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12:50 Hexham
Thank You Rowlands For Support Maiden Hurdle (Class 5)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 3m
- Going: Heavy
- Surface: Turf
- £3,500 added
- Winner: £2,274
- 2nd: £668
- 3rd: £334
- 4th: £167
- Form 2FF1-2
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer D McCain Jnr
- Jockey K Renwick
made all, clear from 4 out, mistake last, unchallenged
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer H Hogarth
- Jockey G B Watters
in rear, reminders before 4 out, soon pulled up
- Form 558-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer J Bewley
- Jockey Henry Brooke
soon chased winner, pushed along before 2 out, no impression
- Form 21911/9
- Age 8
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Miss Lucinda V Russell
- Jockey P Buchanan
tracked leaders, weakened from 4 out, soon tailed off, pulled up before last
- Age 7
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer R Shiels
- Jockey Daragh Bourke
held up towards rear and in touch, pushed long before 3 out, in remote 3rd, blundered last
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Lucinda Russell trained the winner of this last year and will be hoping from a better run from her three-times point-to-point winner Presenting Rebel after a pipe-opener here last month. But this should be a straightforward task for BALLYBOKER BREEZE, who only found the useful Chidswell too good on his debut under Rules at Ayr - the pair were clear of the others. Damson Gin makes her debut and neither Dundee Blue nor Major Ridge have shown much so far.
Formwatch
Ballyboker Breeze (IRE) 9-2 (11-0) Prominent, not fluent and stumbled 6th, led 4 out, mistake 3 out, driven after 2 out, not fluent and headed last, stayed on same pace flat, 2nd of 13, 4 1/2l behind Chidswell (11-0) at Ayr 2m 4f mdn hdl (5) gs in Oct.
Dundee Blue (IRE) 80-1 (10-11) Held up towards rear, headway over 5f out, weakened over 3f out, 10th of 13, 49l behind Western Rules (11-2) at Newcastle 2m NH flat (6) sft in Nov.
Major Ridge (IRE) 18-1 (10-9) Mid-division on outside, headway 10f out, lost place 6f out, well beaten final 4f, tailed off, 8th of 9, well behind Shades Of Midnight (10-5) at Hexham 2m NH flat (6) gs in Apr.
Presenting Rebel (IRE) 12-1 (10-7) Always behind, tailed off before 2 out, 9th of 14, well behind It's High Time (11-0) at Hexham 2m NH mdn hdl (5) gs in Nov.
Damson Gin Fair Mix mare out of Sing And Dance.