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15:10 Hereford

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  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 3f
  • Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
  • Surface: Turf
  • £7,500 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 42.30s
  • Off Time: 15:10:26
  • 10 Ran
1
Silk -
12/1

    1
    Silk - Red, Black triple diamond, Black sleeves, Red diamonds
    4/1
    • Form 4-01F30
    • Age 7
    • Weight 11-12
    • Official Rating 108

    in rear, stayed on from 3 out to chase leading pair last, kept on

    2
    Silk - BLACK, RED chevrons on sleeves, RED cap
    • Form 0PU434
    • Age 9
    • Weight 11-6
    • Official Rating 102

    always in rear, not fluent 8th, mistake 11th, behind when pulled up before 3 out

    3
    Silk - Yellow and Royal Blue diamonds, Light Blue sleeves

    Talikos (FR)

    19 BF
    7/2
    • Form 424P00
    • Age 6
    • Weight 11-5
    • Official Rating 101

    held up, ridden 4 out, no impression

    4
    Silk - Purple, White seams, White sleeves, Purple diabolo, White cap
    66/1
    • Form 50F000
    • Age 7
    • Weight 11-1
    • Official Rating 97

    in touch, ridden and weakened 7th, soon behind

    5
    Silk - Red, Black epaulets, Red and White halved sleeves, Black cap

    Adlestrop

    106
    10/1
    • Form 65-5277
    • Age 7
    • Weight 10-13
    • Official Rating 95

    mid-division and jumped left 1st, ridden from 10th, mistake and weakened 3 out

    6
    Silk - Emerald green, orange hoops, white cap
    • Form 6000
    • Age 6
    • Weight 10-13
    • Official Rating 95

    held up, some progress when unseated rider 7th

    7
    Silk - Pink, pink and white quartered cap

    Nemetan (FR)

    85 BFD
    6/1
    • Form 8P-5F13
    • Age 6
    • Weight 10-12
    • Official Rating 94

    mid-division, ridden and some progress 4 out, no impression on leaders from 2 out

    8
    Silk - Red and Dark Blue diamonds, striped sleeves

    Lyon

    49 b CD
    12/1
    • Form 0PF350
    • Age 7
    • Weight 10-12
    • Official Rating 94

    made all, ridden 2 out, mistake last, kept on

    9
    Silk - Light blue, red sash, royal blue sleeves, white armlets, white cap, royal blue diamond

    Karoo

    13
    6/1
    • Form 5P-5541
    • Age 9
    • Weight 10-9
    • Official Rating 91

    tracked leaders and jumped left, weakened 4 out, pulled up before 2 out

    10
    Silk - Yellow, Red stripe, striped sleeves, Red cap
    • Form 328500
    • Age 6
    • Weight 10-2
    • Official Rating 84

    tracked winner throughout, ridden 2 out, rallying and 1 length down when blundered last, not recover

    In depth

    Verdict

    Nemetan gets the vote over Talikos, with Haunted House, Karoo and South Sands adding to a moderate but competitive affair on paper. Nemetan was a beaten favourite at Taunton last time, finishing third to Wenger, and is a shade high in the weights at present. However, he has not had much racing this year, and this step up in trip may bring about the desired improvement. Talikos has now had six outings over fences without success, but will find this finish a lot easier than the Towcester hill, so is another that will be fancied to make a bold bid to get recent losses back. Haunted House humped topweight to victory at Ludlow in January, and more recently was noted staying on at the finish when third to Rowdy Yeats at Warwick. Karoo and South Sands lurk at the foot of the handicap, and both need to show more, so we shall stick with Nemetan.