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16:10 Chepstow

Mel Davies Memorial Handicap Hurdle

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 110y
  • Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
  • Surface: Turf
  • £4,880 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 48.60s
  • Off Time: 16:10:22
  • 10 Ran
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1
Silk -

Wise Owl

3/1

    2
    Silk -

    Adjami (IRE)

    9/2

      3
      Silk -

      Dearson (IRE)

      12/1

        1
        Silk - Dark blue and yellow stripes

        Made In Japan (JPN)

        9/2
        • Form 0-40005
        • Age 7
        • Weight 11-12

        with leader, ridden 5th, weakened 2 out, pulled up flat (lame)

        2
        Silk - EMERALD GREEN, BLACK seams, EMERALD GREEN sleeves, BLACK spots and spots on cap

        Magnifico (FR)

        vt
        20/1
        • Form 202500
        • Age 6
        • Weight 11-12

        led and set good pace, headed, weakened approaching 4 out

        3
        Silk - Light blue, black sash, armlets and hoop on cap

        Bureaucrat

        6/1
        • Form P2-401F
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-11

        tracked leaders, led approaching 4 out, headed mistake 3 out, not recover

        4
        Silk - Dark Blue, White braces, armlets and cap

        Hawadeth

        p
        12/1
        • Form 046-014
        • Age 12
        • Weight 11-2

        always in the rear

        5
        Silk - Dark Green and White diabolo, White sleeves, Dark Green armlets, White cap, Red star

        Wise Owl

        3/1
        • Form 212
        • Age 5
        • Weight 10-10

        held up, headway after 4th, disputed lead last, ridden out

        6
        Silk - Dark Green, Maroon chevron, diabolo on sleeves, quartered cap

        Dearson (IRE)

        12/1
        • Form 16F2-25
        • Age 6
        • Weight 10-10

        mid-division, headway after 4th, led 3 out, hit 2 out, narrowly headed when pecked last and weakened flat

        7
        Silk - Light blue, brown stripe and armlets

        Adjami (IRE)

        9/2
        • Form 125-F36
        • Age 6
        • Weight 10-8

        tracked leaders, switched right approaching 3 out, disputed lead last, led soon after, headed, no extra close home

        8
        Silk - Orange, Black epaulets, diabolo on sleeves, Black cap

        Archimboldo (USA)

        b
        12/1
        • Form 341530
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-5

        mid-division, lost place 4th, effort 3 out, held when hampered after last

        9
        Silk - Yellow, Purple spots on sleeves, Purple cap

        Cottingham (IRE)

        7/1
        • Form F-22220
        • Age 6
        • Weight 10-5

        held up, headway approaching 5th, ridden 3 out, one pace from last

        10
        Silk - Red, Black hoop and armlets, Red cap, White star

        Atlantic Rhapsody (FR)

        p
        25/1
        • Form 606P01
        • Age 10
        • Weight 10-0

        always in rear

        In depth

        Verdict

        Made In Japan has only won one race since taking the Triumph Hurdle three years ago and looks best left out of calculations again in a race where a chance is taken on Wise Owl, who gets the vote over Bureaucrat. The last mentioned reverts to hurdles after a disappointing run over the larger obstacles last time and has to be respected on ground that suits, although he may still be a shade high in the weights. Hawadeth is capable but the 12-year-old does not win very often and may find one or two of these too speedy for him. Cottingham deserves to get his head in front following a run of second places but may again have to settle for a minor role, while Adjami may do better back on a faster surface today but is hard to recommend on recent evidence. The vote then goes to Wise Owl who has only had three starts over hurdles but the 80-rated flat recruit has his favoured ground for the first time today and he looks worth chancing off what seems a fair mark.