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13:00 Huntingdon

Pertemps Network Industrial Beginners' Chase (Class 4)

  • 2 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 3f 189y
  • Going: Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £9,400 added
  • Winner: £5,198
  • 2nd: £1,526
  • 3rd: £763
  • 4th: £382
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 30.80s
  • Off Time: 13:01:03
  • 2 Ran
1
Silk - Royal Blue and White diabolo, hooped sleeves and cap
1/9
  • Form 1717-40
  • Age 9
  • Weight 11-2

made all from sole rival, came up very long at the 8th (open ditch), clear before 2 out, canter

2
Silk - Grey, white epaulets, pink cap
6/1
  • Form 218-04
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

chased sole rival, not fluent 5th, hit 8th (open ditch), niggled along from 10th, hit 11th (water), well held before 2 out

In depth

Verdict

MAESTRO ROYAL is jumping fences late in life but Nicky Henderson appears to have found the nine-year-old a good opportunity here if his jumping holds up. Rated 135 over hurdles, he should have too much pace for sole rival Ticket To Ride, who probably needs a lot further.

Formwatch

Maestro Royal 12-1 (10-12) Keen, always towards rear, never involved, 10th of 12, 19 1/4l behind Old Guard (11-12) at Newbury 2m 5f hcp (2) gs in Dec.

Ticket To Ride (FR) 16-1 (11-5) Held up in rear and mostly wide, headway into 4th after 2 out, no impression, 4th of 10, 13l behind Carole's Vigilante (11-5) at Hereford 2m 4f mdn (5) sft in Jan.