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14:00 Stratford

Evening Mail Novices' Selling Hurdle (Class G) (Class G)

  • 16 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 110y
  • Going: None specified
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 59.50s
  • 16 Ran
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1
Silk -

Looking Down

9/2

    2
    Silk -

    Royal Maid (FR)

    10/1

      3
      Silk -

      Power Bird (IRE)

      12/1

        1
        Silk - Black, Yellow spots, halved sleeves, White cap

        Royal Maid (FR)

        124
        10/1
        • Form 302300-
        • Age 6
        • Weight 11-0

        held up, headway 5th, ridden and every chance 3 out, weakening when blundered 2 out

        2
        Silk - Light Blue and Brown (halved), White and Brown hooped sleeves, White cap

        Scippit

        9
        7/2
        • Form 60-U602
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-0

        held up, headway 5th, ridden 3 out, soon beaten

        3
        Silk - White, Black triple diamond, halved sleeves, White cap, Black diamond

        Selassie

        56
        33/1
        • Form 0F-F
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-0

        always behind, tailed off 4th, pulled up before 6th

        4
        Silk - Maroon, Light Blue star on body and cap, striped sleeves

        Something Special

        763
        150/1
        • Form P/
        • Age 6
        • Weight 11-0

        always behind, tailed off from 4th, pulled up before 6th

        5
        Silk - Light Green, Red diamond, Emerald Green cap

        By All Men (IRE)

        12
        100/1
        • Form PP
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-12

        hampered by loose horse and unseated rider after 1st

        6
        Silk - Purple and Mauve (halved), sleeves reversed, quartered cap

        Saposcat (IRE)

        60
        33/1
        • Form P-P
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-12

        chased leader, weakened after 5th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out

        7
        Silk - DARK BLUE and YELLOW check, striped sleeves

        Springalong (USA)

        5/1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-12

        held up, some headway 5th, soon ridden and weakened, tailed off

        8
        Silk - Orange, Dark Blue epaulets, halved sleeves, Orange cap, Dark Blue diamond

        Victory Set (GER)

        40
        40/1
        • Form 56
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-12

        fell 1st

        9
        Silk - Maroon, Grey hoops on body, Grey cap

        Miss Lehman

        440
        7/1
        • Form 5-
        • Age 6
        • Weight 10-9

        mistake 2nd, always behind, tailed off from 4th

        10
        Silk - Red and White (halved), sleeves reversed, Emerald Green cap

        Pharaoh Hatshepsut (IRE)

        46
        66/1
        • Form P/0
        • Age 6
        • Weight 10-9

        took keen hold, chased leaders, weakened before 6th, tailed off

        11
        Silk - Yellow, Black hoop and armlets, check cap

        Pharmacy's Pet (IRE)

        150/1
        • Age 6
        • Weight 10-9

        not jumped well, always behind, tailed off 4th, pulled up before 5th

        12
        Silk - Yellow, Black hoops, stars on sleeves, quartered cap

        Lady West

        112
        66/1
        • Form P-
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-7

        always behind, tailed off 4th, pulled up before 6th

        13
        Silk - LIGHT BLUE, ORANGE epaulets

        Looking Down

        21
        9/2
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-7

        held up, headway 5th, led next, ridden and hit 2 out, soon clear, driven out

        14
        Silk - Light Blue, Maroon stripe, Maroon sleeves, Light Blue armlets, Maroon cap

        Power Bird (IRE)

        12/1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-7

        held up, headway 5th, ridden and every chance when hit 3 out, weakening when mistake 2 out

        15
        Silk - Yellow, large Royal Blue spots, Grey sleeves and cap

        Sullivan's Gold

        66/1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-7

        fell 1st

        16
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE, EMERALD GREEN sleeves, WHITE cap, EMERALD GREEN spots

        Sweetwater (GER)

        12
        11/2
        • Form 65
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-7

        jumped right, led, mistake and headed 6th, soon hung right and weakened quickly, well behind when mistake and unseated rider last

        In depth

        Verdict

        This does not look to be the best of contests with a chance taken about Pat Haslam's Looking Down, who is preferred to Scippit and Sweetwater. The last mentioned, a French import, trained by Martin Pipe has yet to show any real worthwhile form over hurdles but has to be respected in a poor race. Scippit is more exposed than most of these but this is his level and the five-year-old is hard to ignore. Hurdling newcomers Power Bird and Springalong would not need to be out of the ordinary to take a hand, while Royal Maid has to be respected, if fit enough after an absence. The vote though goes to Looking Down, who showed promise on her first start over hurdles at Hexham last month and would not need to improve much on that effort to figure here.