Racecards
20:50 Aintree
Sis Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Class E) (Class E)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 3m 110y
- Going: Good
Weston Rock
65- Form 534530-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer T D Walford
- Jockey R Utley
held up, pushed along 7th, stayed on from 2 out, never dangerous
- Form 0P031P-
- Age 9
- Weight 11-11
held up, headway 8th, ridden to go 2nd 2 out, ran on under pressure towards finish
- Form 05R33-3
- Age 5
- Weight 11-6
in touch, weakened after 4 out, pulled up before 2 out
Stanway
26- Form 230F06-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-5
- Trainer Mrs Mary Hambro
- Jockey C Llewellyn
chased leaders, ridden and every chance 3 out, soon weakened
- Form 4P45P-0
- Age 5
- Weight 11-1
- Trainer T D Walford
- Jockey R Walford
chased leader, led 4 out, headed next, weakened approaching last
- Form 000664-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Ian Williams
- Jockey Paul Moloney
always behind, pulled up before 2 out
- Form 32253-3
- Age 4
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer L Wadham
- Jockey L P Aspell
in touch, blundered 6th, led 3 out, driven out
- Form FP330-6
- Age 7
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer J Parkinson & S Smith
- Jockey D Elsworth
led, reminders approaching 8th, headed 4 out, weakened next
- Form P1P42P-
- Age 8
- Weight 10-4
- Trainer D McCain Jnr
- Jockey G Grogan
in rear, pushed along 7th, soon tailed off
- Form 0P060/0-
- Age 8
- Weight 10-0
Nonrunner
In depth
Verdict
Huntingdon winner Rendari struggled off his new mark in Mondeed's race at Fakenham, in which Burning Shore finished a creditable third, and the last mentioned gets the vote to win here with River Mist rated the main danger. The selection followed that Fakenham effort with another respectable outing at the East Anglian venue and is one of a very few of these to come into this in any sort of form. River Mist has been running well, without winning, in novice contests and may do better now that he is handicapped. Top weight Weston Rock faces no easy task under the burden of 11st 12lb while at the other end of the weights Mister Club Royal makes limited appeal back over hurdles and Len Lungo's Inn From The Cold is 3lbs wrong. Stanway would have claims if able to reproduce the best of his bumper form but Burning Shore makes most appeal of a poor bunch, by the tracks standards, and gets the vote.