Racecards
16:10 Chepstow
Toteexacta Maiden Hurdle (Class F)
- 12 Runners
- Distance: 3m
- Going: Soft, Heavy in places
Alfie Valentine
184- Form 00P-P
- Age 8
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer Mrs P Ford
- Jockey R Spate
always behind, pulled up before 3 out
- Age 5
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer N & W Twiston-Davies
- Jockey C Llewellyn
held up towards rear, good headway after 8th, soon pushed along, weakened quickly 4 out
- Form UF223/P-
- Age 13
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer M Coombe
- Jockey B Hitchcott
in touch, mistake 3rd, weakened 8th, soon well behind
- Form P3S0/
- Age 7
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer P Murphy
- Jockey L P Aspell
always behind, tailed off, pulled up before 3 out
Idle Talk (IRE)
223- Form 41U-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer T R George
- Jockey J M Maguire
in touch, tracked leader 7th, led 3 out, clear when ridden last, very easily
- Age 6
- Weight 11-2
always behind, lost touch 6th, pulled up before 8th
- Form 305-F3
- Age 6
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer P Hobbs & J White
- Jockey R Johnson
led, ridden and headed when mistake 3 out, soon beaten, eased
- Form 1/P-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey A P McCoy
chased winner to 7th, weakened 8th, mistake 4 out
- Form 20/P0-35
- Age 7
- Weight 11-2
mid-division, brief effort after 8th
Anflora
48- Form 4PPPP-P
- Age 7
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer C Roberts
- Jockey Mr L Stephens
always mid-division, behind from 7th
- Form P11/4P-
- Age 6
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey W Jones
prominent, lost position 7th, mistake 4 out, soon weakened
- Age 5
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer Miss Victoria Roberts
- Jockey W Marston
always behind, tailed off when pulled up before 9th
In depth
Verdict
Unless the Nigel Twiston-Davies-trained newcomer Bob The Builder proves to be out of the ordinary this should go to Rollo, who looks to have been found a suitable opportunity and is preferred to Jonjo O'Neill's pair Lissnabrucka and Roman Consul. The last mentioned was pulled up on his hurdling debut at Haydock but this is a weaker race and he is probably better than he showed that day. Stablemate Lissnabrucka was also pulled up in that same Haydock race but had earlier shown promise and Towcester and has to be respected. Pat Murphy's Croghan Loch and Tom George's point-to-point recruit Idle Talk both warrant respect on their hurdling debuts but the vote goes to Rollo. The Philip Hobbs-trained gelding has shown promise in bumpers and in two starts over hurdles, including on a soft surface, and in a poor race is taken to loose his maiden tag.