Racecards
13:40 Haydock Park
Bet Direct Peter Marsh Chase (A Limited Handicap) (Class A)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 3m
- Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
- Form 1F21-25
- Age 8
- Weight 11-10
- Trainer P Beaumont
- Jockey R Garritty
tracked leaders, led 5ht, ridden approaching 3 out, headed 2 out, led briefly approaching last, kept on same pace
- Form 111171-
- Age 10
- Weight 11-8
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey A Dobbin
held up in rear, ridden and weakened from 4 out
- Form 9/312F-P
- Age 7
- Weight 11-2
mid-division, headway approaching 11th, chased leader after 4 out., every chance next, soon ridden, weakened last
- Form 71-7FU2
- Age 9
- Weight 10-11
- Trainer N & W Twiston-Davies
- Jockey C Llewellyn
led to 5th, soon behind, hit 11th, pushed along, kept on from 4 out, no impression
- Form 1425-54
- Age 7
- Weight 10-10
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey J Tizzard
in touch, driven 4 out, hit next, weakened from 2 out
- Form 1246-3F
- Age 8
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer Ferdy Murphy
- Jockey D N Russell
held up, not fluent 1st, steady headway 13th, ridden approaching 3 out, led next, headed briefly approaching last, kept on well flat
- Form 241U51
- Age 9
- Weight 10-4
- Trainer J Parkinson & S Smith
- Jockey W Marston
mid-division, headway th, pushed along approaching 4 out, ridden approaching next, kept on from 2 out
- Form 0/613U-P
- Age 9
- Weight 10-4
- Trainer Miss V Williams
- Jockey F Windsor Clive
in touch, ridden approaching 3 out, weakened approaching next
- Form 82P76P-
- Age 10
- Weight 10-4
- Trainer J Howard Johnson
- Jockey S Durack
with leader, jumped right 4th, behind and pushed along from 12th, tailed off from 4 out
In depth
Verdict
Royal & SunAlliance winner Hussard Collonges ran well under a big weight when a close up fifth in the Hennessy and should again be thereabouts but he may be anchored by the burden of 11st 10lbs. The top class hurdler and Mildmay Novices' Chase winner of last season, Barton, makes his long awaited return to action. With the Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup the long term objective of Time Easterby's gelding, he may be best watched here. Paul Nicholls has the Grand National on the agenda for Whitenzo if he runs well and, while the seven-year-old has to be respected as he holds similar claims to the Beaumont horse, others are preferred. Martin Pipe's Iznogoud has claims on the form shown when beating Valley Henry at Ascot last season but there was little sign of encouragement on his reappearance in the Hennessy, while Bindaree was well held by See More Business at Chepstow last time and has the National as his target again. He is another probably best watched with an eye to the future. Goguenard has done little wrong this term but has more on here than when winning at Wetherby on Boxing Day. In an interesting renewal of the Peter Marsh, the selection is Truckers Tavern. Although getting no further than the first fence at Ascot on his most recent start, Ferdy Murphy's gelding showed enough at Kelso the time before to suggest that he is as good as ever this season and, with the stable among the winner snow, he looks worth chancing at the forecast odds.