Racecards
14:35 Huntingdon
Stan James Telebetting Beginners' Chase (Class E)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 2m 110y
- Going: Good
- Form 06-3000
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
held up, headway and hit 2 out, one paced
- Form 6F-2P54
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer O Sherwood
- Jockey R Flavin
held up, headway and chased winner 2 out, kept on one pace
- Form F022UF
- Age 8
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Mrs L Jewell
- Jockey S Curran
led, headed 7th, weakend 3 out, behind and fell last
Tarasco (FR)
36- Form 3205-F5
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer P R Webber
- Jockey T Doyle
close up, reminders 9th, joined leader next, clear next, comfortable
Karency (FR)
17- Age 5
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer Miss H Knight
- Jockey J Culloty
with leader, led 7th, ridden and headed after 3 out, weakened next
In depth
Verdict
This race will not take much winning and Paul Webber's Tarasco is impossible to oppose. A fair hurdler, he has shaped reasonably well in two starts over fences in better company, and while he is probably no world beater this is his easiest task to date over fences and he gets the confident vote. The remainder make little appeal, but Shannon Quest, runner-up at Folkestone last May, is marginally preferred to the thoroughly exposed Stopwatch, who seems to have trouble clearing his fences.