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14:30 Wincanton

Blackmore Vale 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (Class E)

  • 18 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 6f
  • Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 32.40s
  • 18 Ran
1
Silk - DARK BLUE, YELLOW sleeves, WHITE armlets, WHITE and YELLOW quartered cap
  • Form 002-122
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-11

in touch, ridden 3 out, chased clear winner from 2 out, faded

2
Silk - White, Black chevron and hoop on cap
10/3
  • Form 55-1
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-11

mid-division, ridden approaching 3 out, one pace

3
Silk - Emerald Green, White sleeves, Red stars, Red cap
  • Form 520-5P1
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-11

mid-division, headway 5th, ridden and weakened 3 out

4
Silk - Yellow, Purple diamond, Purple and Yellow halved sleeves, Yellow cap, Purple diamond
8/1
  • Form 1-1122
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-6

in touch, headway 4 out, chased leaders, soon ridden, weakened 2 out

5
Silk - Lilac, Rose quartered cap
7/2
  • Form 53-312
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-4

prominent, led 8th, clear approaching 2 out, ridden approaching last, eased run-in

6
Silk - Emerald Green, White diamond, armlets and cap
200/1
  • Form 00
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-4

in rear, tailed off 5th, pulled up next

7
Silk - ROYAL BLUE and YELLOW diamonds
11/1
  • Form 6
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-4

in touch until ridden 4 out and lost place

8
Silk - ORANGE, BROWN hoop, BROWN sleeves, ORANGE armlets, BROWN cap
200/1
  • Form 00-0P
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-4

tracked leaders, ridden and lost place 5th, pulled up before 3 out

9
Silk - Dark Blue, Royal Blue stars, Red cap
100/1
  • Form P
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-4

tailed off from 5th, pulled up before 7th

10
Silk - Royal Blue and Yellow stripes, White sleeves
  • Form 22-U2
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-4

tracked leaders, ridden and weakened from 4 out, pulled up before 2 out

11
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, PINK star on body and cap, ROYAL BLUE sleeves, PINK stars
  • Form 2
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-4

held up mid-division, weakening after 6th, soon pulled up

12
Silk - DARK GREEN, WHITE chevron, LIGHT GREEN sleeves, DARK GREEN and WHITE check cap
  • Form 1-26
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-4

held up, ridden and outpaced 4 out, stayed on strongly approaching 2 out, ran on well

13
Silk - BLACK and PINK diamonds, PINK sleeves and cap
  • Form 04
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-4

never a factor, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out

14
Silk - Emerald Green, Royal Blue sash, Emerald Green and Pink hooped sleeves, Pink cap
  • Form 53
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-4

towards rear, ridden from 4 out, soon weakened

15
Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue stripe and armlets
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-4

mid-division, weakened 6th, pulled up before 2 out

16
Silk - DARK BLUE and WHITE check, DARK BLUE sleeves, WHITE cap, DARK BLUE star
  • Form 4-6
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-4

always behind, well behind when pulled up before 7th

17
Silk - RED, BLACK star, striped sleeves, YELLOW cap, BLACK star
12/1
  • Form 06
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-4

held up in touch, headway and mistake 6th, ridden 3 out, weakened next

19
Silk - White, Black armlets, quartered cap
200/1
  • Form 03663-F
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-13

led, headed approaching 8th, ridden and weakened quickly next

18
NR
  • Form 60-442
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-13

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

With runners from the stable of Philip Hobbs generally running below par at present Limerick Leader looks worth taking on and we do so with Rakalackey, who gets the verdict over Material World. The last mentioned, who only has one eye, has progressed well from bumpers to make a winning start to his hurdling career at Folkestone prior to a couple of creditable seconds against decent types in the shape of Diamant Noir at Towcester and Krack at Ascot. Both of those runs have been under more testing conditions than today's, but the prevailing conditions should not pose a problem as the son of Karinga Bay won two bumpers on good ground. Suzy Smith's gelding holds solid claims but narrow preference is for Rakalackey. Henry Daly's gelding is a half-brother to the stable's Young Spartacus and seems to have inherited a good deal of his ability if judged by a debut success over hurdles at Market Rasen on his reappearance in November. The selection stayed on well to beat Samby (a good winner since) by five lengths that day and, with further improvement to come, he looks worth a bet. Limerick Leader has struggled under his penalty in his last two starts and may do so again, so a bigger threat may come from Henrietta Knight's Imperial Dream, who showed his best form so far at Exeter last time. The Paul Nicholls-trained Onwardsandupwards is probably a good deal better than he showed at Newbury last time, while other former winners Victory Gunner and Accipiter need to improve to trouble Rakalackey, who gets the vote.