, striped sleeves and cap

      Mistanoora

      9
      16/1
      • Form 4
      • Age 3
      • Weight 10-10

      slow jump 1st, blundered 4th, always towards rear

      6
      Silk - MAROON, LIGHT BLUE sleeves, LIGHT BLUE cap, MAROON diamond

      Montessori Mio (FR)

      16/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 10-10

      always in rear

      7
      Silk - Black, Yellow chevron, Black sleeves, Yellow spots, Yellow cap

      Gainful

      150/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 10-5

      behind from 4th

      In depth

      Verdict

      There was plenty to like about the performance of Ashton Vale at Newton Abbot last month. Though admittedly it was not the hottest of contests, once Ela d'Argent had unseated her pilot, Paul Nicholls' colt polished off the rest of the opposition with something to spare and with a similar effort here he will be thereabouts. Ruby Walsh is booked to ride Ashton Vale, who couldn't quite reproduce that run at Bangor last time, but cannot be ruled out. The filly Ela d'Argent is another to have turned to the obstacles fit from the flat and would surely be going for a hat-trick here had it not been for that Newton Abbot blunder. Martin Pipe has since sent her out to thrash the opposition at Perth recently and she will be the one they all have to beat. Gabor was the winner of a poor looking race at Plumpton last Saturday and will have to do more to take this one, while Mistanoora was making his debut under rules when one of those thrashed by Ela d'Argent recently. Though we should expect improvement from the Nigel Twiston-Davies-trained gelding it would be asking a lot for her to turn around a 24-length defeat so soon.