Racecards
13:55 Newton Abbot
Partyfare For Your Catering Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Class E) (Class E)
- 16 Runners
- Distance: 2m 6f
- Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
- Form 0/6F35-F
- Age 8
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer R H Alner
- Jockey Mr T J Dreaper
tracked leaders, went 2nd 6th, every chance 2 out, weakened last
- Form 3-F035P
- Age 7
- Weight 11-7
- Trainer D R Gandolfo
- Jockey T Doyle
held up, headway approaching 3 out, soon weakened
- Form 054/30-0
- Age 8
- Weight 11-7
- Trainer J Old
- Jockey L P Aspell
always in rear, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
- Form 0-531U2
- Age 7
- Weight 11-7
- Trainer C J Mann
- Jockey N D Fehily
always in touch, took closer order 7th, ridden to lead last, all out
Friendly Fellow
103- Form 54630
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
held up in rear, headway 3 out, soon ridden, weakening when blundered last
- Form 345522
- Age 6
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer R H Alner
- Jockey A Thornton
tracked leader until weakened after 7th
- Form 0-05302
- Age 6
- Weight 11-3
- Trainer R Buckler
- Jockey B Hitchcott
prominent, blundered 5th, weakened 3 out
- Form 620U20
- Age 6
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer P Hobbs & J White
- Jockey R Johnson
in touch, ridden 7th, hampered next, soon weakened
- Form 4-6P00
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer J Old
- Jockey Wayne Hutchinson
in touch to 7th, soon weakened, pulled up before 2 out
- Form 06PP4P
- Age 5
- Weight 10-11
led until ridden and headed approaching last, kept on, no extra close home
- Form 04005U
- Age 6
- Weight 10-10
held up, headway after 6th, hampered 3 out, soon ridden
- Form P05-0
- Age 6
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer Mrs A Hamilton-Fairley
- Jockey P Hide
in touch, headway approaching 3 out, ridden and every chance last, kept on flat
- Form 0002
- Age 4
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer Mrs P Dutfield
- Jockey P Holley
always in rear, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
In depth
Verdict
Martin Pipe needs all the ammunition he can muster at the moment and we will take Friendly Fellow to see off Polar Scout and Motcombe. Tony McCoy takes the mount aboard Friendly Fellow and while the gelding's efforts have been little to write home about - there was clearly a problem when he was last seen out at Taunton and connections have given him plenty of time to get over it. Polar Scout hails from an in-form yard and has finished close up in a couple of handicap chases this term. He appears to handle any surface and should stay this trip so all indications are bright for Noel Fehily's mount. Motcombe could be the fly in the ointment. He has proved that he stays the trip and while there is the suggestion that he may need to drop a few pounds in the handicap, this is not the strongest of contests. She's Our Native has been a disappointment following a success in a National Hunt Flat race while this represents the easiest engagement that the highly-tried I Hear Thunder has taken on in his short career. A mixed bag on view and Friendly Fellow rates a speculative selection.