Racecards
17:30 Ffos Las
Adam Jones Testimonial Raceday Maiden Hurdle (Class 5)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 2m 4f
- Going: Soft, Heavy in places
- Surface: Turf
- £2,600 added
- Winner: £1,689
- 2nd: £496
- 3rd: £248
- 4th: £124
- Form 358/14-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer P & M Bowen
- Jockey T J O'Brien
held up in rear, not fluent 3rd, headway 6th, not fluent next, went 3rd after 3 out, no impression next, stayed on final 100 yards
Big News
35- Form 5673-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer R Lee
- Jockey T Scudamore
prominent, ridden 3 out, weakened approaching next
- Form 7-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer D A Rees
- Jockey Paul Moloney
held up on outside, ridden 6th, well beaten next, tailed off
- Form FP21/PP-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer B J Llewellyn
- Jockey Mr R J Williams
prominent, lost place when pecked 6th, well behind next, tailed off
- Form 4954-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer J L Flint
- Jockey David Prichard
held up in rear, headway 6th, weakened after next, tailed off
- Form 4242P7-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 120
- Trainer Miss R Curtis
- Jockey A P McCoy
tracked leaders, not fluent 1st, 4th or 5th, went 2nd, approaching 3 out, led next, edged slightly right soon after, stayed on
- Form 311-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey R P McLernon
in touch in mid-division, not fluent 2nd, headway approaching 5th, ridden 3 out, weakened before 2 out
Next Exit (IRE)
498- Form 214/
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Tim Vaughan
- Jockey R Johnson
led, ridden, mistake and headed 2 out, switched left before last, no impression on winner final 100 yards
- Form 3/09-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer M D I Usher
- Jockey Jimmy McCarthy
held up, hit 3rd, headway after 4th, weakened approaching 3 out, tailed off
In depth
Verdict
High Storm has easily has the best form on offer here, running the useful Darlan to a nose at Cheltenham in December having earlier also finished second at Bangor. However, two previous attempts over this trip have ended in wide-margin defeats so we'll take on McCoy's mount with hurdling newcomer IN THE BINYANIS. Already successful in a point-to-point and a bumper in Ireland, Jonjo O'Neill's five-year-old looks a nice prospect. Awaywiththegreys won a Worcester bumper last July and was fourth on his hurdles bow at Aintree. He may be best of the rest ahead of Hereford third Big News.
Formwatch
Awaywiththegreys (IRE) 11-4 (11-0) Jumped violently left and bumped rival 1st, not jump well after, tracked leaders, outpaced 4 out, no chance with leaders from next, tailed off, 4th of 8, 38l behind Hazy Tom (11-0) at Aintree 2m mdn hdl (4) gd in Oct.
Big News 9-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, ridden to go 3rd before last, kept on, 3rd of 13, 7l behind Howard's Legacy (11-0) at Hereford 2m 4f mdn hdl (5) gs in Apr.
Cawdor House Bert 22-1 (11-0) Held up, jumped big 1st and 2nd, went right next, not fluent 6th, headway approaching 8th, weakened before 3 out, tailed off, 7th of 8, well behind Seven Woods (11-0) at Ffos Las 3m mdn hdl (4) gs in Apr.
Desperate Times (IRE) 40-1 (10-10) Led and disputed, ridden and headed after 4 out, weakened rapidly before next, tailed off and pulled up after 2 out, in a race won by Snow Blizzard (11-3) at Ffos Las 3m sell (5) gd in Apr, 9 ran.
Here Comes Moss 6-1 (10-10) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, outpaced over 2f out, well held in 4th when hung left inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 18l behind Social Overdrive (11-3) at Hereford 2m 1f NH flat (6) gd in Mar.
High Storm (IRE) 22-1 (9-12) Tracked leader, hit 4th, led between last 2, headed approaching last, ridden and no extra flat, 7th of 14, 9l behind Module (10-11) at Cheltenham 2m 1f hcp hdl (2) gs in Jan.
In The Binyanis (IRE) 3-1fav (11-13) Tracked leader in 2nd, headway to lead approaching straight, ridden to assert under 2f out and soon clear, kept on well, won at Punchestown 2m N H flat hvy in Feb beating Paradise Lily (11-0) by 7l, 11 ran.
Next Exit (IRE) 6-1 (10-7) Mid-division, headway 9f out, ridden over 5f out, weakened over 3f out, 4th of 10, 30l behind Priceless Art (11-0) at Southwell 2m n h flat (4) std in Dec '10.
Saxon House (IRE) 100-1 (11-0) Always towards rear, 9th of 15, well behind Fighting Flynn (11-0) at Kempton 2m 5f nh nov hdl (4) gd in Apr.