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15:40 Hereford

Express Cafes Novices' Selling Hurdle (Class 5)

  • 16 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 1f
  • Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
  • Surface: Turf
  • £2,700 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 59.10s
  • Off Time: 15:40:48
  • 16 Ran
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1
Silk -

Arthurs Dream (IRE)

7/1

    2
    Silk -

    Bold Trump

    20/1

      3
      Silk -

      Blandford Flyer

      9/1

        1
        Silk - Maroon, White star, hooped sleeves, White cap

        Aintnecessarilyso

        134
        100/1
        • Age 9
        • Weight 11-0

        keen in mid-division, weakened 5th

        2
        Silk - Red, Yellow seams, halved sleeves, quartered cap

        Arthurs Dream (IRE)

        53
        7/1
        • Form 9-5
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-0
        • Official Rating 90

        held up, steady headway 5th, ridden to lead after 2 out, ran on

        3
        Silk - Red and Royal Blue diabolo, Royal Blue sleeves, Red armlets, Red cap

        Bold Trump

        297
        20/1
        • Form PP24-8
        • Age 6
        • Weight 11-0
        • Official Rating 90

        led, ridden 5th, headed next, every chance 2 out, kept on, held by winner

        4
        Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow stars, Red sleeves

        Lord Mayor

        26
        17/2
        • Form 00
        • Age 6
        • Weight 11-0

        mid-division, ridden 6th, soon held, stumbled last

        5
        Silk - Dark Blue, Maroon stripe and armlets

        Mr Ex (ARG)

        56 p
        11/4
        • Form 87-0206
        • Age 6
        • Weight 11-0
        • Official Rating 100

        in touch, not fluent 2nd, slow jump and lost place, pulled up after 4th

        6
        Silk - Black, Grey chevrons on sleeves

        Penwell Hill (USA)

        16
        66/1
        • Age 8
        • Weight 11-0

        mid-division, headway 4th, in touch and weakening when unseated rider 2 out

        7
        Silk - White, Dark Blue star, check sleeves and cap

        Savoy Chapel

        300
        16/1
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-0

        towards rear, ridden and weakened 3 out

        8
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE, white disc, striped sleeves, white cap

        Snipe Walk (IRE)

        66 t
        40/1
        • Form 09000
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-0

        prominent and keen, weakened after 4th, behind and pulled up before 2 out

        9
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE sash and armlets, quartered cap

        Heathyards Joy

        6
        8/1
        • Form 5317
        • Age 6
        • Weight 10-13
        • Official Rating 85

        in touch, ridden 4 out, weakened next

        10
        Silk - Emerald Green, Red sleeves, Emerald Green armlets, White cap

        Blandford Flyer

        39 t
        9/1
        • Form 668
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-8
        • Official Rating 92

        mid-division, headway approaching 4th, led 3 out, ridden and headed after, weakened last

        11
        Silk - White, Red hollow box, checked sleeves and cap

        Mouseen (IRE)

        4
        16/1
        • Form 45
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-8

        in touch, every chance and jumped left 2 out, soon weakened

        12
        Silk - White, Light Green star, Light Green sleeves, White stars, Light Green cap, White star

        Diafa (USA)

        13 v
        20/1
        • Form 0P-9400
        • Age 5
        • Weight 10-7
        • Official Rating 83

        tracked leaders, ridden 5th, weakened 3 out, out of contention when hampered and unseated rider last

        13
        Silk - Light Blue, Dark Blue diamond, White cap

        Nearly A Breeze

        630
        7/1
        • Form 0/0-
        • Age 7
        • Weight 10-7

        mid-division, lost place 4th, behind when fell last

        14
        Silk - Beige, Dark Green epaulets, armlets and star on cap

        Rhuby River (IRE)

        31
        40/1
        • Form P470
        • Age 5
        • Weight 10-7
        • Official Rating 69

        tracked leaders, weakening when mistake 3 out

        15
        Silk - Black, Yellow chevrons, Black sleeves and cap

        Time For You

        280
        12/1
        • Form 52343-0
        • Age 5
        • Weight 10-7
        • Official Rating 83

        tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 5th

        16
        Silk - Maroon and Orange (quartered), Orange sleeves

        True West (USA)

        65
        28/1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-1

        in rear, not jump well, some progress 3 out, out of contention when fell last

        In depth

        Verdict

        Mr Ex can come out on top over Diafa and Savoy Chapel, with Heathyards Joy and Time For You also worth a mention. Mr Ex was quite a promising bumper performer two years ago, but failed to progress, and having left Alan Swinbank for Howard Johnson, is now on his third trainer after being claimed out of a Catterick seller by Geoff Harker. He showed his best form for some time when second at the Yorkshire track, and would not need to improve much to go one better. Diafa looked an assured future winner when just touched off in a Bangor claimer the time before last, but the fact that she was then tailed off in a seller here next time shows that reliability is not her strong suit. Tony Carroll is double-handed, with Savoy Chapel the pick of his pair on the strength of some consistent effots on the all-weather recently. Heathyards Joy was gifted with her first win over timber when left in the lead at the last in similar company at Ludlow in November, and has been beaten twice since, so cannot be put forward with confidence, while Time For You lost her form completely last year and is best watched. Another poor affair can go to Mr Ex.