Racecards
14:20 Newton Abbot
Exquisite Catering Novices' Hurdle (Class 4)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 2m 6f
- Going: Good to Firm
- Surface: Turf
- £4,500 added
- Form 63501-6
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 121
- Trainer D Pipe
- Jockey T Scudamore
made all, ridden after 3 out, in command from next
- Form P12/135-
- Age 10
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 107
- Trainer C Blank
- Jockey H Ephgrave
mid-division, headway 5th, ridden to chase winner after 3 out, hit next, kept on same pace
- Form 3381-
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer N G Ayliffe
- Jockey R Greene
chased winner until after 3 out, one pace from next
- Form 3P0854-
- Age 7
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 91
- Trainer J D Frost
- Jockey Mr T O'Connor
soon chasing leaders, hit 4th, weakened approaching 3 out
Entailment
24- Form 0998-
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 94
- Trainer Miss M Bragg
- Jockey A Glassonbury
held up, hit 7th, short lived effort 3 out
- Form 4327-
- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer J W Mullins
- Jockey W P Kavanagh
mid-division, headway 7th, ridden after 3 out, 3rd and beaten when hit last
- Age 6
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer Tim Vaughan
- Jockey A Thornton
chased leaders until lost place 4th, weakened after 3 out, pulled up before last
Sky By Night
146- Form 00/8P-
- Age 6
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer B J M Ryall
- Jockey O Nelmes
always towards rear, tailed off and pulled up after 3 out
- Form 64P551-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-5
- Official Rating 105
- Trainer C P Morlock
- Jockey Jimmy McCarthy
Nonrunner
In depth
Verdict
A modest event on paper and Learning The Blues is selected ahead of Quarterback and Forest Silver. The official BHB ratings have Learning The Blues some way clear of the remainder and if he can reproduce the form of his victory in a maiden at Uttoxeter, he is the one they all have to beat. Quarterback won at Stratford over a similar trip. He did get a little tired in the closing stages and can ill afford to repeat those jumping errors. Forest Silver was punted on soft going in a bumper. Seamus Mullins' team are in form so it would be no surprise to see an improved effort. Noble Action ran his best race yet when chasing home Hennessy in a bog at Uttoxeter. Dad Says Heazle has ran respectably of late for the application of headgear but has it to do on official figures. Bubbs won his last race by 18 lengths but the time of that Exeter event was abysmally slow and more is required here. Winning Hunter Chaser, Bengal Bullet is watched in the market whilst ex-Irish flat performer, Will He Rock makes a debut over the sticks. Learning The Blues is hardly bombproof as selections go but looks to have the ticks in all the right boxes.
Formwatch
Learning The Blues (FR) 6-1 (10-3) Led, ridden and headed 2 out, weakened from last, 6th of 17, 6l behind Salut Saint Cloud (10-2) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f hcp hdl (2) gd.
Bengal Bullet 7-2 (10-13) Led until after 1st, chased leaders, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened, 5th of 10, 22l behind Fountain Crumble (10-10) at Exeter 2m 6f amt nov hdl (4) gd in Oct.
Bubbs 33-1 (10-7) Keen, tracked leaders, ridden to lead after 8th, in command from 2 out, driven out, won at Exeter 2m 6f nh nov hdl (4) gf in Apr beating Nodforms Victoria (11-0) by 18l, 5 ran.
Dad Says Heazle 20-1 (10-7) Prominent, ridden behind leaders after 3 out, kept on one pace from 2 out, 4th of 15, 2 1/2l behind Pocket Too (10-9) at N Abbot 2m 1f nov hcp hdl 0-105 (4) gf in Apr.
Entailment 25-1 (10-11) Prominent, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened, 8th of 15, 9l behind Pocket Too (10-9) at N Abbot 2m 1f nov hcp hdl 0-105 (4) gf in Apr.
Will He Rock (IRE) 7-2 (9-9) Held up, headway 5f out, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong, 3rd of 8, 4 1/2l behind I'll Do It Today (8-5) at W'hampton 1m 6f app hcp (5) pol in Mar '06 (Flat).
Quarterback (IRE) 13-2 (11-0) Tracked leaders, led approaching 8th, ridden and mistake 3 out, not fluent last, driven out, won at Stratford 2m 6f nov hdl (3) gd in Apr beating Pukka Tique (10-13) by 2l, 16 ran.
Noble Action 7-2 (10-10) In touch, chased leaders 4 out, ridden approaching 2 out, chased winner approaching last, no impression, 2nd of 15, 6l behind Hennessy (10-13) at Uttoxeter 3m nh nov hdl (4) gs.