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16:00 Market Rasen

Sponsor At Market Rasen Novices' Chase (Class D)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 3m 1f
  • Going: Good to Soft, Good in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 6m 45.50s
  • 5 Ran
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1
Silk -

Lord Rapier

5/4

    2
    Silk -

    Wild Spice (IRE)

    11/8

      1
      Silk - Red, Black disc, Red and Black diabolo on sleeves

      Alvaro (IRE)

      38
      50/1
      • Form 020000
      • Age 6
      • Weight 10-12

      behind, pushed along approaching 13th, soon no impression

      2
      Silk - Barclay tartan, black cap

      Ferrets Hill (IRE)

      6
      12/1
      • Form 0-4P34P
      • Age 7
      • Weight 10-12

      chased leaders, blundered at 8th, ridden 4 out, weakened next

      3
      Silk - Light Blue and Yellow (quartered), Light Blue sleeves, Yellow armlets, hooped cap

      Lord Rapier

      24
      5/4
      • Form 1-42PF2
      • Age 10
      • Weight 10-12

      prominent, ridden to lead 3 out, kept on and driven out from last

      4
      Silk - EMERALD GREEN and YELLOW (quartered), WHITE sleeves and cap

      Spot The Native (IRE)

      6
      7/1
      • Form 3002UU
      • Age 7
      • Weight 10-12

      led, pushed along approaching 14th, weakened and headed 5 out, blundered next, pulled up soon after

      5
      Silk - Red, Yellow braces and sleeves

      Wild Spice (IRE)

      38
      11/8
      • Form 16052F
      • Age 8
      • Weight 10-12

      in rear, blundered sixth, took closer order approaching 13th, led 5 out, ridden and headed 3 out, not quickened flat

      In depth

      Verdict

      This should boil down to a match between Lord Rapier and Wild Spice with little to separate the pair. The former is a dour stayer as he showed when a close second over 3m6f in testing conditions at Bangor recently but his jumping has looked far from convincing on occasions and he may prove vulnerable over this shorter trip so preference is for Wild Spice. The Venetia Williams-trained gelding admittedly came to grief last time in a competitive handicap but had previously put up an excellent effort when runner-up to the useful Ask Henry in a Chepstow novice in January. A reproduction would make the son of Mandalus hard to beat with conditions in his favour.