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13:15 Sandown Park
Betfred Racing 'Follow Us On Twitter' Contenders Hurdle (Listed) (Class 1)
- 4 Runners
- Distance: 1m 7f 216y
- Going: Soft (Home Straight Heavy in places, Back Straight Good to Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £25,000 added
- Winner: £14,238
- 2nd: £5,342
- 3rd: £2,675
- 4th: £1,332
- Form 1111-6
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 159
- Trainer N J Henderson
- Jockey D A Jacob
restrained into 3rd, last but well in touch 3 out, niggled along when not fluent 2 out, driven and unable to quicken before last, beaten and stayed on same pace flat
- Form 2-63138
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 138
- Trainer D Killahena & G McPherson
- Jockey Kielan Woods
held up in last, not fluent 5th, effort 3 out, driven after 2 out, pressing leaders after last, 4th and no extra towards finish
- Form 032012
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 149
- Trainer O Sherwood
- Jockey Thomas Garner
led into start, led, slowed pace before 3 out, ridden and tried to quicken pace before 2 out, headed before last, every chance flat, stayed on, held close home
- Form 41-32
- Age 4
- Weight 10-4
- Official Rating 139
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey Sam Twiston-Davies
tracked leader, not fluent 4th, ridden approaching 2 out, led before jumping right last, pressed flat, stayed on well
Previous results
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Verdict
If PEACE AND CO is to harbour realistic Champion Hurdle aspirations, last year's Triumph Hurdle winner will need to score here with the minimum of fuss. Unbeaten last season, he blew out completely on his return to action this term and Daryl Jacob's main challenge will be to get this free-going sort settled into a rhythm off which he can quicken. Course and distance winner Rayvin Black is a confirmed trailblazer which should aid his cause but Oliver Sherwood's charge continues on the upgrade and it would be no surprise to see him give the assured favourite, who is no betting proposition, a real race. Paul Nicholls' juvenile hurdler Connetable is up against it taking on his elders at this stage of his development but is preferred for third spot.
Formwatch
Peace And Co (FR) 4-5fav (11-4) Held up, pulled hard, headway to track leader after 2nd, led after next, headed before last, soon weakened, last of 6, 20 3/4l behind Old Guard (11-4) at Cheltenham 2m 1f (1) sft in Dec.
Kayf Blanco 6-1 (11-2) Held up in mid-division, not fluent 2nd, headway 4th, no impression before 2 out, weakened approaching last, 8th of 11, 28 1/4l behind Rayvin Black (10-13) at Sandown 2m hcp (2) hvy in Jan.
Rayvin Black 8-1 (11-4) Led, ran wide paddock bend, soon reminders and pushed along, ridden before 3 out, headed before last, kept on, 2nd of 6, 2 1/4l behind The New One (11-12) at Haydock 2m (1) hvy in Jan.
Connetable (FR) 9-4 (11-4) Tracked leaders, jumped well, ridden to challenge after 2 out, kept on well closing stages, 2nd of 5, 1 3/4l behind Gibralfaro (11-4) at Ascot 2m (3) sft in Jan.