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16:45 Hereford

Call Star Sports On 08000 521 321 Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) (Div 1) (Class 5)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 53y
  • Going: Good
  • Surface: Turf
  • £3,500 added
  • Winner: £2,274
  • 2nd: £668
  • 3rd: £334
  • 4th: £167
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 58.22s
  • Off Time: 16:45:09
  • 9 Ran
1
Silk - White, light blue disc, sleeves and cap
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-12

held up in rear, rapid headway on inside before home turn where ridden, badly hampered by faller and unseated rider entering home straight

2
Silk - Dark Blue and White diabolo, hooped sleeves and cap
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-12

tracked leaders, smooth headway to lead turning for home, ran on well under pressure final furlong

3
Silk - Black, light blue epaulets, sleeves and cap
  • Form 6
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-12

held up, ridden and lost ground on back straight, weakened before home turn

4
Silk - Purple, Mauve chevron and armlets, Mauve and Purple quartered cap
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-12

prominent, led end of back straight, ridden and headed when edged right turning for home, kept on but no chance with winner

5
Silk - Yellow and black check, white and red check sleeves, black cap
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

midfield, ridden before home turn, tailed off and eased entering straight

6
Silk - Maroon and black check, black sleeves and cap
  • Form 2-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

led, ridden and headed end of back straight, weakened quickly before home turn

7
Silk - Dark Green, Royal Blue diamond
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-12

midfield, ridden and lost ground before home turn, plugged on one pace

8
Silk - PURPLE, YELLOW seams, halved sleeves, YELLOW cap
50/1
  • Form 9-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-5

prominent, lost place but still in touch before home turn, ridden when hampered and fell entering home straight

9
Silk - Yellow and Brown stripes, Light Blue sleeves, Yellow cap
100/1
  • Form 6-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-5

held up, hard ridden end of back straight, veered left to avoid fallen horses on home turn, ran on

In depth

Verdict

Settle Down is a half-brother to three winners on the Flat so should have the pace for this. City Derby has bumper winners among winning relatives and Walk In The Wild, who cost €55,000, is out of a winning hurdler in France. Also bred in France, GERARD MENTOR looks a likely contender on pedigree so gets the nod with the former pointer Thomas Kershaw likely to need a stiffer test of stamina.

Formwatch

City Derby (IRE) Ask gelding out of Reine D'or.

Dobryn (FR) No Risk At All gelding out of Brava.

Generous Leader (IRE) 13-2 (11-2) Led, ridden and headed before home turn, weakened quickly over 2f out, 6th of 8, 29 1/2l behind Red Maple (11-2) at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 1f mdn (5) sft in Sep.

Gerard Mentor (FR) Policy Maker gelding out of Trephine Du Sulon.

Settle Down (FR) Motivator gelding out of Zarafsha.

Thomas Kershaw (IRE) 9-4fav (11-7) Drpd rr 11f out; eff 4f out; went 2nd 11/2f out; no imp, 2nd of 6, 15l behind Classic Ruler (11-12) at Garthorpe 2m gd in Apr.

Walk In The Wild (FR) Walk In The Park gelding out of Sublimissime.

Cup Of Coffee (FR) 66-1 (11-2) Chased leaders, outpaced over 4f out, well beaten over 2f out, 9th of 11, 18 1/2l behind Fontaine Collonges (11-6) at Ludlow 2m (4) sft in Jan.

Miss Mahmite (IRE) 9-1 (11-0) Held up in last pair, never on terms, last of 6, 18l behind Graces Order (11-0) at Sedgefield 2m 1f (5) sft in Mar.