Racecards
14:40 Newbury
Craig & Ruth Pearman Memorial Novices' Hurdle (Class E)
- 15 Runners
- Distance: 3m 110y
- Going: Good to Soft, Good in places
Bay Kenny
25- Form 461461
- Age 6
- Weight 11-6
- Trainer K Bailey & M Nicholls
- Jockey J P McNamara
held up in rear, headway under pressure from 4 out, stayed on from next but never going pace to trouble leaders
- Form 0-06P1P
- Age 7
- Weight 11-6
- Trainer C Morlock
- Jockey Jimmy McCarthy
prominent to 6th, soon behind, pulled up before 4 out
- Form 1321
- Age 5
- Weight 11-6
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey Ruby Walsh
held up in mid division, steady headway to track leaders from 8, chased winner from 4 out, led briefly approaching last, rallied flat but always held
- Form 01
- Age 6
- Weight 11-6
- Trainer D Keane
- Jockey N D Fehily
behind, held up when pulled up before 8th
Tom's Prize
88- Form 0-P1024
- Age 9
- Weight 11-6
- Trainer J Spearing
- Jockey C Llewellyn
made virtually all, hard pressed from 2 out, briefly headed approaching last, driven and stayed on strongly flat
- Form 14
- Age 5
- Weight 11-6
- Trainer J Old
- Jockey L P Aspell
in touch, effort 4 out, not fluent and weakened next, beaten when mistake 2 out
- Form 054
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer N J Henderson
- Jockey M A Fitzgerald
in mid division until weakened after 8th
- Form 1-P
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey J Tizzard
behind, ridden and struggling 6th, pulled up after 8th
- Form 00P0-10
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer N J Gifford
- Jockey James Davies
towards rear, one pace and no chance when mistake 2 out
- Form 5320-35
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Noel T Chance
- Jockey S Durack
not jumped well, prominent until weakened after 8th, no chance when blundered 2 out and last
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
behind, ridden 7th, lost touch next, held off and pulled up before 3 out
- Form P-5
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer John Allen
- Jockey R Hobson
mistake 1st, soon behind, tailed off from 8th
- Form 1-032
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer J Mullins
- Jockey A Thornton
mid division, effort to chase leading pair when mistake 3 out, soon out pace
Vista Verde
34- Form 0653
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer A King
- Jockey R Thornton
chased leaders, still close up 3 out, weakened approaching next
- Form 0P5/P0U
- Age 8
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey S Curran
in touch, mistake and weakened 7th, held off when blundered last
In depth
Verdict
Not a great deal of strength in depth and we will take course winner Fountain Hill to take the scalps of Bay Kenny and Young Collier. Fountain Hill showed plenty of battling qualities in disposing of Grey Report earlier in the month and while it is worth remembering that he was in receipt of plenty of weight, he looked tenacious in the battle and should be capable of staying this trip. Bay Kenny has done nothing wrong this term and he produced a remarkable effort to score at Plumpton. Today's opposition looks tougher and he will not be able to get away with errors against this level of opposition. Young Collier was an out-and-out stayer on the flat but he was on a hiding to nothing against Royal Rosa at Haydock. Chasing will be his game in the future. Of the remainder, Special Conquest looks likely to run a sound race at bigger odds with the proviso that there is plenty of cut in the ground. Fountain Hill gets our verdict in the third race on the card.