Racecards
17:20 Warwick
Whites - Best Buyers For Copper & Brass Open Hunters' Chase (For The Air Wedding Challenge Trophy) (Class 6)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 2m 4f 110y
- Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
- Surface: Turf
- £2,000 added
- Winner: £1,248
- 2nd: £387
- 3rd: £193
- 4th: £97
- Form 0P-30P4
- Age 9
- Weight 12-6
- Official Rating 98
- Trainer Mrs S Stilgoe
- Jockey Mr R G Spencer
mid-division, headway 7th, blundered and unseated rider 12th
- Form 61U3-37
- Age 12
- Weight 12-6
- Official Rating 122
- Trainer P P Turner
- Jockey Miss Lucy Turner
chased leaders until mistake 4th, mistake 6th, headway next, outpaced 13th, mistakes 4 out and 3 out, rallied 2 out, led flat, stayed on
- Form 6P-P133
- Age 10
- Weight 12-6
- Official Rating 117
- Trainer Andrew Turnell
- Jockey Mr Sam Painting
jumped right, led until 12th, led again next, headed flat, held towards finish
- Form 20-0585
- Age 15
- Weight 12-6
- Official Rating 122
- Trainer Mrs A Brook
- Jockey Ms Annabel Roberts
towards rear, not fluent 3rd, headway 6th, lost place when not fluent 8th, outpaced before 11th, well beaten after
- Form 1/514P-4
- Age 9
- Weight 12-2
- Official Rating 104
- Trainer Miss S Duckett
- Jockey Mr Zac Baker
held up, pecked badly 4th, not fluent 6th, mistake 3 out, stayed on from 2 out, no impression
- Form 83-58F5
- Age 11
- Weight 12-2
- Official Rating 107
- Trainer Mrs D Plunkett
- Jockey J Martin
prominent, not fluent 8th, mistake 4th, no extra before last
- Form P48P/64
- Age 12
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 118
- Trainer Miss H C Knight
- Jockey Harry Bannister
prominent, led 12th until next, every chance before 3 out, no extra flat
- Form 23756/3
- Age 8
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 107
- Trainer L Kerr
- Jockey Mr F Campbell
mid-division, fell 2nd
- Form 4443/42-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer Miss E Rodney
- Jockey Mr T McKeown
held up, blundered 2nd, headway 5th, lost place when mistake 7th, behind 9th, pulled up before next
- Form 63P-333
- Age 11
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 118
- Trainer J Coulson
- Jockey Mr Jake Thomas Coulson
ran without declared tongue strap, held up in rear, headway after 10th, outpaced 4 out, mistake and no impression 3 out
Verdict
Pentiffic won this last year when trained by Venetia Williams and should go close to staging a repeat. But SERGEANT DICK runs in his first hunter chase having finished third in a handicap at Taunton only last month and looks a better bet under the experienced Sam Painting. Tartan Snow landed the Aintree Fox Hunters' in 2013 and was second in that race 12 months ago. He's a 15-year-old now but retains all of his enthusiasm and is fit from a campaign between the flags. Calgary Bay, however, is a light of former days while Musselburgh third Little Fritz has never won a race of any description.
Formwatch
Hidden Future (IRE) 25-1 (11-12) Held up mid-division, headway 7 out, led 5 out, headed 2 out, weakened last, 4th of 9, 22l behind Douglas Julian (11-6) at Kelso 2m 7f hts chs (6) gs in Feb.
Pentiffic (NZ) 9-2 (11-6) With leader until before 16th, soon beaten, 7th of 8, 26l behind Jurisdiction (10-12) at Cartmel 3m 6f hcp chs 0-130 (3) gd in May.
Sergeant Dick (IRE) 7-1 (11-7) Led and soon clear, ridden and headed 3 out, soon no extra in 3rd, 3rd of 6, 15l behind Midnight Lira (11-4) at Taunton 2m 3f hcp chs 0-120 (4) sft in Feb.
Tartan Snow 7-1 (11-0) Prom til wknd aft 3 out, 5th of 8, 34l behind Catspan (11-0) at South Herefordshire 3m ptp hvy.
Chiquilline (FR) 14-1 (12-7) (h) held up; hdwy 8; one pce 2 out, 4th of 6, 6l behind Benedictus (12-7) at Combined Services 3m ptp gf in Feb.
Himalayan Express 22-1 (12-5) Led 4-6; lost plce 12; strugg 15; to, 5th of 6, 42l behind Quantum Theory (12-5) at Midlands Area Club 3m ptp gs in Feb.
Calgary Bay (IRE) 13-2 (11-10) In rear, weakened from 6 out, 4th of 5, 46l behind Paint The Clouds (12-4) at Doncaster 3m 2f hts chs (6) gs in Feb.
Little Fritz (FR) 40-1 (11-6) Towards rear, headway before 4 out, in 3rd and ridden before 3 out, kept on, 3rd of 13, 4 1/2l behind Drom (11-9) at Musselburgh 2m 4f hts chs (6) gd in Feb.
Market Maker (IRE) Evens (11-7) Ld 5-15; wknd 2 out, 2nd of 4, 15l behind Dungleddy Storm (12-0) at Pembrokeshire 3m ptp gs in May '13.
Paco Jack (IRE) 5-1 (12-0) (tt) hdwy 11; no imp 3 out, 3rd of 13, 13l behind Cocacobana (12-0) at Albrighton & Woodland (North) 3m ptp sft in Feb.