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16:20 Newton Abbot

Lady Riders' Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Class E)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 6f
  • Going: Soft, Heavy in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 39.60s
  • 7 Ran
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1
Silk -

Toulouse-Lautrec (IRE)

6/4

    2
    Silk -

    Grey Shark (IRE)

    8/1

      1
      Silk - Black, White hoops, Red sleeves and cap

      Pitminster

      182
      8/1
      • Form PP/026-6
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-12

      keen in rear, tailed off approaching 7th

      2
      Silk - Dark Blue and Light Blue (halved), Light Blue sleeves, Dark Blue armlets, White cap

      Grey Shark (IRE)

      221
      8/1
      • Form 0000-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-3

      held up, jumped left and hit 1st, not fluent 5th, ridden and headway after 3 out, chased winner 2 out, led after last, no extra when headed close home

      3
      Silk - Dark Blue and White check, White sleeves

      Toulouse-Lautrec (IRE)

      270
      6/4
      • Form 131/P2P-
      • Age 8
      • Weight 11-3

      chased leaders, led after 3 out, idled approaching last, soon headed, rallied to lead flat, ridden out

      4
      Silk - Purple, Grey epaulets

      One Of Them

      204
      20/1
      • Form 6000-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-2

      led, headed after 3 out, soon weakened

      5
      Silk - Cerise, Royal Blue cap, Cerise spots

      Purple Patch

      114
      4/1
      • Form 42-6032
      • Age 6
      • Weight 10-11

      prominent, hit 4th, chased winner and ridden after 3 out, one pace from next

      6
      Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue hoops, Dark Blue sleeves, Black cap

      Joizel (FR)

      178
      8/1
      • Form P/00U0-6
      • Age 7
      • Weight 10-10

      chased leaders until 6th, weakened 3 out

      7
      Silk - Emerald green, scarlet hooped sleeves and cap

      Philippa Yeates (IRE)

      252
      5/1
      • Form 000-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 10-3

      prominent, weakened quickly approaching 3 out, pulled up before 2 out

      In depth

      Verdict

      Being by Roselier, Grey Shark should improve for the step up in trip and has the assistance of Nina Carberry so a chance is taken with Paul Keane's gelding, who gets the vote over Pitminster and Purple Patch. The last mentioned has shown enough in non-handicaps to suggest that she can be competitive off her current mark and has to be respected. Toulouse-Lautrec looks well treated on chase form but has yet to show that he is as effective over timber and a bigger threat may come from Pitminster. The Paul Nicholls-trained gelding is less exposed than many of his rivals and is hard to discount given the form of the stable. Martin Pipe's Philippa Yeates has given little sign of encouragement in three starts so far but may do better know that she tackles handicaps, while Joizel is hard to recommend first time up. There should be no problems on that score with the selection now that Paul Keane's stable is among the winners and Grey Shark gets the vote under the impressive Nina Carberry.