Racecards
16:40 Plumpton
Jason Lewry Benefit Handicap Hurdle (Class E)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 2m 5f
- Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
- Form 342322
- Age 9
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer Ferdy Murphy
- Jockey J P McNamara
tracked leader, led 4th, headed 8th, led again next, ridden and headed 3 out, weakened before next (wore cheek pieces)
- Form 524-130
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer R H Alner
- Jockey A Thornton
held up, went prominent 7th, headway 4 out, led next, ridden 2 out, headed and no extra flat
Little Bud
175- Form 11FP54-
- Age 8
- Weight 10-11
- Trainer Miss A M Newton-Smith
- Jockey M Batchelor
(bolted bef start) led, headed 4th, led again 8th, ridden and headed next, weakened 3 out
- Form 003/4-0
- Age 6
- Weight 10-8
held up, headway 8th, ridden after 3 out, went 2nd next, led flat, all out
Dutch Dyane
120- Form P/3P0-00
- Age 9
- Weight 10-1
- Trainer G Enright
- Jockey R Thornton
in touch, ridden and weakened 4 out, behind when pulled up before 2 out (wore cheek pieces)
- Form 2410P3-
- Age 10
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer D Grissell
- Jockey J Goldstein
tracked leaders, went prominent 6th, ridden 4 out, weakened next
- Form 000/0
- Age 5
- Weight 10-0
in rear, ridden and outpaced 9th, stayed on from 3 out, every chance flat, no extra close home (wore cheek pieces)
In depth
Verdict
Richie's Delight has been in good form of late and will handle the forecast good to firm going so is narrowly preferred as the TEAMtalk selection in the closer. Ferdy Murphy's charge was a fine runner-up in a similar contest at Huntingdon last time and looks the safest option with question marks against the opposition. Guru should appreciate the step up in trip and is probably capable of further progress but may find conditions faster than ideal while Just A Minute ran abysmally on his handicap bow in June and has not been seen since and Safe Enough looks poor on the evidence to date.