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12:45 Taunton

Best Wishes For The New Year Novices' Hurdle (Class D)

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 1f
  • Going: Soft, Heavy in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 24.30s
  • 10 Ran
1
Silk - Dark Green, Red chevrons on sleeves, Red cap
6/1
  • Form 16
  • Age 4
  • Weight 11-4

headway 6th, blundered 3 out, weakened approaching next

2
Silk - White, Royal Blue diamond, striped sleeves
40/1
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-12

held up towards rear, ridden and weakened from 6th, behind when pulled up before 2 out

3
Silk - Red, white cross belts, black and white hooped cap
10/1
  • Form 23
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-12

led, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, no extra

4
Silk - White, Dark Blue stripe, striped sleeves and cap
8/11
  • Form 479-352
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-12

ridden and headway to lead approaching 2 out, headed approaching last, rallied and led again flat, driven out

5
Silk - Black, White hoops and armlets, White cap, Black spots
150/1
  • Form FP-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

pulled hard, chased leader, jumped right 1st, ridden 6th, soon weakened

6
Silk - White, Red cap, White spots
  • Form 2430-44
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-12

in touch, challenged on bit 2 out, ridden and led approaching last, headed and no extra flat

7
Silk - Purple, Purple sleeves, Light Green hoops, quartered cap
  • Form 09-3
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

held up, ridden 6th, weakened 3 out

8
Silk - Yellow, Purple star, striped sleeves, Yellow cap, Purple star
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-7

pulled hard, chased leaders, ridden and lost place after 3 out, soon weakened

9
Silk - Emerald Green, Yellow star, striped sleeves and star on cap
100/1
  • Form 6U-PP4
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-7

held up in rear, pushed along 4th, some headway next, weakened from 3 out

10
Silk - Black, Yellow braces, armlets and cap

True Lies

472
66/1
  • Form 00/256-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-7

ridden 3 out, soon weakened

In depth

Verdict

Probably not too many Cheltenham Festival winners here but a competitive race to start. Kerrigand hails from the French provinces and was second on debut at Chepstow to the useful Tardar. As a Martin Pipe runner, he is sure to be popular but the bookies will be taking no chances. Loup Bleu actually had Sud Bleu behind on an Auteuil hurdles run in September 2001. If he has trained on similarly, this would not be a contest! Goldbrook failed to capitalise on a decent performance first time up and with his stable in moderate form, we'll look elsewhere. Ken Scott was a little disappointing at Warwick last time out but that race looked stronger than this one and he was capable of handling softer ground during his spell in France. As the only previous winner under British rules, we'll give him a tentative nod.