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14:40 Huntingdon

Tom Jones Memorial HTJ Centre Ltd Beginners' Chase (Class 3)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 110y
  • Going: Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £8,700 added
  • Winner: £5,653
  • 2nd: £1,660
  • 3rd: £830
  • 4th: £415
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 15.47s
  • Off Time: 14:40:16
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Elenika (FR)

8/13

    2
    Silk -

    Rajdhani Express

    2/1

      1
      Silk - Dark Blue, Red disc, diabolo on sleeves, quartered cap

      Boruler (IRE)

      31 D
      9/1
      • Form 1421-27
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-1
      • Official Rating 122

      in rear, blundered 4th, headway to go moderate 3rd 7th, fell last

      2
      Silk - Light blue, red braces, white sleeves, red armlets, light blue and red quartered cap

      Gorgehous Lliege (FR)

      385
      33/1
      • Form 158/0-
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-1

      always behind, slow 4th, tailed off

      3
      Silk - Black, White hooped sleeves, Red and White hooped cap

      Pindar (GER)

      8 D
      66/1
      • Form 0P5/134
      • Age 8
      • Weight 11-1

      tracked leaders, outpaced by leading pair from 4 out

      4
      Silk - Brown, Orange sleeves, quartered cap

      Rajdhani Express

      304 D
      2/1
      • Form 20/058P-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-1

      keen tracked leaders, went 2nd 4th, joined winner 9th, mistake and rider lost iron briefly next, ridden to lead last, driven and headed towards finish

      5
      Silk - EMERALD GREEN and RED diabolo, WHITE sleeves, EMERALD GREEN diamonds, WHITE cap, RED diamond

      Elenika (FR)

      191
      8/13
      • Form 3556-32
      • Age 4
      • Weight 10-7
      • Official Rating 126

      led, joined 9th, ridden and headed last, rallied to lead towards finish

      6
      Silk - Light Blue, Grey stars on sleeves, Light Blue cap, Grey star

      Refusal

      287
      66/1
      • Form 863424-
      • Age 4
      • Weight 10-7

      tracked winner until 4th, outpaced by leading pair from 4 out, left remote 3rd last

      In depth

      Verdict

      Boruler stopped quickly on his chasing bow at Hexham but looked in need of the run and should do better here. However, we still prefer ELENIKA with Paul Nicholls' grey having already shown promise over the larger obstacles in France, finishing a distant second in a Listed chase over a longer trip at Auteuil in May. Fellow four-year-old Refusal may need more time and Pindar is also best watched after finding little off the bridle on the Polytrack eight days ago. Gorgehous Liliege has been off for more than a year but Rajdhani Express would be interesting if back to his best as he ran well in a couple of hot handicaps over hurdles last winter.

      Formwatch

      Boruler (IRE) 5-1 (11-0) Close up, led 2nd, headed before last, soon weakened, 7th of 10, 19l behind No Planning (11-3) at Hexham 2m nov chs (4) hvy in Oct.

      Gorgehous Lliege (FR) 22-1 (10-12) Mid-division, well beaten after 4th, 10th of 15, well behind Golden Gael (10-5) at Chepstow 2m nh nov hdl (4) gs in Oct '11.

      Pindar (GER) 7-2 (10-6) Led, strongly challenged approaching 3 out, headed before next, weakened flat, 4th of 11, 10l behind On The Feather (10-10) at Plumpton 2m nov hcp hdl 0-100 (5) sft in Oct.

      Rajdhani Express 20-1 (10-13) Keen to post, in touch on outside, lost place 3 out, soon weakened, pulled up before next, in a race won by Swincombe Flame (10-4) at Kempton 2m 5f hcp hdl (2) gd in Jan, 19 ran.

      Elenika (FR) 33-1 (10-3) 2nd of 8, 30l behind Ulyssia Royale (10-10) at Auteuil(FR) 2m 5f Listed chs (1) hvy in May.

      Refusal 9-1 (10-10) Chased leader, hit 3 out, challenged next, led after 2 out, headed on long run to last, soon ridden, weakened to 4th and blundered last, 4th of 9, 10l behind Kambis (10-11) at Folkestone 2m 1f hcp hdl 0-110 (4) gs in Jan.