Racecards
12:25 Newbury
Anniversary Novices' Hurdle (Class D)
- 12 Runners
- Distance: 2m 110y
- Going: Heavy
- Form 20-5
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer P R Webber
- Jockey Jimmy McCarthy
led, headed approaching 3 out, soon ridden, kept on
- Form 40-15
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Noel T Chance
- Jockey A P McCoy
always in touch, headway approaching 4th, led approaching 2 out, switched right approaching last, ran on well
- Form 20-3
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Miss V Williams
- Jockey S Stronge
tracked leaders, ridden approaching 2 out, mistake last, kept on well
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer C Price
- Jockey L P Aspell
held up, some headway 4th, weakened approaching 2 out
Kercabellec (FR)
272- Form 2-
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer N J Henderson
- Jockey M A Fitzgerald
held up, mistake 2nd, headway approaching 4th, ridden after 2 out, one-paced
- Form 6
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer D R C Elsworth
- Jockey R Farrant
prominent until weakened approaching 3 out
- Form 23-
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Miss Jacqueline S Doyle
- Jockey T Doyle
in touch until 3rd, soon tailed off
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer D R C Elsworth
- Jockey B Fenton
held up, headway approaching 4th, ridden approaching last, weakened
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer J Best
- Jockey B Hitchcott
prominent and keen, led approaching 3 out, headed next, weakened
- Form FP-F886
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer M C Pipe
- Jockey Mr J E Moore
tracked leaders, ridden approaching 4th, kept on same pace
- Form 10
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer A King
- Jockey R Thornton
held up, ridden approaching 3 out, weakened
- Form 059-4
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey Mr J J Best
in touch until weakened approaching 3 out
In depth
Verdict
Pawn Broker, a winner of the Dubai Arc Trial at Newbury in 2000, rejoins David Elsworth for a hurdling campaign. Comfortable on a softer surface, he was rated at 114 at his peak but we will watch him on debut. Elsworth should at least have a fair idea of how good he is as Mersey Sound, another convert from the flat, makes the trainer double-handed on this occasion. Beyond The Pale ran well behind Rhinestone Cowboy in a bumper at Cheltenham earlier in the season. The suspicion is that he probably prefers it faster and we'll leave him alone here.We'll take a chance at bigger prices on Derivative. Rated 108, he has been tried in decent company in the past and few could begrudge him at win at this level. He was a close-up third on soft ground last time out and that is good enough for us. Sento won a bumper on fast ground and today's conditions could not be more different.