Racecards
12:50 Doncaster
Skyvegas.com Novices' Hurdle (div 1) (Class 4)
- 18 Runners
- Distance: 2m 110y
- Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
- Surface: Turf
- £5,000 added
- Form 4/21
- Age 6
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 128
- Trainer Andrew Turnell
- Jockey G Lee
mid-division, headway 4 out, went 2nd next, led last, ridden and kept on well flat
Bijou Dan
47- Age 7
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer G M Moore
- Jockey B S Hughes
mid-division, outpaced 4 out, never on terms
Canny Bay
64- Form 88-2P
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer Miss J A Camacho
- Jockey K Mercer
chased leaders, outpaced 4 out, weakening when mistake next
- Form 541/0P
- Age 7
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer Sir John Barlow Bt
- Jockey R McGrath
mid-division, lost place 4 out, tailed off when pulled up before next
- Age 8
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer J & S Quinn
- Jockey D C Costello
raced keenly in mid-division, weakened 5th, tailed off 3 out
- Form 7-325
- Age 6
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 112
- Trainer Noel T Chance
- Jockey J E Moore
mid-division, headway approaching 3 out, ridden and every chance when not fluent last, kept on
- Form 9P
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
steadied start, held up in rear, headway 4th, chased leaders 3 out, kept on same pace from next
- Form 6
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer A D Brown
- Jockey B P Harding
held up behind, headway 3 out, kept on from next, never trouble leaders
Moving Story
92- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer M E Sowersby
- Jockey F Davis
raced keenly, behind, reminders 4th, never dangerous
- Form 5
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer A King
- Jockey Wayne Hutchinson
prominent on inside, effort 3 out, 4th when hit next, ridden and kept on same pace
Simonside
23- Form 2177
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer B Ellison
- Jockey T J Dreaper
chased leaders, hit 2nd, lost place 5th, soon beaten
- Form 90
- Age 8
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer D McCain Jnr
- Jockey J M Maguire
mid-division, outpaced 4 out, soon weakened
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer J Mackie
- Jockey P Kinsella
led to 5th, chased leader, lost place 3 out, stayed on same pace
- Form 6
- Age 5
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer R Bastiman
- Jockey A Pogson
chased leaders, reminders 4th, soon lost place, tailed off 3 out
In depth
Verdict
Blue Bajan was useful on the flat and has now rewarded his trainer's patience over hurdles with a smooth success under similarly testing conditions when successful at Leicester last month, a win that he is taken to follow up here, getting the vote over Akarem and Jardin De Vienne. The last mentioned is relatively unexposed and has to be respected with Noel Chance's runners coming into form. Alan King's Shipmaster is probably better than he showed at Lingfield last time but has yet to prove that he handles ground this testing. Vince Smith's Just Intersky has come good on the flat recently and could be of interest back over hurdles, while King In Waiting was useful on the level but would need to improve on his debut effort over timber to trouble the judge. Akarem was decent on the level and has shown progressive form over hurdles so has to be respected on a surface that should suit but preference is for Blue Bajan.