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15:25 Haydock Park

Haydock Park Fixed Brush 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (Class D)

  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 4f
  • Going: Good to Soft, Good in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 51.60s
  • 13 Ran
1
Silk - Mauve, Mauve and White check sleeves, White cap
  • Form 42-1F
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-5

held up, headway 4 out, left in lead 2 out, soon ridden, hung left last, all out

2
Silk - Royal Blue, Maroon seams, Royal Blue cap
  • Form 53P5-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

in touch, lost place 5th, soon behind

3
Silk - Beige and Dark Blue (quartered), Beige sleeves, Dark Blue cap, Beige spots
20/1
  • Form B6
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

mid-division, lost place after 4th, behind when not much room after 7th

4
Silk - MAUVE and PINK check, WHITE sleeves
5/1
  • Form 5/222-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-12

prominent, outpaced 3 out, kept on flat, no chance with first two

5
Silk - GREY, RED sleeves, BLACK and RED check cap
33/1
  • Form 50-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

prominent, led approaching 2nd, hung right approaching 5th, fell next

6
Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue braces and armlets, quartered cap
  • Form 00P-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-12

mid-division, hit 2nd, not fluent and lost place 4th, tailed off until pulled up before 3 out

7
Silk - NAVY BLUE, SCARLET sleeves, quartered cap, WHITE cross belts
40/1
  • Form B3-F
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-12

always behind

10
Silk - Light Green, Black and Light Green chevrons on sleeves, Black cap
  • Form 5
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-12

led to 2nd, left in lead again 6th, ridden and headed after 3 out, weakened next

11
Silk - ETON BLUE
4/1
  • Form 32252/
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-12

tracked leaders, ridden 3 out, weakened approaching last

12
Silk - YELLOW, ROYAL BLUE sleeves, YELLOW cap, ROYAL BLUE star
  • Form 3/064-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-12

held up and pulled hard, headway 4 out, left 2nd 2 out, ridden and switched right flat, ran on towards finish

13
Silk - Black and Light Blue (quartered), Black sleeves, White cap
11/4
  • Form 22-21
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

tracked leaders, led going well after 3 out, fell next

14
Silk - Black and Yellow diabolo, Black sleeves, Yellow armlets, Black cap
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

always behind, tailed off and pulled up before 7th

15
Silk - Purple, Yellow hoops, Purple sleeves

Snipe

239
25/1
  • Form 04-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

behind, headway 6th, ridden next, soon weakened

8
NR
  • Form U-3124
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-12

Nonrunner

9
NR
  • Form 0-6
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

Nonrunner

16
NR
  • Form 6-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-12

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

Plenty of pointers to gleaned for future reference and Toon Trooper, Cyindien and Long walk should all be wining before too long. However, Mister Flint and The Dark Lord look to be the pair to concentrate on for today and the latter, with experience of hurdles on his side, is just given the vote. The Dai Williams-trained Golly is another who would have to be considered as a live danger but he is a notoriously difficult ride and is not one to rely upon too heavily. The same has to be said about Mister Flint, whose bumper form is admittedly solid and he can be expected to have been well prepared for his hurdles debut. Nevertheless, The Dark Lord was matching the potentially useful Be Fair stride-for-stride until crumpling on landing at the second-last at Huntingdon a fortnight ago, and if that experience has not left a mental scare he will be difficult to overhaul today. The Lucy Wadham-trained gelding had previously improved with each outing and has a good opportunity to add to his tally if drawing from those experiences here.