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13:10 Wincanton

Christmas Party Day Juvenile Novices' Hurdle (Class E)

  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 2m
  • Going: Good
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 45.30s
  • 13 Ran
1
Silk - DARK BLUE, MAROON star, MAROON cap
  • Form 41
  • Age 3
  • Weight 11-5

pulled hard early and chased leader, ridden and outpaced 3 out, headway to lead on bit approaching 2 out, pushed clear approaching last, easy

2
Silk - Purple, Emerald Green chevron, Emerald Green cap
100/1
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-12

prominent, mistake 3 out, ran on from 2 out, mistake last, no extra flat

3
Silk - Maroon, Royal Blue chevron, Grey cap
150/1
  • Form P
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-12

led and set slow pace 2nd, lost place 3rd, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened

4
Silk - Orange, Dark Blue epaulets, halved sleeves, Orange cap, Dark Blue diamond
200/1
  • Form 00
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-12

mid-division, ridden after 3 out, one pace

5
Silk - Royal Blue, Red spots, Black cap, White spots
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-12

pulled hard early, led after 2nd, jinked left and jumped very slowly 3rd, mistake 4th, ridden 3 out, headway approaching 2 out, stayed on under pressure to go 2nd after last

6
Silk - ORANGE, BLACK star and star on cap
  • Form 00
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-12

held up in mid-division, ridden 3 out, soon weakened

7
Silk - Emerald Green and Yellow diabolo, White sleeves, Emerald Green and Yellow quartered cap

Jim Lad

33
100/1
  • Form 4
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-12

prominent, ridden after 5th, weakened approaching 2 out

8
Silk - Light blue and white stripes, quartered cap
200/1
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-12

keen hold and led before 3rd, mistake 3 out and headed, ridden and weakened after

9
Silk - RED, WHITE seams, ROYAL BLUE and WHITE hooped sleeves and cap
50/1
  • Form 6
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-12

held up in mid-division, good headway after 3 out, ridden and went 2nd approaching 2 out, mistake last, not quickened after

10
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, EMERALD GREEN sleeves, WHITE cap, EMERALD GREEN spots
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-12

pulled hard and held up last, tailed off 3 out

11
Silk - Yellow, Grey sleeves, quartered cap
20/1
  • Form 3
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-7

prominent, led 3 out, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, one pace from last

12
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE chevrons, RED sleeves, WHITE armlets, EMERALD GREEN cap
  • Form 2
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-7

held up in mid-division, ridden after 3 out, soon weakened, behind and pulled up before 2 out

14
Silk - Yellow, Mauve star, diabolo on sleeves, Yellow cap
200/1
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-7

in touch, ridden after 3 out, weakened 2 out

13
NR
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-7

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

Trouble At Bay put a disappointing debut effort over hurdles behind him when winning at Hereford last month and is fancied to follow up here at the main expense of Croix De Guerre and the Martin Pipe-trained pair of Yourman and Bella Bambina. The selection, a useful middle distance handicapper on the flat, failed to run to expectation son his first start over hurdles at Kempton but put that behind him with an accomplished display against, admittedly, poor opposition at Hereford. Croix De Guerre was not as good as the selection on the level but has gone to Philip Hobbs and has to be respected but a bigger threat may come from one of the Pipe runners. Yourman, a son of Shernazar, makes his racecourse debut for owner David Johnson, while Bella Bambina showed plenty of promise on her hurdling debut at Ludlow and should have learned from that. Sue Wilton's Crimson Dancer was a long way behind Trouble At Bay at Hereford and, along with the rest of these, is likely to be so again.