Racecards
17:00 Hexham
Spa At Ramside Hall Hotel Handicap Hurdle (Class 4)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 2m 110y
- Going: Heavy
- Surface: Turf
- £6,000 added
- Winner: £3,899
- 2nd: £1,145
- 3rd: £572
- 4th: £286
- Form 442P67-
- Age 9
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 102
- Trainer Miss Lucinda V Russell
- Jockey P Buchanan
tracked leaders to 3rd, behind next, outpaced 3 out, soon weakened, tailed off
- Form 3/4435-1
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 102
- Trainer M Walford
- Jockey D C Costello
held up in touch in rear, tracked leading pair after 4th, not fluent 4 out, went 2nd before last, ridden to lead flat, kept on
- Form 11/65P7-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-10
- Official Rating 100
- Trainer J M Jefferson
- Jockey B S Hughes
tracked leaders, went 2nd at 3rd, led narrowly 2 out, ridden and headed flat, no extra
- Form 435442-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-9
- Official Rating 99
- Trainer Mrs Dianne Sayer
- Jockey James Reveley
tracked leader to 3rd, soon behind, lost touch 3 out, plugged on to take moderate 3rd flat, no chance with front pair
- Form 832127-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-3
- Official Rating 93
- Trainer J C Haynes
- Jockey Diarmuid O'Regan
led, headed narrowly 2 out, lost place before last, weakening when went left and not fluent last, lost modest 3rd flat
In depth
Verdict
Morning Time may do better back over hurdles while Retrieve The Stick has fallen to a decent mark. Beyondtemptation and Diarmuid O'Regan will be taking no prisoners and made all here in March. But she's now 11lb higher while Persian Herald's best recent run came over fences. KING OF STRINGS was all out to land a seller here last week but this probably isn't much better. Mark Walford retained him at the subsequent auction and he can post a quick follow-up.
Formwatch
Morning Time (IRE) 25-1 (11-7) Held up in rear, headway when jumped slowly 5th, soon weakened, tailed off, 7th of 9, well behind Have You Had Yours (11-4) at Kelso 2m 1f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Apr.
King Of Strings (IRE) 6-4fav (10-12) Midfield, mistake 4th, headway to chase leaders 4 out, every chance when mistake 2 out, stayed on under pressure to lead flat, all out, won at Hexham 2m sell hdl (5) gd beating The Ice Factor (10-5) by 1 3/4l, 9 ran.
Retrieve The Stick 10-1 (11-3) Tracked leader, led 2nd, headed 4th, led 6th, ridden and headed before 2 out, soon weakened, 7th of 10, well behind High Fair (9-12) at Perth 2m 4f mrs hcp hdl 0-120 (4) gs in Apr.
Persian Herald 5-1 (11-6) Led, headed after 5 out, left in lead 4 out, headed 2 out, ridden before last, kept on and no chance with winner, 2nd of 10, 6l behind Civil Unrest (11-7) at Hexham 2m hcp chs 0-100 (5) gd in Apr.
Beyondtemptation 15-2 (10-5) Led, jumped left 3rd, headed after 5th, weakened before 2 out, 7th of 11, 45l behind Tiger O'Toole (11-12) at Carlisle 2m 3f hcp hdl 0-110 (4) gs in Apr.