Racecards
13:30 Plumpton
Altro High Performance Flooring And Walling 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (Class E)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 2m 5f
- Going: Soft
- Form 01P/
- Age 8
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Miss V Williams
- Jockey B J Crowley
led, clear from 3rd, headed 6th, weakened quickly, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
Bird King
14- Form 0-U
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer D R Gandolfo
- Jockey Timmy Murphy
prominent, lost place 8th, tailed off when pulled up before next
- Form 31/U-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer A Lidderdale
- Jockey J Culloty
tracking leaders when blundered and fell 6th
- Form 1/0P3-2
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer R H Alner
- Jockey A Thornton
in touch, challenged from 3 out, led next, comfortably
- Form 523-3
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
close up, chased leader 7th, left in lead 4 out, ridden after 3 out, headed next, one pace flat
Malbec (IRE)
23- Form P-P
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Miss A M Newton-Smith
- Jockey C Bolger
prominent until lost place and struggling from 7th, continued, tailed off (wore cheek pieces)
Rodalko (FR)
217- Form 02-
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer O Sherwood
- Jockey M Batchelor
chased leader, led 6th, hit next, one length clear when stumbled and fell 4 out
- Form 3P4-0
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
behind, hampered 6th, steady headway 8th, every chance 3 out, soon ridden and outpaced, held when hit last
- Form 00/0P-4
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer A Smith
- Jockey V Slattery
always behind, hampered 1st, lost touch from 6th, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out
In depth
Verdict
Not much hurdle form to go on here so looking at bumper races the best chance goes to Rodalko who ran well on both his racecourse appearances and hails from an in-form yard. Others with good bumper form include Bob Le Gaoth and Cowboyboots. However the horse with the best hurdle form and thus the TEAMtalk selection is Robert Alner's Coolsan who improved last season and ran creditably in defeat at Exeter 13 days ago. He will be hard to beat if reproducing that form.