Racecards
13:00 Haydock Park
Racing Welfare Juvenile Novices' Hurdle (Class D)
- 14 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
Border Tale
54- Form 3
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer C Weedon
- Jockey Jim Crowley
always prominent, led after 2 out, ridden clear flat
- Form B4
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
mid-division, ridden and lost place 4 out
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey G Carenza
mid-division, ridden approaching 2 out, weakened last
- Form 3
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
in touch, ridden approaching 2 out, one pace after
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer J Parkinson & S Smith
- Jockey W Marston
tracked leaders and keen, led 4 out, ridden and headed 2 out, kept on same pace from last
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer C Thornton
- Jockey M H Naughton
always towards rear, tailed off from 3 out
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey R McGrath
mistake and jumped badly right, keen and always behind, tailed off from 3 out
- Form 5
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer M E Sowersby
- Jockey B P Harding
in touch, headway approaching 4 out, blundered next, soon ridden, weakened 2 out
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer M A Barnes
- Jockey K Renwick
held up behind, pushed along 4 out, tailed off from next
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer J Parkinson & S Smith
- Jockey D Elsworth
tracked leaders and keen, ridden to challenge 3 out, led next, soon headed, kept on flat
- Age 3
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey D O'Meara
mid-division, headway 4 out, blundered next, one pace from 2 out
Peggy Lou
21- Form 53
- Age 3
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer B J Llewellyn
- Jockey R Johnson
led, headed 4 out, blundered next, soon weakened
- Age 3
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer J Portman
- Jockey Timmy Murphy
held up, mistake 1st, ridden approaching 3 out, soon outpaced
- Age 3
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer J Jefferson
- Jockey V T Keane
held up towards rear, headway approaching 4 out, soon ridden and one pace no impression from next
In depth
Verdict
A wide open contest gets proceedings under way with very little public form to go on so the market will be a good guide but the principals look to be Border Tale, Jenavive and Chemicalreatction and we will take a chance on Jenavive. The three year old was a maiden on the flat but showed fair form when fourth behind Triplemoon over 10 furlongs last time out he is sure to have been well schooled for this his hurdling debut and with no ground worries he will be hard to beat. Border Tale rates the main danger he was a fair sort on the flat. However he was far from fluent when a beaten favourite behind Barney's Lyric last time and for that reason he is opposed. Chemicalreatction was a fair fourth behind behind Mezereon and is another that has place claims. Of the remainder Sun Cat and Glimpse of Glory are from shrewd yards and are worth noting in the market but we are happy to side with Jenavive.