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12:55 Haydock Park

Read Nicky Henderson's Unibet Blog Novices' Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race) (Class 1)

  • 4 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 3f 203y
  • Going: Heavy
  • Surface: Turf
  • £24,000 added
  • Winner: £13,668
  • 2nd: £5,129
  • 3rd: £2,568
  • 4th: £1,279
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 20.57s
  • Off Time: 12:55:37
  • 4 Ran
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1
Silk -

Silver Hallmark

2/1

    1
    Silk - Dark blue and white diamonds, white sleeves, red cap

    Allart (IRE)

    36
    10/11
    • Form 3/F115-1
    • Age 7
    • Weight 11-5
    • Official Rating 152

    tracked winner until mistake and fell 8th

    3
    Silk - EMERALD GREEN and YELLOW (quartered), WHITE sleeves and cap

    Marown (IRE)

    40 D
    9/2
    • Form 1/11-31
    • Age 7
    • Weight 11-0
    • Official Rating 135

    tracked leaders, left 2nd 8th, ridden 2 out, kept on one pace

    4
    Silk - Royal Blue, Pink hoop

    Silver Hallmark

    73
    2/1
    • Form 3/17-2
    • Age 7
    • Weight 11-0
    • Official Rating 145

    made all, not fluent 9th and 2 out, ridden out

    5
    Silk - Maroon, pink epaulets, sleeves and star on cap

    Galahad Quest (FR)

    28
    25/1
    • Form 210-749
    • Age 5
    • Weight 10-10
    • Official Rating 130

    close up in rear, left 3rd at 8th, ridden and mistake 2 out, kept on same pace

    2
    NR

    Empire Steel (IRE)

    54 BFD
    12/1
    • Form 3313-12
    • Age 7
    • Weight 11-0
    • Official Rating 135

    NonRunner

    Previous results

    2020
    Silk -

    Sam Brown

    9/4
    • Age 8
    • Weight 11-0

    2019
    Silk -

    Castafiore (USA)

    28/1
    • Age 6
    • Weight 10-7

    2018
    Silk -

    Testify (IRE)

    8/15
    • Age 7
    • Weight 11-0

    In depth

    Verdict

    Nicky Henderson runs the promising ALLART in a Grade 2 which carries his name and the seven-year-old is expected to defy a penalty picked up when he made a winning start over fences at this level at Ascot, beating the useful Fiddlerontheroof. He’ll be a short price, however, and this is no straightforward task on the ground with Silver Hallmark closely matched on a line through Fiddlerontheroof and Marown having only tasted defeat once in five career starts and that was over an inadequate 2m on his reappearance. Empire Steel needs 3m while Galahad Quest has little chance on what he’s shown so far.

    Formwatch

    Allart (IRE) 5-2 (11-0) Held up towards rear, hit 6th, headway to to chase leaders 4 out, driven before last, upsides last, led flat, ran on, won at Ascot 2m 3f (1) sft in Dec beating Fiddlerontheroof (11-0) by 2 3/4l, 5 ran.

    Marown (IRE) 6-5fav (11-0) Raced wide, tracked leader, challenged going well 3 out, led soon after, clear before next, stayed on strongly, won at Ayr 2m 4f (4) hvy in Dec beating Port Of Mars (11-0) by 4l, 4 ran.

    Silver Hallmark 12-1 (11-2) Chased leader in 2nd, pressed leader 4 out, led narrowly 2 out and last, kept on strongly but headed final strides, 2nd of 6, hd behind Fiddlerontheroof (11-2) at Exeter 2m 3f (3) gs in Nov.

    Galahad Quest (FR) 18-1 (10-10) Last pair, hit 5th, always behind, 9th of 10, 32 1/2l behind Killer Clown (10-5) at Kempton 2m 4f hcp (3) gs in Dec.

    Empire Steel (IRE) 11-10fav (11-4) Prominent, close up 13th, not fluent 4 out, led briefly before 2 out, upsides last, stayed on but could not match winner, 2nd of 6, nk behind Hear No Evil (11-4) at Ayr 3m (3) hvy in Nov.