Racecards
16:45 Haydock Park
Old Boston Handicap Hurdle (Class 4)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 3m 58y
- Going: Soft (Good to Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £12,000 added
- Winner: £6,337
- 2nd: £2,916
- 3rd: £1,458
- 4th: £730
- Form 3P/41-12
- Age 7
- Weight 12-0
- Official Rating 122
- Trainer K Bailey & M Nicholls
- Jockey David Bass
prominent, led 8th, ridden and ran on
- Form 1-22F3F
- Age 7
- Weight 12-0
- Official Rating 122
- Trainer N W Alexander
- Jockey Danny McMenamin
raced wide close up in rear, not fluent 4th, pushed along 7th, outpaced 4 out, rallied next, ridden and kept on same pace, went 3rd close home
Galudon (FR)
67- Form 2/43-552
- Age 7
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 120
- Trainer H Whittington
- Jockey Sean Quinlan
tracked leaders, chased winner 3 out, ridden next, stayed on one pace flat
- Form 2214
- Age 5
- Weight 11-11
- Official Rating 119
- Trainer N & W Twiston-Davies
- Jockey Sam Twiston-Davies
tracked leaders when mistake and unseated rider 2nd
- Form 210-373
- Age 7
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 112
- Trainer D Pipe
- Jockey Fergus Gillard
led, headed 8th, ridden and weakened approaching 3 out
- Form 45-3311
- Age 6
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 110
- Trainer O Greenall & J Guerriero
- Jockey Henry Brooke
close up in rear, close up 3rd, tracked leaders 3 out, ridden next, no extra and lost 3rd close home
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Winning point-to-pointer BROOMFIELD PRESENT made a successful hurdling debut at Ffos Las and may not have been suited by heavy ground and a tight track when beaten a length at Catterick. Horacio Apple's defied a 6lb rise for a victory at Ayr when battling to victory at Bangor so another 4lb does not look excessive but Galudon has not proved he stays this far while Gaillimh A Stor is reverting to hurdles after falling in two of his last three over fences. Broadway Boy looked one to follow after scoring at Aintree but did not make the expected progress at Exeter next time while Kingofthewest ran poorly at Market Rasen last month.
Formwatch
Broomfield Present (IRE) 5-6fav (11-7) Ran in snatches, tracked leaders, pushed along and dropped to rear 3 out, ridden and rallied to chase winner next, stayed on flat, 2nd of 5, 1l behind Captain Westie (11-0) at Catterick 3m 1f (4) hvy in Jan.
Gaillimh A Stor (IRE) 11-2 (10-11) In touch with leaders, mistake and fell 1st, at Kelso 2m 6f hcp (3) gs in Mar.
Galudon (FR) 7-2 (11-2) Prominent, pushed along briefly to chase leader approaching 3 out, disputed 2 out, briefly lead approaching last, hard pressed after last but still every chance entering final 110 yards, no extra final strides, just failed, 2nd of 7, shd behind Hitching Jacking (11-9) at Wetherby 2m 4f (4) sft in Jan.
Broadway Boy (IRE) 85-40fav (11-13) Mid-division, headway chasing leaders before 3 out, 4th and no impression between last two, kept on pressing for modest 3rd, 4th of 11, 16 1/4l behind Farmer's Gamble (11-5) at Exeter 2m 7f hcp (4) gs in Feb.
Kingofthewest (IRE) 13-8fav (11-5) Tracked winner until pushed along 3 out, ridden and weakened 2 out, went 3rd flat, 3rd of 6, 21l behind Ballintubber Boy (11-3) at Market Rasen 2m 7f hcp (4) gd in Feb.
Horacio Apple's (FR) 2-1fav (11-11) Held up in touch on inside, mistake 5th, not fluent 4 out, led 2 out, soon edged left, driven out, held on, won at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 7f hcp (4) gs in Feb beating Basford (11-7) by hd, 6 ran.