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14:40 Newton Abbot

Mary Mahon Happy 80th Birthday Juvenile Novices' Hurdle (Class D) (Class D)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 1f
  • Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 3.90s
  • 9 Ran
1
Silk - White, Mauve stars
  • Form 1
  • Age 3
  • Weight 11-4

prominent, headway to chase leader on bit 3 out, led going well approaching 2 out, pushed clear approaching last

2
Silk - Black, broad blue hoop with white band, body and sleeves, hooped cap
  • Form 02-3415
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-13

held up in mid-division, headway approaching 5th, ridden after 3 out, stayed on to go 2nd approaching last

3
Silk - ORANGE, BLACK star and star on cap
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-12

held up last, ridden approaching 5th, soon tailed off

5
Silk - Black and Yellow (quartered), Yellow sleeves, Black armlets, Black cap
  • Form 342
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-12

tracked leader, ridden and led approaching 3 out, headed approaching 2 out, one pace approaching last

6
Silk - Royal Blue, Red Cross of Lorraine, Royal Blue cap, Yellow spots
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-12

held up in touch, headway approaching 5th, ridden 3 out, weakened 2 out

7
Silk - Yellow, Black stars, sleeves and star on cap
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-12

held up in touch, ridden 3 out, stayed on from 2 out

8
Silk - White, red epaulets and armlets, red and yellow check cap
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-7

pulled hard and held up towards rear, ridden after 5th, weakened 3 out

10
Silk - Dark Blue, Red hoop, Red sleeves, Dark Blue armlets, quartered cap
66/1
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-7

held up towards rear, ridden 5th, tailed off and tired when mistake last

11
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, EMERALD GREEN sleeves, WHITE cap, EMERALD GREEN spots
  • Form 0-0P2
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-7

led, not fluent 4th, headed approaching 3 out, weakened approaching 2 out

4
NR
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-12

Nonrunner

9
NR
  • Form 43
  • Age 3
  • Weight 10-7

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

Fire Dragon, La Lambertine and Looks The Business will probably have this between them and we will side with Fire Dragon to score. A comfortable winner in similar company at Bangor last month, the Jonjo O'Neill-trained Fire Dragon has been keeping better company on the level and handles a bit of cut if his Irish win is anything to go by. He has the most solid form for us to go on here and we will not shy away from him. La Lambertine has a fair bit to find with the selection on their running at Bangor and Martin Pipe will be hoping that the filly, who won on very soft ground in her native France, will be more at home on this surface than the quick ground she encountered last time. If that is the case then we expect her to finish much closer. Looks The Business was another involved at Bangor, finishing in front of La Lambertine, but thus far the gelding has failed to perform on this sort of ground and so we are confident placings can be reversed there, though he may be good enough to make the frame. Be that the case or not, we are happy to take Fire Dragon to be too hot for them.