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13:00 Sandown Park

Ladbrokes Freephone 0808 1000 421 Juvenile Novices' Hurdle (Class C )

  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 110y
  • Going: Good to Soft, Good in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 8.60s
  • 13 Ran
1
Silk - Emerald Green, White hoops, White and Emerald Green halved sleeves, Red cap
  • Form 651314
  • Age 4
  • Weight 11-8
  • Official Rating 110

mid-division, ridden 3 out, soon weakened

2
Silk - Royal Blue, Orange chevron, Orange and Royal Blue diabolo on sleeves, Orange cap
  • Form 12
  • Age 4
  • Weight 11-8

held up in touch, headway after 3 out, ridden to chase leader 2 out, disputed lead last, led flat, all out

3
Silk - Black and Beige (halved), chevrons on sleeves, Beige cap
9/2
  • Form 60212
  • Age 4
  • Weight 11-4

led and set good pace, driven when mistake and headed 2 out, not recover

4
Silk - RED, WHITE seams, ROYAL BLUE and WHITE hooped sleeves and cap
25/1
  • Form 21253
  • Age 4
  • Weight 11-4

held up tracking leaders, chased leaders 3 out, weakened 2 out

5
Silk - Pink and Royal Blue (halved), sleeves reversed, check cap
2/1
  • Form 1
  • Age 4
  • Weight 11-4

held up in rear, steady headway when hit 3 out, ridden approaching 2 out, disputed lead last, all out when headed flat

6
Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow spots, Yellow sleeves, Dark Blue armlets and spots on Yellow cap
100/1
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-12

in touch until ridden and lost place 6th

7
Silk - White, Red stars, Red and White hooped sleeves
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-12

mistake and unseated rider 1st

8
Silk - White, dark green braces, dark green and white diabolo on sleeves, red cap, white star
28/1
  • Form 642
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-12

tracked leaders, mistake and lost place 4th, ridden 3 out, weakened approaching 2 out

9
Silk - Yellow, Black chevron, and check cap
3/1
  • Form 2
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-12

keen in rear, mistake 1st, some progress when mistake 3 out, weakened soon after

10
Silk - DARK BLUE and WHITE check, DARK BLUE sleeves, WHITE cap, DARK BLUE star
9/1
  • Form 3
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-12

held up towards rear, ridden and staying on from 3 out, weakening when mistake last

11
Silk - ORANGE, BLACK Cross of Lorraine and sleeves
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-12

held up rear, brief effort after 3 out, no further impression

12
Silk - Orange, light green cross belts and armlets
100/1
  • Form 36
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-5

tracked leaders and keen, ridden and weakened after 3 out

13
Silk - Purple, yellow star, hooped sleeves
200/1
  • Form U
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-5

towards rear, driven along and weakening when fell 5th

In depth

Verdict

A good start to a quality card in which Nation State gets the nod from a shortlist that also contains Courant d'Air and L'Oudon. Courant d'Air sets the benchmark for the form here following his 13-length fourth to the smart Cerium at Cheltenham in November. Diego Cao's second to Woody Valentine last time is also solid form although the winner let the form down a little last time, admittedly on soft going in a Grade 1 affair, at Chepstow. Iron Man is another who can give us a handle on the value of the form, although his penalty could make life difficult for him today. Nation State also carries a penalty for his Plumpton win but he looked impressive there and could be decent at this game. The likes of the French imports Nadover, trained by Charlie Mann, and the Paul Nicholls-trained L'Oudon, have also to be afforded respect, while the formerly-useful Flat runner Quarrymount showed plenty of promise on his Newbury debut. As we say, though, in a good start to the day, we will side with Nation State.