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13:40 Leicester
Burton Lazars Conditional Jockeys' Selling Handicap Hurdle (Class G)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Heavy
- Form PP0P/0-0
- Age 9
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer K Bailey & M Nicholls
- Jockey D Flavin
held up, ridden and some headway when hit 3 out, weakened next, pulled up before last
- Form 567002
- Age 5
- Weight 11-6
- Trainer M C Pipe
- Jockey N Kavanagh
led until headed 3rd, remained close up, ridden and weakened from 3 out
- Form 04/F4-00
- Age 12
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Miss C Caroe
- Jockey Wayne Hutchinson
held up, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened
- Form 1438-90
- Age 10
- Weight 10-13
- Trainer A W Carroll
- Jockey Mr R M P McNally
held up, ridden after 4 out, soon weakened
Beeches Girl
33- Form P445P3
- Age 8
- Weight 10-13
tracked leaders, ridden approaching 3 out, no extra approaching last
Kinnino
66- Form 5/F7-750
- Age 9
- Weight 10-11
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey A Day
towards rear, ridden and headway approaching 3 out, soon weakened, pulled up before 2 out
- Form 751800
- Age 7
- Weight 10-9
prominent, ridden approaching 3 out, went 2nd approaching 2 out, kept on, no chance with winner
- Form 095R4
- Age 4
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer W Turner
- Jockey P J Brennan
mid-division, went prominent 3rd, ridden approaching 3 out, weakened next
- Form 507PU9
- Age 7
- Weight 10-8
with leader, led 4 out, ridden and clear approaching 2 out, not fluent last, kept on well
- Form RP-015P
- Age 10
- Weight 10-8
always behind, hit 4 out, tailed off when pulled up approaching next
- Form F0-6054
- Age 8
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer Mrs P Robeson
- Jockey R Forristal
prominent, led narrowly 3rd until next, weakened approaching 2 out, pulled up before last
Killing Time
544- Form 358/006-
- Age 12
- Weight 10-4
- Trainer S Lewis
- Jockey Gary Richards
in rear, ridden after 4 out, tailed off when pulled up before next
Forthechop
53- Form P077-4P
- Age 6
- Weight 10-0
tracked leaders, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened
In depth
Verdict
A poor seller where L'Etang Bleu will appreciate the drop in class and can prove good enough to win if he can get through the ground. He has run well on very soft in France earlier in his career, though not quite so well on heavy, but he has plummeted down the handicap and ran well enough off 80 at Exeter before Christmas to suggest that he can win this if he can cut out the sort of blunder he made at the final flight last time. Beeches Girl was well beaten into third from a fair way out here last time and though she looks a one-pacer, she handled similar conditions very well, so she could again make the frame. A more lively threat to the selection is No Mercy, who has been kept busy on both the all weather and the hurdles during the winter and put in a good showing on bottomless ground at Plumpton on his penultimate start, suggesting he can be involved here. Laurel Prince is firmly on the downgrade and the best of his form is on faster ground, so he looks to be up against it here. However, a case can be made for Golden Gravel, who is dropped 10lbs here and has been given a squeak after being given no chance by the handicapper on his last two starts. A course winner in the mud last month, he is still 6lbs higher than that victory but if he can reproduce that sort of run then he would have every chance.