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Mahood Marquees Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Class E) (For The Army Benevolent Challenge Cup) (Class E)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 1f 110y
  • Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 32.40s
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Basinet

2/1

    2
    Silk -

    Lagosta (SAF)

    8/1

      1
      Silk - Light Blue and White (quartered), Light Blue sleeves, Yellow armlets, Yellow cap

      Mexican (USA)

      128
      6/1
      • Form F1034P-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-12

      held up in touch reminder after 5th, ridden approaching 2 out, headway approaching last, soon weakened

      2
      Silk - Maroon, Yellow diamond, diabolo on sleeves, Yellow cap

      Basinet

      22
      2/1
      • Form 2F3-32
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-11

      tracked leaders, hit 3rd, led after 2 out, clear after last, easily

      3
      Silk - Black, yellow hoop, striped sleeves, yellow cap

      Martin House (IRE)

      101
      10/1
      • Form 03P6-0
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-9

      held up in rear, headway after 2 out, ridden and hit last, soon weakened

      4
      Silk - RED, BLACK triple diamond, diabolo on sleeves, RED cap, BLACK diamond

      Lagosta (SAF)

      22 b
      8/1
      • Form 42-6005
      • Age 4
      • Weight 11-4

      led to 2nd, chased leader, led to 6th, headed after 2 out, one pace, no chance with winner

      5
      Silk - White, Dark Blue stars, Dark Blue and White halved sleeves

      Bright Steel (IRE)

      245
      7/1
      • Form 000/54P-
      • Age 7
      • Weight 10-0

      held up, ridden 6th, soon struggling

      6
      Silk - Light Blue, Black disc, Dark Blue sleeves, Black cap

      Eyes To The Right (IRE)

      22
      9/4
      • Form 64006-2
      • Age 5
      • Weight 10-0

      tracked leaders, led after 2nd, hit next, headed 6th, no extra flat

      In depth

      Verdict

      In the finale, Eyes To The Right gets the nod over Basinet and Lagosta. The selection defied an absence to run a very good race in a selling handicap hurdle at Worcester last time and, clearly in good heart for Dai Burchell, can go well given 22 days to get over that run. Mexican lacks a recent run and, following a fair win over fences in January, is now put back over hurdles following some disappointing efforts over the larger obstacles. Basinet, however, is fairly lightly-raced over hurdles but has shown more than enough to be competitive in this contest. Lagosta has eight lengths to find with him based on Sedgefield form of August 6, so he too can be given a chance but the other pair are hard to build a strong case for, even though Bright Steel is lightly raced. This spins us back to the selection, who could yet build on that Worcester run and, racing from a mark of just 64, might be worth chancing.