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15:20 Taunton

Staple Fitzpaine Novices' Hurdle (Class E)

  • 14 Runners
  • Distance: 3m 110y
  • Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 6m 7.20s
  • 14 Ran
1
Silk - Pink, Grey sleeves, Pink armlets
  • Form 01
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-4

tracked leader, ridden to lead 4 out, weakened approaching 3 out

2
Silk - Green, Black sleeves, Black and White hooped cap
  • Form 3300-P1
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-4

towards rear, ridden and some headway after 8th, weakened and pulled up before 2 out

3
Silk - Dark Blue, Royal Blue stars, Red cap
200/1
  • Form PP
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-12

led, ran wide on bend after 2nd, ridden 7th, headed and weakened approaching 8th, pulled up before 9th

4
Silk - Royal Blue, Red chevron, Red cap
  • Form 3P4-530
  • Age 10
  • Weight 10-12

mistake in rear 1st, mistake 4th, behind from 7th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out

5
Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow disc, White sleeves and cap
150/1
  • Form 6/
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-12

in touch, weakened 6th, tailed off when pulled up 3 out

6
Silk - Green and Yellow stripes, Green sleeves and cap
12/1
  • Form 4
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-12

never better than mid-division

7
Silk - DARK GREEN, WHITE chevron, LIGHT GREEN sleeves, DARK GREEN and WHITE check cap
  • Form 1-262
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

mid-division, steady headway after 7th to track leaders, ridden and led 2 out, blundered last, all out when headed close home

8
Silk - Emerald Green and Royal Blue (quartered), Emerald Green sleeves, hooped cap
33/1
  • Form 25/606
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-12

held up rear and keen, headway after 7th, not fluent 9th, soon weakened

9
Silk - Orange, Black chevrons, Orange sleeves, Black seams, quartered cap
50/1
  • Form 0-P
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-12

tracked leaders, ridden 4 out, weakened 3 out, pulled up before last

10
Silk - White, Royal Blue star, Red sleeves, Red and White hooped cap
  • Form 202
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-12

tracked leaders and keen, led briefly 8th, ridden 3 out, weakened 2 out, mistake last

11
Silk - DARK BLUE, YELLOW collar and sleeves, BLACK cap, LIGHT BLUE spots
100/1
  • Form 623-00
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-12

towards rear, ridden when mistake 8th, weakened 3 out

12
Silk - Light Blue, Maroon chevron, halved sleeves, Light Blue and Maroon quartered cap
8/1
  • Form 0/3-2
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-12

held up in touch, headway approaching 8th to track leaders, mistake 4 out, led narrowly 3 out, headed approaching 2 out, all out to lead close home

13
Silk - DARK BLUE, RED cap, GREEN spots

Rakassa

12
16/1
  • Form 0-44F32
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-7

towards rear, stumbled 5th, headway 4 out, stayed on

14
Silk - Light Blue, Brown spots on sleeves, Brown cap, Light Blue spots
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-7

mistake in rear, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out

In depth

Verdict

Onwardsandupwards, Bertiebanoo and Lassarto look the ones to concentrate on in this competitive novices hurdle, and the vote goes to Onwardsandupwards. The gelding from the Paul Nicholls yard was a good second behind Accipiter last time out and with the step back up in trip sure to suit, he will be hard to beat. Bertiebanoo rates the main danger. He won well last time out when defeating Hawk¿s Landing and is another sure to be suited by the step up in trip, but he lacks the scope of the selection and is opposed for that reason. Lassarto is also worthy of respect as he was a fair fourth behind Archie Babe on his debut and is sure to improve, but he did not convince with his jumping on that occasion and will need to improve in that department to score. Of the remainder, Some Judge is from a shrewd yard and is worth noting in the market, but for the winner we return to Onwardsandupwards.