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17:30 Hereford

Consort Communications Standard Open National Hunt Flat (Class H)

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 1f
  • Going: Good to Firm
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 47.90s
  • 10 Ran
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1
Silk -

Dempsey (IRE)

4/6

    2
    Silk -

    Pollensa Bay

    4/1

      3
      Silk -

      Initiate

      7/1

        1
        Silk - DARK BLUE, PINK sash, PINK sleeves, DARK BLUE armlets, DARK BLUE cap, PINK spots

        Dempsey (IRE)

        180
        4/6
        • Form 3P0-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-4

        tracked leader, led 3f out, soon clear, canter

        2
        Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue disc and sleeves, quartered cap

        Gillespie (IRE)

        18
        25/1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 11-4

        tracked leaders, ridden over 6f out, soon weakened

        3
        Silk - Black and Yellow (quartered), Black sleeves, Emerald Green seams, Black cap, Yellow star

        Initiate

        7/1
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-4

        held up, headway halfway, ridden over 5f out, chased winner over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

        4
        Silk - Emerald Green, Yellow spots and armlets, hooped cap

        Paris Latino (FR)

        288
        20/1
        • Form 00-
        • Age 4
        • Weight 11-4

        in touch, hung left and lost place after 6f, soon behind

        5
        Silk - Beige, Emerald Green Cross of Lorraine, striped sleeves and cap

        Pollensa Bay

        123
        4/1
        • Form 46
        • Age 4
        • Weight 11-4

        behind, headway halfway, ridden over 5f out, kept on from over 1f out, no chance with winner

        6
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE, YELLOW sash, ROYAL BLUE sleeves, YELLOW stars, hooped cap

        Tsar's Twist

        141
        50/1
        • Form 00
        • Age 4
        • Weight 11-4

        always behind

        7
        Silk - LIGHT GREEN, WHITE armlets, quartered cap

        Blow Me Down

        22
        16/1
        • Form 50
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-13

        held up, effort halfway, soon weakened

        8
        Silk - Purple, Yellow diamond, striped sleeves and cap

        Daisy Dale

        549
        66/1
        • Form 00R/
        • Age 5
        • Weight 10-13

        led, ridden and headed 3f out, soon weakened

        9
        Silk - Purple, Pink stars, Pink sleeves, Purple stars and stars on cap

        Oh So Posh

        219
        33/1
        • Form 000-
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-13

        keen, mid-division, headway over 5f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out

        10
        Silk - Dark Green and Emerald Green diamonds, Dark Green cap, Emerald Green diamond

        Seren Fach (IRE)

        159
        25/1
        • Form R-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 10-13

        in touch, ridden over 6f out, soon weakened

        In depth

        Verdict

        Although the market may throw up a potential springer, Dempsey comes from a yard that knows the time of day in bumpers, and gets the thumbs-up, with Pollensa Bay one to keep an eye on. Dempsey was pulled up in the Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival, struggling in the rear throughout, but was allowed to line up in the Aintree Bumper a month later. Once again he was tailed off, but there was a lot to like about his debut run at Kempton where he was an unlucky third after not getting the best of luck in running, and he remains one to keep on the right side of. A brother to Puget Blue, he has been slow to mature, and a patient policy is expected to pay off this winter. Pollensa Bay has stayed on in both his outings this summer, without looking like a world-beater. Tony McCoy is an eye catching booking but he does not make as much appeal as Mark Pitman's charge who can defy an absence to score before going on to better things when sent over hurdles.