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16:00 Haydock Park

Red Square Vodka Fixed Brush 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (Class D)

  • 16 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 4f
  • Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 6.00s
  • 16 Ran
1
Silk - Yellow, black chevrons, striped cap
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-12

behind from 5th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out

2
Silk - EMERALD GREEN and RED check, hooped sleeves and cap
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

held up towards rear, never dangerous

3
Silk - WHITE, RED chevrons on sleeves, RED cap

Birdwatch

192
8/1
  • Form 63235-6
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-12

held up, ridden and headway 3f out, no impression from next

4
Silk - EMERALD GREEN and YELLOW (quartered), WHITE sleeves and cap
8/1
  • Form U11-0
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

held up, mid-division, ridden approaching 3 out, weakened approaching next

5
Silk - White, Red Cross of Lorraine and star on cap
  • Form 400-6P4
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-12

held up, mid-division, headway 3 out, ridden next, stayed on under pressure

6
Silk - EMERALD GREEN and YELLOW (quartered), WHITE sleeves and cap
  • Form 2/0
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-12

led, ridden last, headed close home

7
Silk - Emerald Green, Orange chevron, quartered cap
  • Form 25-22
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

tracked leaders, ridden approching last, ran on to lead close home

8
Silk - WHITE, BLACK chevrons, RED and WHITE striped sleeves and cap
  • Form 400-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-12

held up mid-division, not fluent 3 out, ridden approaching next, soon weakened

9
Silk - DARK GREEN, YELLOW sash
33/1
  • Form 6-0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-12

always behind, mistake 5th, pulled up before 2 out

10
Silk - Black, White chevron and sleeves
14/1
  • Form 4
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-12

in touch, ridden approaching 2 out, stayed on under pressure from last

11
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, EMERALD GREEN stripe, hooped cap
  • Form 4/
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

tracked leaders, mistake 5th, ridden and outpaced 3 out, stayed on towards finish

12
Silk - Light Blue and White diamonds, Light Blue sleeves, White armlets and diamond on cap
16/1
  • Form 06-2410
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

held up mid-division, outpaced 4 out, stayed on from last

13
Silk - Black and Pink diabolo, halved sleeves, Pink cap
  • Form 003-3
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-12

took keen hold, held up, jumped slow 5th, weakened approaching 2 out

14
Silk - Royal Blue, White spots, Pink sleeves, Royal Blue and Pink quartered cap
12/1
  • Form 3
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-12

with leader, every chance 3 out, weakened next

15
Silk - Red, White cross belts and star on cap
40/1
  • Form 34-P54P
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

in touch, ridden and every chance approaching 2 out, mistake last when weakening

16
Silk - Mauve, Dark Blue epaulets, hooped sleeves
66/1
  • Form 0/316-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

took keen hold, in touch, ridden and weakened from 4 out

In depth

Verdict

In a modest heat, Eskimo Pie gets the vote ahead of possibly Mandica, Miss Cospector and Caipiroska. Birdwatch has so far not carried his promising bumper efforts into hurdling. Looking at the field. Winning pointer Caipiroska could be interesting from the rejuvenated Ferdy Murphy stable although he'll need to step up on his Carlisle run. Cool Cossack looked promising back in April 2003 but will have to improve on his recent reappearance run to feature. Mandica showed plenty of promise in a Worcester bumper last time so is maybe one to consider. Michael's Joy is another one to monitor in the betting, although he has been injury-prone since a promising debut run in March 2003. Miss Cospector has at least won a similar event and, overall, certainly cannot be dismissed from calculations. Notanotherdonkey is another to have shown bumper promise and will probably appreciate a step up in trip, similar comments applying to Pinnacle Ridge. Prince Of Slane has also shown promise, while Radbrook Hall is a winning pointer. As we say, this is not a strong race and maybe the winning answer lies in Eskimo Pie.