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14:10 Hereford

James Nicholas Conditional Jockeys' Selling Hurdle (Class G)

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 3f 110y
  • Going: Good to Soft
  • Surface: Turf
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 1.30s
  • 10 Ran
1
Silk - Yellow, Purple chevron, Yellow sleeves and quartered cap
14/1
  • Form 7970-03
  • Age 6
  • Weight 12-5
  • Official Rating 99

never going well, towards rear, reminders after 4th, brief effort 7th, weakened approaching 3 out, tailed off

2
Silk - DARK GREEN, RED seams, hooped sleeves, quartered cap
  • Form 43/1-672
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-12
  • Official Rating 104

chased winner, hit 5th, lost 2nd approaching last, stayed on same pace

3
Silk - Red, White sash, armlets and spots on cap

Gabor

3 b
7/1
  • Form 224674
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-5
  • Official Rating 96

raced wide, mid-division, jumped slowly 5th, headway 7th, one pace from 2 out

5
Silk - Royal Blue, White stars, White sleeves, Red armlets, White and Red striped cap
  • Form 2PPP8P
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12
  • Official Rating 95

made all, blundered 2 out, ridden and stayed on gamely flat

6
Silk - Emerald Green, Black disc, Black cap
  • Form P/22P-14
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-12
  • Official Rating 76

reminders after 3rd, well behind from 6th, tailed off

8
Silk - DARK GREEN, LIGHT GREEN stripe, striped sleeves, hooped cap
20/1
  • Form 6/4906-P
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-12
  • Official Rating 82

held up, in touch, ridden when not fluent 2 out, weakened approaching last

9
Silk - MAROON, YELLOW sleeves, WHITE armlets, MAROON and YELLOW quartered cap
15/8
  • Form 624363
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12
  • Official Rating 98

held up, in touch, mistake 3 out, not fluent 2 out, soon hard ridden, chased winner approaching last, one pace flat

10
Silk - Emerald Green, Black chevrons, hooped sleeves, striped cap
50/1
  • Form 97P57P-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-12
  • Official Rating 80

always behind and lost touch approaching 7th, tailed off

11
Silk - BLACK, RED chevrons on sleeves, RED cap
  • Form B935/F-P
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-12
  • Official Rating 92

jumped badly, pulled hard in rear, driven and headway 7th, weakened quickly approaching 3 out, tailed off

12
Silk - Dark Green, Royal Blue epaulets
8/1
  • Form 3692-69
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-5
  • Official Rating 90

prominent, driven and lost place approaching 7th, weakened approaching 3 out, tailed off

4
NR
  • Form 6P5016
  • Age 10
  • Weight 11-5
  • Official Rating 78

Nonrunner

7
NR
  • Form 9/48952-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12
  • Official Rating 78

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

This looks the easiest opportunity Rifleman has had in his hurdling career and he is a confident choice to beat Noble Calling and Gabor. Peter Bowen's five-year-old was highly tried last season, taking on the likes of Blue Business and My Way De Solzen. He wasn't beaten far in a decent handicap hurdle last time and dropping to selling companytoday he will be very hard to beat. Gabor ran well in a similar race to this last time and although he has something to find on official ratings, he should still be involved in the finish. Noble Calling was strongly fancied for a Towcester seller last time but was put in his place by the 84 rated Indian Star. His official rating may not be a true reflection of his ability and the best he can hope for is some place money. The rest make little appeal and so it looks quite an easy task for our selection Rifleman.

Formwatch

Noble Calling (FR) 7-2jt-fav (11-8) In touch, ridden 3 out, mistake 2 out, chased clear leader last, 2nd of 9, 8l behind Indian Star (10-12) at Towcester 2m sll hdl (G) sft.

Gabor 5-1 (11-3) Prominent, led 3rd, ridden when hit 3 out, headed soon after, faded, 4th of 9, 10l behind Indian Star (10-12) at Towcester 2m sll hdl (G) sft.

Dancinginthestreet 100-1 (9-9) Weakened 6th, hit 4 out, tailed off when pulled up 2 out in race won by By Degree (10-13) at Chepstow 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-125 (D) hvy, 11 ran.

Eastwood Drifter (USA) 2-1 (12-0) 4th of 5, well behind Fort Apache (12-0) at Bonvilston 3m ptp gs in May.

Rifleman (IRE) 10-1 (10-9) Tracked leaders, outpaced 3 out, beaten when hit last, 3rd of 9, 19l behind Miss Shakira (10-4) at Perth 2m 4f nov hcp hdl 0-110 (D) gs in Sept.

Spike Jones (NZ) 10-1 (11-8) Pulled hard, mistake 1st, led next, headed 6th, weakened quickly and pulled up 2 out in race won by Madison de Vonnas (11-12) at Plumpton 2m nov hcp hdl 0-100 (E) gd in Oct, 11 ran.

Cybele Eria (FR) 18-1 (9-12) Ridden after 6th, hit 7th, always towards rear, tailed off, 9th of 13, well behind Red Nose Lady (10-9) at Stratford 2m 3f clm hdl (F) gf in Aug.

Pedler's Profiles 14-1 (10-11) Towards rear, headway approaching 3 out, switched to challenge approaching next, not fluent last, no extra, 2nd of 14, 2l behind Sir Walter (11-2) at Worcester 2m cnd hcp hdl 0-90 (F) gd in Aug '04.