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18:35 Hexham

Ian Straker Memorial Trophy Handicap Chase (Class 4)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 110y
  • Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
  • Surface: Turf
  • £5,500 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 3.70s
  • Off Time: 18:35:38
  • 11 Ran
1
Silk - Yellow, Purple hoop, Purple and Yellow striped sleeves, Yellow cap, Purple star
14/1
  • Form 51/4676-
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-12
  • Official Rating 96

held up, headway and effort approaching 3 out, soon one pace

2
Silk - Yellow and Black (quartered), hooped sleeves
10/1
  • Form 324017-
  • Age 11
  • Weight 11-11
  • Official Rating 95

held up in rear, headway to chase leaders approaching 3 out, ridden and one pace next

3
Silk - Dark Blue, Red star, Dark Blue sleeves, White stars, Red and White striped cap
11/8
  • Form 133332-
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-5
  • Official Rating 89

close up, led 8th, headed 3 out, every chance between last 2, no extra flat

4
Silk - Purple, Yellow epaulets, chevrons on sleeves, quartered cap
  • Form P7554U-
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-1
  • Official Rating 85

close up until outpaced approaching 2 out

5
Silk - Orange, Red seams, Orange cap, Red stars
17/2
  • Form 73PP57-
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-12
  • Official Rating 82

in touch, effort approaching 3 out, soon no impression

6
Silk - DARK BLUE, DARK BLUE and YELLOW check sleeves, YELLOW cap

Darnley

10 D
12/1
  • Form P5PF3P-
  • Age 10
  • Weight 10-9
  • Official Rating 79

in touch until ridden weakened approaching 2 out

7
Silk - Red, large Yellow spots
5/1
  • Form P4P10P-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-5
  • Official Rating 75

in touch to halfway, behind from 8th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out

8
Silk - Black, White sleeves, Black cap, White diamond
17/2
  • Form 6P24P/2-
  • Age 14
  • Weight 10-2
  • Official Rating 72

chased leaders to halfway, behind from 7th

9
Silk - Yellow, Dark Blue epaulets, Black and White striped sleeves and cap
12/1
  • Form 080764-
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-0
  • Official Rating 68

held up in mid-divisionh, headway 8th, pushed clear flat

10
Silk - Red, Yellow sleeves, hooped cap

No Kidding

26 CDDC
33/1
  • Form 8P446P-
  • Age 13
  • Weight 10-0
  • Official Rating 66

led to 8th, weakend 3 out

11
Silk - Red, yellow cross belts, white sleeves

Northern Flash

122 p D
50/1
  • Form 75067P-
  • Age 13
  • Weight 10-0
  • Official Rating 65

towards rear, blundered 6th, never dangerous

In depth

Verdict

Rifleman gets the call here ahead of Hollows Mill and Darnley. Rifleman is reasonably weighted based on his best 2006 effort, which came here but over further; however, he is not ruled out of a good run. A return to his best 2006 form wuold give Hollows Mill a big chance, while Yankee Holiday scores high for consistency but has a career-high mark to defy if he is to score. Darnley's third to Insurgent two runs ago reads very well in the context of this race, but Whatcanysay has yet to build on his Sedgefield win of last month. With Extra Cache not having had much racing of late and the bottom three being out of the weights, although No Kidding would hold claims based on his fiorm of a year ago, we return to the selection, which is Rifleman.

Formwatch

Rifleman (IRE) 16-1 (10-9) Prominent, outpaced after 3 out, 6th of 14, 34l behind Poker De Sivola (11-8) at Hexham 2m 4f nov hdl (4) gf in Apr.

Hollows Mill 7-1 (10-5) Behind, ridden 4 out, never dangerous, 7th of 11, 20l behind Nifty Roy (10-5) at Carlisle 2m hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Apr.

Yankee Holiday (IRE) 4-1fav (10-9) Chased leader, led 8th, blundered and jumped badly right last and headed, one pace, 2nd of 12, 3l behind Insurgent (10-7) at Kelso 2m 1f hcp chs 0-100 (4) gs in Apr.

Hiddenfortune (IRE) 20-1 (10-4) Prominent until lost place 6th, behind when blundered and unseated rider at the 9th in race won by Trading Trouble (10-11) at Perth 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-115 (3) gs in Apr, 11 ran.

Drumossie (AUS) 12-1 (11-7) Mid-division, headway 3rd, chased winner 11th until 4 out, weakening when mistake 2 out, tailed off, 7th of 13, well behind Fieldsofclover (11-11) at Worcester 2m 4f hcp chs 0-100 (4) gf in Apr.

Darnley 25-1 (11-3) In touch, lost place 6th, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up 4 out in race won by Prince Adjal (10-12) at Perth 3m amt hcp hdl 0-100 (4) sft in Apr, 14 ran.

Whatcanyasay 7-1 (10-8) Mid-division, hampered 9th, chased winner 12th to 16th, soon outpaced, behind when pulled up 4 out in race won by Rainbow Tree (11-5) at Sedgefield 3m 3f nov hcp chs 0-90 (5) gf in Apr, 10 ran.

Extra Cache (NZ) 17-2 (10-0) In touch, chased winner from 9th, one pace and no impression from 4 out, 2nd of 10, 25l behind Rookery Lad (11-5) at Wetherby 2m 4f hcp chs 0-100 (4) gf in Apr '06.