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14:00 Taunton

William Hill Champion Hurdle Top Price Guarantee Handicap Hurdle (Class 5)

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 3f 1y
  • Going: Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £7,000 added
  • Winner: £3,431
  • 2nd: £1,581
  • 3rd: £790
  • 4th: £396
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 58.04s
  • Off Time: 14:00:16
  • 10 Ran
1
Silk - Mauve and dark blue check, dark blue sleeves, mauve armlets, hooped cap
  • Form 5-78431
  • Age 6
  • Weight 12-1
  • Official Rating 101

prominent, travelled smoothly into lead 2 out, soon pushed clear, comfortably

2
Silk - Dark green, red cross belts, dark green and beige striped sleeves, dark green cap, red star
11/1
  • Form 3-348
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-12
  • Official Rating 105

fast away and led, hit 3 out, ridden and headed before 2 out, beaten when fell last

3
Silk - Purple, yellow star, red sleeves, yellow cap

Drash On Ruby

32 t BF
6/1
  • Form 43-2436
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-5
  • Official Rating 98

slightly better than midfield, raced wide, pushed and ridden after 3 out, keeping on one pace when brought down at the last

4
Silk - Black, Pink stripe, striped sleeves, Pink cap
12/1
  • Form 0534
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-4
  • Official Rating 97

midfield, fell 6th

6
Silk - Black and White diamonds, Maroon sleeves and cap

Cry Wolf

125
20/1
  • Form 85/1323
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-11
  • Official Rating 90

midfield, mistake 4 out, distant 6th when pushed after 3 out, left in 4th last

7
Silk - Orange, Dark Blue epaulets, Dark Blue and Orange halved sleeves, Orange cap, Dark Blue diamond
7/1
  • Form 388135
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-9
  • Official Rating 88

slightly worse than midfield, 3rd when pushed before 2 out where pecked on landing, ridden before last, kept on one pace

8
Silk - Maroon, light blue seams, maroon sleeves and cap
66/1
  • Form 22-22PP
  • Age 11
  • Weight 10-7
  • Official Rating 86

towards rear, pushed before 4 out, soon ridden, tailed off

9
Silk - Dark blue, white spots, white and dark blue halved sleeves, dark blue cap

Karakoram

2 pt CD
7/2
  • Form 144653
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-4
  • Official Rating 83

in rear, badly hampered by faller 6th, keeping on when pushed after 3 out, went 2nd before last, ridden late on stayed on strongly

10
Silk - White, maroon hoops, grey sleeves, maroon armlets, grey cap
80/1
  • Form 368
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-0
  • Official Rating 88

close-up, weakened to rear before 4 out, pulled up before 3 out

11
Silk - Grey, black star, black sleeves, white stars, grey cap, black star
  • Form 16P0P0
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-0
  • Official Rating 78

towards rear, pushed after 5th, tailed off

5
NR

Linger (IRE)

7 pt D
50/1
  • Form PP4-0P7
  • Age 9
  • Weight 11-1
  • Official Rating 94

NonRunner

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

Cry Wolf was in good form in the autumn but this looks like a prep run ahead of a spring campaign. HIGHSTAKESPLAYER won a shade cosily at Southwell last week. He has nothing to fear from Ladykiller on that run and is fancied to defy a penalty. Drash On Ruby is in danger of becoming disappointing but Checkitsme is respected with his stable in fine form and a 10lb claimer on board while Start Point is improving with experience and fairly treated on his handicap debut.

Formwatch

Highstakesplayer (IRE) 4-1fav (11-8) Close up, headway to lead 2 out, ridden and ran on, won at Southwell 2m 4f hcp (5) gs in Mar beating Ange Endormi (10-1) by 1 1/4l, 12 ran.

Ladykiller (GER) 5-1 (11-12) Always towards rear, 8th of 12, dist behind Highstakesplayer (11-8) at Southwell 2m 4f hcp (5) gs in Mar.

Drash On Ruby 9-4fav (11-12) Raced keenly, tracked leader until 2 out, chased leaders, weakened between last two, 6th of 15, 9 1/4l behind Petty Cash (11-12) at Ffos Las 2m hcp (5) sft in Feb.

Start Point 33-1 (10-13) Held up in mid-division, blundered 3rd, headway 6th, went 4th last, kept on, never on terms, 4th of 14, 9 3/4l behind Inca De Lafayette (10-8) at Taunton 2m mdn (4) gs in Feb.

Cry Wolf 7-2 (10-3) Held up towards rear, headway into mid-division before 3 out, ridden to press leader before last, kept on flat, 3rd of 6, 4l behind Hidden Depths (11-2) at Hereford 2m 6f hcp (4) gd in Nov.

Checkitsme 8-1 (11-1) Held up in mid-division, headway chasing leaders before 3 out, pushed along before next, weakened soon after, 5th of 12, 7 1/4l behind Eventful (11-0) at Plumpton 2m hcp (5) sft in Feb.

Minella Voucher 33-1 (11-3) Towards rear, always behind, pulled up before 3 out, at Taunton 2m 3f hcp (5) sft in Mar.

Karakoram 11-4 (10-6) Towards rear, ridden after 3 out, went into 3rd home turn, ran on same pace, never on terms, 3rd of 6, 11 1/4l behind Ballycamus (11-11) at Hereford 2m 6f hcp (5) sft in Mar.

McGregors Charge 200-1 (10-12) Raced keenly chasing leaders, weakened 3 out, 8th of 10, dist behind In This World (10-12) at Warwick 2m (4) gd in Nov.

Modreeney (IRE) 300-1 (11-8) Towards rear, struggling 3 out, tailed off, 13th of 14, dist behind Kingofthewest (11-8) at Taunton 2m 3f mdn (4) gs in Jan.

Linger (IRE) 80-1 (11-12) In rear, not fluent 4th, soon ridden along, weakened 4 out, soon behind, 7th of 10, dist behind Pay The Woman (12-6) at Southwell 2m hcp (5) gs in Mar.