Racecards
12:30 Towcester
Mccann Homes Novices' Hurdle (Div 1) (Class E )
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
- Form 2240-21
- Age 4
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 113
- Trainer Miss V Williams
- Jockey A O'keeffe
tracked leaders, not fluent 3rd, led 5th, narrow leader when mistake and unseated rider 3 out
- Form 0-0
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer P Hobbs & J White
- Jockey P Flynn
led to 5th, pressing leader when left in lead 3 out, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, soon weakened
- Form PPP006
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer H H G Owen
- Jockey Mr J Owen
not fluent 2nd, always behind, lost touch approaching 5th, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
- Age 6
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey A P McCoy
mid-division, headway approaching 5th, hampered 3 out, led approaching 2 out, stayed on well
Hatsnall
29- Form 5-0300P
- Age 6
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 82
- Trainer Miss C J E Caroe
- Jockey A C Coyle
pushed along before 4th, always in rear, tailed off
Just Bryan
15- Form 0-0PP
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer P A Pritchard
- Jockey Mr T J Dreaper
prominent until 4th, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
- Form 306-6P
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer J Gallagher
- Jockey B J Crowley
tracked leader to 4th, 4th and pushed along when hampered by loose horse and carried wide after 3 out, no chance after
- Form 0-6P535
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer F Jordan
- Jockey J P McNamara
mid-division, headway approaching 5th, ridden to chase winner 2 out, no impression when not fluent last
- Form 5-53
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 90
- Trainer R Lee
- Jockey R Thornton
held up in touch, mistake 4th, soon ridden, behind from next
Parson's Rose
617- Form PP/
- Age 7
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer B N Pollock
- Jockey Mr T Messenger
not fluent 2nd, always behind, tailed off after 4th, pulled up before 3 out
In depth
Verdict
A Toi A Moi only has the newcomer Good Judgement to beat and should get favourite backers off to a good start, with Damarisco and Red Chief best of the rest. A Toi A Moi absolutely trotted up at Bangor last time, although his task was made easier by the fall of the only other fancied runner, Ferimon. The Venetia Williams-trained four-year-old was highly tried over hurdles last season and will think this is a walk in the park in comparison so with fitness assured, cannot be opposed. Good Judgement is owned by J P McManus and is by decent National-Hunt sire Good Thyne so should have a future at the game, while Damarisco hails from a stable that was very much in form at the weekend. Red Chief looks as though he needs a longer trip already judged on his Newton Abbot run, and it really is hard to look anywhere other than A Toi A Moi for the winner.