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17:05 Huntingdon

Watch The Cheltenham Festival On RacingUK 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) (Class 5)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 4f 145y
  • Going: Good to Soft (Soft in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £4,000 added
  • Winner: £2,599
  • 2nd: £763
  • 3rd: £382
  • 4th: £191
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 25.41s
  • Off Time: 17:06:42
  • 11 Ran
1
Silk - Yellow, Black Cross of Lorraine, Yellow sleeves, Black stars, Black cap
  • Form 81
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-4

held up mid-division, in 5th and well held before left 4th 2 out, one pace

2
Silk - Royal blue, yellow braces, yellow sleeves, royal blue armlets
  • Form 482142
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-4

tracked leaders in 3rd, pushed along before 3 out, left 2nd and hampered 2 out, kept on and not fluent last

3
Silk - Dark blue and yellow (quartered), striped sleeves
  • Form 11-P9
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-4

with leader, outpaced before and hampered 2 out, left 3rd, one pace

4
Silk - Maroon, White hoop, hooped sleeves, White cap
100/1
  • Form 44-3
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-4

held up towards rear, pushed along before 4 out, weakened 3 out

5
Silk - Dark Blue, Dark Blue and Red diabolo on sleeves, Red cap
200/1
  • Form 9-P
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-4

held up mid-division, weakened from 4 out, tailed off

6
Silk - Royal Blue and White diabolo, hooped sleeves and cap
  • Form 60-336
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-4

always towards rear

7
Silk - Light blue, white star, dark blue sleeves, light blue cap, white star
  • Form 3-13
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-4

led, mistake 2nd, ridden before and staying on when fell 2 out

8
Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue epaulets, Royal Blue sleeves, Yellow armlets and star on Royal Blue cap
  • Form 6-8P
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-4

held up towards rear, ran wide stable bend, weakened from 4 out, tailed off, pulled up

9
Silk - Violet, mauve cap
  • Form 4-18
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-4

held up mid-division, weakened from 3 out

10
Silk - Purple, orange star, hooped sleeves and stars on cap
  • Form 4-63P5
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-11

always towards rear, tailed off 3 out

11
Silk - Red, white seams, Royal Blue sleeves, Red cap
  • Form 3-1P
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-11

tracked leaders, went 2nd before 2 out, challenging when left in lead 2 out, kept on well

In depth

Verdict

Winning pointer Clondaw Fonz has to be of interest in the second division of this maiden now with Alan King. Cottersrock only found one too good on his hurdling debut at Doncaster and will be fancied to go one better. Penn Lane can only improve on his third at Southwell in December while there should be more to come from Top Priority and Duke Arcadio but MINSTREL ROYAL would probably take all the beating if able to reproduce the form of his third at Ascot two runs ago. Rock Chick Supremo makes most appeal of the remainder.

Formwatch

Clondaw Fonz (IRE) 5-1 (11-5) Pr,ld 6th, strgly press str, ko strongly from last, won at Mainstown 3m mdn sft in Nov beating Chase Me (11-10) by 3l, 9 ran.

Cottersrock (IRE) 25-1 (11-5) Tracked leaders, led 2 out, headed before last, kept on, 2nd of 21, 2l behind Big Chief Benny (11-5) at Doncaster 2m 4f mdn (5) gs in Jan.

Duke Arcadio (IRE) 16-1 (11-4) Mid-division, headway 6th, lost place after 3 out, 9th of 13, 19 3/4l behind Ballyhenry (11-4) at Kempton 2m 5f (4) sft in Feb.

Funny Irish (FR) 3-1 (11-10) Mid div, 10th 1/2way, prog to tr ldrs 4out, went 3rd aftr 3out, 2l dwn last, kow but not match wnr flat, 3rd of 14, 4 1/2l behind Farm The Rock (11-10) at Borris House 3m mdn sft in Dec.

Midnight Owle 100-1 (10-12) Behind early, mid-division 4th, lost place after 6th, tailed off next, soon pulled up, at Bangor 2m 4f (4) gd in May.

Minstrel Royal 10-1 (11-2) Held up in rear, headway 4 out, weakened 2 out, 6th of 10, dist behind Duke Des Champs (11-8) at Ascot 2m 6f (3) sft in Jan.

Penn Lane (IRE) 7-4 (11-0) Led, went right 1st, blundered 6th, not fluent 2 out, headed between last two, lost 2nd before the last, kept on same pace in 3rd, 3rd of 7, 8l behind Robin Of Locksley (11-0) at Southwell 2m 4f mdn (5) hvy in Dec.

Silver Ticket (IRE) 200-1 (11-0) Chased leaders, pecked 3rd, weakened before 3 out, tailed off and pulled up before next, at Ascot 2m 6f mdn (3) sft in Dec.

Top Priority (FR) 8-1 (11-0) Held up mid-division, mistake 4 out, soon pushed along, not fluent 2 out, no extra from last, 8th of 17, 14 3/4l behind Unbuckled (10-7) at Doncaster 2m 1f mdn (5) gs in Dec.

Rock Chick Supremo (IRE) 11-1 (11-3) In touch, pushed along after 3 out, no impression, weakened after 2 out, 5th of 6, 29l behind Superfection (11-3) at Market Rasen 2m 1f mdn (4) hvy in Feb.

Treaty Girl (IRE) 12-1 (11-0) Not always fluent, prominent, lost place 3rd, pushed along after 6th, struggling 7th, pulled up before 2 out, at Warwick 2m 5f (4) sft in Jan.