Racecards
16:30 Newton Abbot
Racecourse For Your Corporate Event Handicap Hurdle (Class 4)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 3m 3f
- Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
- Surface: Turf
- £5,500 added
- Form 3134-07
- Age 8
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 102
- Trainer D Pipe
- Jockey T Scudamore
in touch, hit 6th, ridden after 8th, soon behind
- Form 9PPP/P5-
- Age 8
- Weight 11-11
- Official Rating 101
- Trainer R T Phillips
- Jockey W Marston
held up, ridden and weakened after 3 out
- Form 4007P-1
- Age 6
- Weight 11-11
- Official Rating 101
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey A P McCoy
held up, good headway 3 out, led 2 out, not fluent last, comfortably
- Form 33614-1
- Age 7
- Weight 11-7
- Official Rating 97
- Trainer J W Mullins
- Jockey A Thornton
chased leaders, ridden after 9th, led after 3 out, headed and hit next, kept on same pace
Dizzy Future
25- Form 35001-1
- Age 5
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 96
- Trainer M R Bosley
- Jockey W T Kennedy
held up, headway 3 out, soon ridden and weakened
- Form 08710-P
- Age 4
- Weight 11-3
- Official Rating 99
- Trainer Mrs A M Thorpe
- Jockey R Johnson
held up, took closer order 7th, ridden approaching 3 out, gradually faded
- Form F4PU3-0
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 90
- Trainer K J Burke
- Jockey Tony Evans
held up, headway after 9th ridden after 3 out, kept on same pace
- Form 140P0-P
- Age 10
- Weight 10-11
- Official Rating 87
took keen hold, led 2nd until after 3 out, weakened
- Form PP055-7
- Age 9
- Weight 10-9
- Official Rating 85
- Trainer A J Wilson
- Jockey Mr Felix De Giles
led until 2nd, chased leader, ridden approaching 3 out, one pace from 2 out
- Form 3415-P2
- Age 7
- Weight 10-9
- Official Rating 85
- Trainer C Roberts
- Jockey R Cummings
chased leaders, ridden after 3 out, one pace from next
In depth
Verdict
Keepitsecret can cap a good day for Jonjo O'Neill and Tony McCoy by landing the finale, with Not For Diamonds, and Dizzy Future the ones to give him most to do. Keepitsecret has been brought along nice and steadily since making a winning bumper debut at Hereford last October. The plan is to make a chaser of him, but his first attempt at the bigger obstacles ended dismally when he was all at sea on soft ground at that track in February. However, he looked much more comfortable on his handicap hurdle bow at Fakenham three weeks ago, bouncing off the fast ground to score impressively, and should have no trouble defying a penalty or staying the trip. Not For Diamonds finished 15-lengths behind Dizzy Future when the pair met at Hereford, and it is hard to make a case for him turning the tables on just 3lb better terms, but he has since made amends at Plumpton and may be on the upgrade. None of the others make much appeal apart from the four-year-old Peephole who may have more to offer than we have seen, and all in all, this is best left to Keepitsecret.
Formwatch
Visibility (FR) 13-2 (11-3) Prominent, driven along and lost place after 3rd, 7th of 15, 29l behind Arabian Moon (10-7) at Hereford 2m 4f sll hdl (5) gf.
Caesarean Hunter (USA) 28-1 (11-2) Held up, mistake 2nd, headway, reminders 8th, blundered 4 out, weakened 3 out, 5th of 12, 23l behind Gerrard (11-4) at Stratford 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-95 (5) gs in Mar.
Keepitsecret (IRE) 11-4 (11-12) Tracked leaders, hit 9th, led approaching 3out, ridden out, won at Fakenham 2m 7f nov hcp hdl 0-100 (4) gf in May beating Artic John (11-2) by 5l, 9 ran.
Not For Diamonds (IRE) 3-1fav (11-11) Held up, ridden to chase leaders 3 out, every chance 2 out, led soon after last, all out, won at Plumpton 3m 1f nov hcp hdl 0-95 (5) gd in May beating Storm Talk (9-12) by 1/2l, 11 ran.
Dizzy Future 7-2 (10-2) Held up, ridden and headway approaching 3 out, led approaching last, ridden out, won at Ludlow 3m hcp hdl 0-120 (3) gd in May beating Prestbury Knight (11-6) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.
Peephole 11-2 (10-4) Held up, ridden 5th, mistake and lost touch 7th, behind when pulled up at the 8th in race won by Dizzy Future (10-2) at Ludlow 3m hcp hdl 0-120 (3) gd in May, 11 ran.
Montecorvino (GER) 8-1 (11-4) Chased leaders, hit 7th, soon driven, weakened approaching 3 out, 14th of 18, 49l behind Third Level Tom (11-5) at Exeter 3m hcp hdl 0-100 (4) gd in May.
Miss Muscat 14-1 (10-13) Led, headed 3 out, soon ridden, still every chance between last 2, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 13, 2 1/2l behind Storm Talk (10-12) at Uttoxeter 3m cnd hcp hdl 0-90 (5) gs in May.