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14:30 Newcastle

Saltwell Signs Novices' Hurdle (Class E)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 4f
  • Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 14.80s
  • 8 Ran
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1
Silk -

Patriarch Express

Evs

    2
    Silk -

    Noble House

    14/1

      3
      Silk -

      Powder Creek (IRE)

      4/1

        1
        Silk - Royal Blue and White diamonds, Royal Blue sleeves, White spots, White cap

        Dundrod

        16
        66/1
        • Age 6
        • Weight 10-11

        behind, mistake 6th, weakened 4 out, tailed off

        2
        Silk - Red, yellow cross belts, white sleeves

        Moonlight Gold

        12
        100/1
        • Form P
        • Age 7
        • Weight 10-11

        held up towards rear, headway 7th, ridden to chase leaders 3 out, weakened next

        3
        Silk - Purple, White sash, White sleeves, Purple armlets and star on White cap

        Noble House

        20
        14/1
        • Form 56
        • Age 6
        • Weight 10-11

        set steady pace, jumped left throughout, quickened after 4 out, ridden and headed soon after last, kept on

        4
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE, ORANGE sash, sleeves and cap

        Patriarch Express

        247
        Evs
        • Form 2/1100-
        • Age 6
        • Weight 10-11

        raced keenly, held up mid-division, headway 4 out, joined leaders on bit next, shaken up to lead soon after last, quickened to clear flat comfortably

        5
        Silk - Yellow, Maroon sleeves, Maroon cap, Yellow star

        Powder Creek (IRE)

        541
        4/1
        • Form 230/1-
        • Age 6
        • Weight 10-11

        keen, tracked leader, in touch when mistake 3 out, ridden and kept on one pace last

        6
        Silk - Emerald Green and Orange (quartered), Orange sleeves and cap

        Sir Rowland Hill (IRE)

        176
        5/2
        • Form 21-3
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-11

        held up towards rear, headway 4 out, effort 2 out, soon ridden, weakened flat

        7
        Silk - White, Brown hoop, check cap

        Croaghnacree (IRE)

        12
        100/1
        • Form 00P-P
        • Age 6
        • Weight 10-6

        chased leaders to 7th, soon outpaced, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out

        8
        Silk - Dark Green, White stars, Dark Green sleeves, Dark Green cap, White star

        Valuable (IRE)

        19
        100/1
        • Form 00-0
        • Age 6
        • Weight 10-6

        held up, headway 7th, weakened approaching 4 out, tailed off when pulled up before next

        In depth

        Verdict

        This appears to lie between Patriarch Express, Powder Creek and Sir Rowland Hill, with our vote going to Sir Rowland Hill. The selection hails from the in-form Ferdy Murphy yard. A winner of one of his three bumper starts, he has shown more than enough to suggest a novice hurdle is within his grasp, and this race lacks overall strength. He is making his hurdling debut, as is Patriarch Express. The Geoff Harker-trained gelding is dual bumper winner, and ended the season by running in the Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival, so must be held in some regard. Mary Reveley runs Powder Creek. Much as the six-year-old has had his problems, he proved that he had ability by winning a Worcester bumper in May 2002. He too makes his hurdling debut but hasn't raced for 541 days. Overall, then, we think that Sir Rowland Hill can put his stamp on the race.