Racecards
13:40 Chepstow
Letheby & Christopher Maiden Hurdle (Class F )
- 14 Runners
- Distance: 3m
- Going: Soft, Heavy in places
- Form 40P-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-6
- Trainer Mrs D Hamer
- Jockey P Flynn
held up mid-division, mistake 7th, weakened next, pulled up before 4 out
Cinque (IRE)
663- Form PPPP/
- Age 8
- Weight 11-6
- Trainer C Roberts
- Jockey L Stephens
always in rear, tailed off when pulled up before 7th
- Form 53P-3
- Age 7
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 104
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey Ruby Walsh
held up towards rear, headway approaching 4 out, ridden and every chance 2 out, 2 lengths 2nd and held when fell last
- Form 33-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-6
- Trainer Evan Williams
- Jockey Christian Williams
mid-division, headway 5th, mistake 7th, soon weakened, tailed off
- Form 42U-32
- Age 6
- Weight 11-6
- Trainer M C Pipe
- Jockey Timmy Murphy
held up rear, headway 7th, ridden and weakened approaching 4 out, pulled up before next
- Form 6-0P0F
- Age 5
- Weight 11-6
- Trainer J W Mullins
- Jockey A Thornton
always behind, tailed off 6th, pulled up before 8th
- Form 0-0
- Age 6
- Weight 11-6
- Trainer R Dickin
- Jockey J Pritchard
mid-division until lost touch after 4th, pulled up before 4 out
- Form 443-246
- Age 6
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 110
- Trainer D P Keane
- Jockey N D Fehily
chased leaders until weakened 4 out
- Form 44F/P
- Age 8
- Weight 11-6
- Trainer J A B Old
- Jockey Wayne Hutchinson
led, clear until 5th, pushed along and 4 lengths clear when fell 2 out
- Form 320
- Age 6
- Weight 10-13
- Trainer P A Pritchard
- Jockey M Bradburne
towards rear when pulled up and dismounted before 6th
- Form 3312-64
- Age 7
- Weight 10-13
- Trainer P R Rodford
- Jockey K Burke
held up in touch, mistake 7th, headway approaching 2 out, no chance when left 2nd last
Marjina
23- Form 3522-23
- Age 6
- Weight 10-13
- Official Rating 109
- Trainer Miss E C Lavelle
- Jockey B Fenton
tracked leader, ridden and left in lead 2 out, left clear last
- Form 00
- Age 4
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer Evan Williams
- Jockey J P Byrne
always towards rear, tailed off when pulled up before last
In depth
Verdict
Martin Pipe's Hever Road has shown enough in two starts over hurdles to suggest that neither trip nor ground will be a problem for him today and he is preferred to Dusty Bandit and Marjina. The selection has been placed in both starts, latterly when chasing home Darkness over 2m5f in soft ground at Plumpton, and a reproduction of earlier efforts should suffice. Paul Nicholls saddles two runners with Dusty Bandit, the mount of Ruby Walsh, preferred to the once-raced Ho Ho Hill. Harry Potter has claims on the pick of his form but has a long absence to overcome and of more interest may be Paul Keane's ex-French gelding Latzod'alm who should be better suited by the underfoot conditions than most of these. Marjina is more exposed than most of these but she has been a consistent performer and is entitled to again be thereabouts. However, Hever Road has an obvious chance and is hard to oppose.