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17:00 Plumpton

Monica Woods Birthday Celebration Maiden Open National Hunt Flat (Class H)

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 2f
  • Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 45.50s
  • 10 Ran
1
Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue cross belts, Dark Blue sleeves, Light Blue stars and stars on cap
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-4

raced wide, held up, ridden along 6f out, one pace final 3f

2
Silk - LIGHT BLUE, BLACK seams, LIGHT BLUE sleeves, hooped cap
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-4

chased leaders, ridden along halfway, weakened over 5f out, tailed off

3
Silk - Royal Blue, White epaulets, Royal Blue sleeves, White stars, Pink cap
33/1
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-4

close up until weakened over 4f out

4
Silk - White, Green sleeves and collar, Maroon and White striped cap
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-4

raced keenly, tracked leaders until weakened over 4f out

5
Silk - Dark Blue, White star, Red sleeves, White stars, Red cap, White star
  • Form 4
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-4

pulled hard, hung right most of way, soon led, headed 3f out, stayed on same pace under pressure

6
Silk - Black, Yellow stripe, Yellow sleeves, Black armlets, Yellow cap
50/1
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-4

led early, pressed leader to 5f out, soon weakened under pressure

7
Silk - Purple, Light Blue stars
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-4

always behind, tailed off

8
Silk - Emerald Green, Purple stripe and sleeves, quartered cap
100/1
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-13

held up, lost touch halfway, tailed off final 5f

9
Silk - Emerald Green and Yellow (quartered), Emerald Green sleeves
11/2
  • Form 42
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-13

in touch, went 2nd 5f out, led 3f out, driven clear over 1f out, stayed on well

10
Silk - Pink, White striped sleeves, White cap
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-9

held up, ridden along from halfway, outpaced over 4f out, kept on again from over 1f out

In depth

Verdict

Phar Out Favourite gets the vote here ahead of Bounce Again, Golden Bay and Bonnyjo. The selection showed plenty of promise on his debut when fourth at Kempton in a better event than this and, sure to have come on for that, ought to go close here given normal improvement. Bonnyjo hails from a canny stable that has had winners in this type of company and, being French-bred, could be well-forward in its development, although the trainer tends to buy with the longer term in mind. The same stable also runs High Bird Humphrey so watch the betting for clues. Dylan The Villain is out of a winning mare, but her victories came at selling level. Golden Bay improved from her debut run to finish a good second at Fontwell next time. A stiffer track would be more preferable but she too has to be on the shortlist of possible winners of this contest. And it would be folly to rule out the Martin Pipe newcomer, Bounce Again, another French-bred that should know what it's all about at the first time of asking. Overall, though, we'll give the vote to Phar Out Favourite.