Racecards
13:20 Sandown Park
Matchbook Betting Exchange Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (Class 3)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 1m 7f 216y
- Going: Soft (Good to Soft in places in back straight)
- Surface: Turf
- £10,000 added
- Winner: £6,498
- 2nd: £1,908
- 3rd: £954
- 4th: £477
- Form 542188
- Age 4
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 125
- Trainer D Pipe
- Jockey T Scudamore
held up in last trio, mistake 5th, not fluent 3 out, soon ridden, weakened before next
Hygrove Percy
162- Form 12121
- Age 4
- Weight 11-9
- Official Rating 122
- Trainer N P Mulholland
- Jockey N D Fehily
tracked winner until 4th, 2nd again 2 out until mistake last, stayed on same pace flat
- Form 222
- Age 4
- Weight 11-7
- Official Rating 120
- Trainer O Greenall & J Guerriero
- Jockey Jake Greenall
held up in last trio, mistake 5th, headway before 2 out, 2nd last, held by winner inside final 100 yards, lost 2nd close home
- Form 731
- Age 4
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 113
- Trainer L Wadham
- Jockey L P Aspell
took keen hold, made all, slow 3rd, driven and held on well flat
- Form 821
- Age 4
- Weight 10-13
- Official Rating 112
- Trainer N J Hawke
- Jockey C Gethings
held up in last trio, headway when not much room and stumbled 2 out, stayed on well flat, went 2nd close home
- Form P94P
- Age 4
- Weight 10-11
- Official Rating 110
- Trainer R Woollacott
- Jockey C O'Farrell
tracked leaders, took keen hold, went 2nd 4th until ridden 2 out, 5th and weakening last
- Form 47346-
- Age 4
- Weight 10-4
- Official Rating 103
- Trainer Alexandra Dunn
- Jockey Adam Wedge
in touch in mid-division, not fluent and lost place 3 out, weakened and pulled up before 2 out
- Form 8736P
- Age 4
- Weight 10-1
- Official Rating 100
- Trainer M D I Usher
- Jockey Thomas Greatrex
held up in touch, lost place after 2 out, 6th and weakening last
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Hygrove Percy has no hurdling form on soft ground and returns from a near six-month break having won three times last summer. Gregarious beat an out-of-sorts Percy Street here three weeks ago but it may not pay to take that form too literally. Deauville Crystal looks to be heading in the right direction, however, and Nigel Hawke’s filly seems to like testing going. ZALVADOS made the useful Don Bersy work hard for victory in a Class 2 event at Haydock last month. Second earlier at Newbury and Carlisle, it may be the turn of Oliver Greenall’s juvenile today as a tongue-tie has definitely brought about some improvement.
Formwatch
Great Tempo (FR) 9-2 (11-0) Tracked leaders, ridden before 2 out, weakened before last, 8th of 13, 32l behind Top Ville Ben (11-5) at Leicester 2m (4) gs in Jan.
Hygrove Percy 4-6fav (10-6) Jumped well, made all, shaken up approaching last, stayed on gamely and ridden clear run-in, won at Fontwell 2m 2f hcp (3) gd in Sep beating Istimraar (10-13) by 1 3/4l, 5 ran.
Zalvados (FR) 12-1 (10-12) In touch and keen, headway before 3 out, every chance last, kept on and held run-in, 2nd of 5, 2 1/4l behind Don Bersy (11-6) at Haydock 2m (2) gs in Feb.
Gregarious (IRE) 9-1 (10-7) Raced keenly, made all, joined and hit 2 out, stayed on to assert before the last, clear and kept on strongly run-in, won at Sandown 2m (4) sft in Feb beating Percy Street (11-0) by 9l, 4 ran.
Deauville Crystal (FR) 5-2 (10-2) Soon mid-division, headway before 2 out, soon chased leader, ridden after last, kept on to lead towards finish, won at Sedgefield 2m 1f mdn (5) hvy in Feb beating Culmination (11-5) by nk, 8 ran.
Hollywood Ken (IRE) 33-1 (10-12) Towards rear, last 3rd, tailed off next, pulled up after, at Warwick 2m (4) sft in Feb.
Shrubland 18-1 (11-4) Reluctant to race and given reminder, in rear, not fluent 2nd, mistake 6th, closed next, weakened after 3 out, 6th of 10, dist behind Bound Hill (11-1) at Fontwell 2m 3f hcp (4) sft in Feb.
Pension Madness (IRE) 16-1 (9-4) Held up towards rear, struggling over 3f out, 10th of 14, 10l behind Par Three (9-4) at Chelmsford City 1m 5f hcp (6) pol in Mar.