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15:35 Sandown Park

Read Nicky Henderson's Unibet Blog Handicap Hurdle (Class 3)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 7f 216y
  • Going: Good (Good to Soft in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £30,000 added
  • Winner: £15,609
  • 2nd: £7,176
  • 3rd: £3,588
  • 4th: £1,794
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 6.82s
  • Off Time: 15:38:28
  • 8 Ran
1
Silk - Red, emerald green Cross Of Lorraine and sleeves

Nardaran (FR)

47 pt DCD
11/1
  • Form 618-11P
  • Age 5
  • Weight 12-0
  • Official Rating 128

prominent, pressed leaders 2 out, not fluent last, soon weakened

2
Silk - Yellow, royal blue sleeves, yellow stars, royal blue cap, yellow stars

Hot Fuss (IRE)

14 v DCD
5/2
  • Form 2144-62
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-11
  • Official Rating 125

led, not fluent 5th, joined 2 out, ridden and headed before last, no extra and faded run-in

3
Silk - Light green, white chevron, light blue sleeves, white and light green check cap

Continuance

22 h D
17/2
  • Form 110-P22
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-9
  • Official Rating 123

keen in rear, made good headway on outer after 3 out, ridden after 2 out, stayed on after last, went third towards finish

4
Silk - Royal Blue, White epaulets, checked sleeves
22/1
  • Form 1551P1-
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-8
  • Official Rating 122

wore hood to post, handy, pushed along before 2 out, weakened before last

5
Silk - Maroon and beige (quartered), hooped sleeves, beige cap, maroon star
11/4
  • Form 41/F05-2
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-8
  • Official Rating 122

raced in last, shaken up and made good headway after 2 out, soon every chance, ridden to lead flat, kept on well

6
Silk - Light blue, purple epaulets, sleeves and cap
3/1
  • Form 12-5241
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-6
  • Official Rating 120

chased leaders, shaken up to challenge 2 out, ridden to lead narrowly before last, headed flat, kept on

7
Silk - RED, BLACK armlets
  • Form 42-35
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-5
  • Official Rating 119

midfield, ridden and outpaced after 2 out, ran on after last, not pace to challenge

8
Silk - Royal blue, yellow triple diamond, striped sleeves, yellow cap, royal blue diamonds
  • Form 3/61-715
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-0
  • Official Rating 114

in touch, shaken up after 3 out, ridden and weakened from 2 out

In depth

Formwatch

Nardaran (FR) 13-2 (11-9) Prominent, dropped to rear after 2nd, soon pulled up, at Plumpton 2m 5f hcp (2) gd in Nov.

Hot Fuss (IRE) 33-1 (10-4) Prominent, ridden before 2 out soon lost second, rallied for second close home, not reach winner, 2nd of 13, 2 3/4l behind Wilful (11-2) at Ascot 2m hcp (1) gs in Dec.

Continuance 14-1 (10-10) Raced keenly, prominent in second, pushed along and led before last, ridden flat and headed 100yds out, kept on, always just held, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Fortune De Mer (11-3) at Cheltenham 2m 1f hcp (3) gs in Dec.

Imaginarium (IRE) 5-1 (11-10) Tracked leader, led out wide before 2 out, narrowly headed last, driven ahead again final 110 yards, stayed on well, won at Perth 2m hcp (4) gs in Apr beating Maple (10-3) by 1 3/4l, 14 ran.

All In You (FR) 12-1 (11-12) Held up in rear, plenty to do 3 out, headway into midfield 2 out, soon ridden and kept on, not fluent last, stayed on well, went second near finish, just failed, 2nd of 15, hd behind Dance And Glance (11-10) at Ascot 2m hcp (4) sft in Dec.

Dance And Glance 5-2jfav (11-10) Midfield, headway 2 out, soon ridden to lead, pressed for lead approaching last, kept on gamely, all out final strides, won at Ascot 2m hcp (4) sft in Dec beating All In You (11-12) by hd, 15 ran.

Brace For Landing (IRE) 10-3 (10-8) Tracked leading pair, pushed along to press leaders 3 out, ridden before next, weakened before last, 5th of 6, 18 3/4l behind Serious Operator (10-12) at Newcastle 2m 4f hcp (3) gs in Nov.

He's A Latchico (IRE) 25-1 (11-8) Held up in midfield, in touch 2 out, ridden and headway approaching last, no extra near finish, 5th of 15, 2 1/4l behind Dance And Glance (11-10) at Ascot 2m hcp (4) sft in Dec.