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14:20 Huntingdon

Tote Scoop6 Handicap Hurdle (Part Of The Rht Winter Series) (Class D)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 110y
  • Going: Good to Soft, Good in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 1.10s
  • 7 Ran
2
Silk -
13/2

    1
    Silk - Beige, Orange star, sleeves and cap
    8/1
    • Form 01/302P-
    • Age 7
    • Weight 11-12

    held up, headway 3 out, ridden approaching next, soon weakened

    2
    Silk - Maroon and White diabolo, White sleeves, quartered cap
    • Form 611-62
    • Age 5
    • Weight 11-12

    raced wide, chased leader, lost place approaching 3 out, railled on inside 2 out, edged left and led flat, stayed on

    3
    Silk - Royal blue, yellow hoop, dark blue sleeves, royal blue and yellow quartered cap
    3/1
    • Form 24/31F5-
    • Age 7
    • Weight 11-10

    held up, headway 5th, ridden approaching 2 out, one pace flat

    4
    Silk - Emerald Green, Black diamond, Yellow sleeves, Yellow cap, Black diamond
    • Form 20212-
    • Age 5
    • Weight 11-10

    raced wide, held up, ridden 3 out, weakened approaching last

    5
    Silk - Yellow, Black triple diamond, White sleeves, Black armlets, Black and Yellow check cap

    Gabor

    11 be
    7/1
    • Form 22P-541
    • Age 4
    • Weight 11-10

    in touch, lost place approaching 3 out, soon behind

    6
    Silk - Emerald Green, Yellow chevron, White sleeves, Yellow cap

    Perouse

    24
    13/2
    • Form 0211-06
    • Age 5
    • Weight 11-9

    chased leaders, led 3 out, ridden next, hit last, headed and no extra flat

    7
    Silk - YELLOW, RED star, YELLOW sleeves, WHITE armlets, YELLOW cap, RED star
    • Form 351-F
    • Age 7
    • Weight 11-1

    led, hit 2nd, ridden and headed 3 out, weakened quickly, behind when pulled up before next

    In depth

    Verdict

    With Pirandello running at Ascot on Friday his participation must be in doubt, so a chance is taken with Be My Friend to atone for his fall in a chase here last time. Heather Dalton's chestnut has suffered with a couple of stress fractures in his younger days and rewarded connections patience when running out a wide margin winner at Bangor in the spring. He is a fine big sort who looks every inch a chaser and it was no surprise to see him switched to the larger obstacles on his reappearance earlier this month. However, he was too fresh for his own good and paid the penalty at the second fence in the straight having given the previous one a nudge. None the worse for that soft fall, connections have decided to take advantage of what looks a decent mark for this return to hurdling and with the yard in such good form (three winners and three placed from the last nine runners), he gets the vote. Gabor advertised his well being at the last meeting here and the runner-up has since run well in defeat when touched of by the well-handicapped Minster Glory who was completing a hat-trick. He looks sure to go well off a 7lbs higher mark. Forest Tune and Sharmy are closely matched on their run here last year where two-and-a half-lengths separated them. With just the four outings over timber there may be more to come from Forest Tune and he can come out on top this time. Perouse was well beaten of this mark last time and may need some help from the Handicapper, so in receipt of weight off all of his rivals, Be My Friend is taken to come out on top.