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16:40 Newton Abbot
'Thanks Terri For Forty Happy Years' Handicap Hurdle (Class E) (Class E)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 2m 1f
- Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
- Form 523P1/
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
led, rider lost iron 1st, headed 3rd, ridden 6th, soon weakened and pulled up before 2 out
- Form 405-142
- Age 5
- Weight 11-7
held up, mid-division, headway and ridden 3 out, chased leader 2 out, edged left approaching last, not quicken
Code Sign (USA)
260- Form 0/1523P-
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer P Hobbs & J White
- Jockey R Johnson
prominent, headway approaching 5th, good headway to lead on inside after 3 out, ridden approaching 2 out and headed, no extra
- Form PF023-5
- Age 5
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer B R Millman
- Jockey R Greene
keen hold and held up towards rear, headway 3 out, challenged on bit soon after, ridden and led before 2 out, driven out
Beauly (IRE)
19- Form 3/5415-5
- Age 9
- Weight 10-7
chased leader to lead 3rd, clear 4th, headed after 3 out, soon weakened
- Form 1340/33
- Age 9
- Weight 10-1
- Trainer Mrs D Hamer
- Jockey R Thornton
held up last, ridden 3 out, soon weakened
- Form 0F050-3
- Age 8
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer Karen George
- Jockey S Durack
mid-division, ridden 5th and some headway, weakened 3 out, no impression
In depth
Verdict
Dinarelli gets the vote here ahead of possibly Arm And A Leg and Beauly, although also keep an eye on the betting market. Looking at the field. Another Diamond is hard to fancy after a 415-day absence, while the market might provide the best clues as to Code Sign's chance, as Philip Hobbs' charge has been away from the track for 260 days. Dinarelli ran well over course and distance last time from his revised mark, having won from a nine-pound lower mark at Hereford in April. He looks the one to beat today. Beauly has been beaten from his revised mark since winning at Warwick in December, although he should strip fitter for his latest run, and Arm And A Leg is only a pound better off for the four lengths he finished behind Dinarelli over course and distance last time, but the others would probably fare better in selling company. Overall, then, Dinarelli can continue the good run of Jamie Moore and be another winner for Martin Pipe.