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16:10 Sandown Park
bet365 Select Hurdle (Grade 2) (Class 1)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 2m 5f 110y
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £50,000 added
- Winner: £28,475
- 2nd: £10,685
- 3rd: £5,350
- 4th: £2,665
Old Guard
23- Form 434774
- Age 6
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 150
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey Nick Scholfield
tracked leader on outer, lost place 4 out, ridden after next, weakened from 2 out
- Form 413486
- Age 8
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 149
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey N D Fehily
tracked leaders, driven 2 out, ridden to chase winner before last, kept on under pressure flat, always held
- Form F-12153
- Age 9
- Weight 11-8
- Official Rating 161
- Trainer N & W Twiston-Davies
- Jockey Sam Twiston-Davies
led, joined after 4 out, headed when ridden after 2 out, faded flat
- Form 0-32716
- Age 7
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 156
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey H Cobden
tracked leaders, hit 3 out, ridden and one pace after next, no impression before last
- Form 9-112U1
- Age 6
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 143
- Trainer N J Henderson
- Jockey J McGrath
in touch on outer, mistake 4th, not fluent 2 out, soon ridden and outpaced, weakened last
Beat That (IRE)
849- Form 612116/
- Age 9
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 150
- Trainer N J Henderson
- Jockey Aidan Coleman
held up in touch, tracked leaders before 2 out, ridden and one pace between last 2, weakened last
- Form 223325
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 155
- Trainer N J Henderson
- Jockey D A Jacob
held up in touch, raced keenly and headway on outside 7th, joined leader after 4 out, led on bit after 2 out, ridden out flat, kept on
- Form 4052-5P
- Age 8
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 150
- Trainer N J Henderson
- Jockey N de Boinville
held up in touch, blundered 2nd, outpaced after 3 out, headway under pressure after next, ridden and stayed on into 3rd flat, no impression with front pair
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Nicky Henderson and Paul Nicholls have dominated this season’s trainers’ championship and have seven of the eight runners between them in this Grade 2. L'Ami Serge is the highest rated of the Henderson legions but is proving hard to win with. Modus looks the pick of the Nicholls’ trio having run with distinction in some of the season’s most valuable handicaps, though he’s never quite lived up to the promise of his bumper form. THE NEW ONE hasn’t lost at this level since finishing second at The Festival in 2013. He’s among the best hurdlers of modern times never to have won a Champion Hurdle and showed he still had plenty to offer when leading until the last in the Aintree Hurdle earlier this month.
Formwatch
Old Guard 25-1 (11-7) Held up in 4th, reached at 4 out, outpaced before 3 out, driven and no impression before 2 out, plugged on, 4th of 6, 17 1/2l behind Buveur D'air (11-7) at Aintree 2m 4f (1) gd in Apr.
Ptit Zig (FR) 14-1 (11-7) Held up mid-division, headway after 4 out, soon pushed along, ridden and weakened before 3 out, 6th of 11, 25l behind Yanworth (11-7) at Aintree 3m 1f (1) gd in Apr.
The New One (IRE) 11-2 (11-7) Led, clear until before 3rd, jumped right from 4 out, driven and headed before last, no impression on winner flat, lost 2nd final 50 yards, 3rd of 6, 6 1/2l behind Buveur D'air (11-7) at Aintree 2m 4f (1) gd in Apr.
Modus 16-1 (11-12) In touch, headway and effort on outside 2 out, one pace before last, ridden and no impression after, 6th of 25, 6 1/4l behind Supasundae (11-4) at Cheltenham 2m 5f hcp (1) gs in Mar.
Rather Be (IRE) 10-1 (11-2) Tracked leaders, driven and effort after 2 out, every chance when left in narrow lead last, ridden and kept on well under pressure flat, held on, won at Aintree 2m 4f hcp (1) gd in Apr beating Dream Berry (10-13) by 1/2l, 22 ran.
Beat That (IRE) 8-1 (11-10) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, closed after 3 out, ridden from next, lost place before last, weakened after, 6th of 7, 27 1/4l behind Rock On Ruby (11-10) at Cheltenham 2m 4f (2) gs in Jan.
L'Ami Serge (IRE) 8-1 (11-10) Held up behind, headway on inside 3 out, driven to chase leaders next, kept on same pace, never on terms, 5th of 16, 4 1/4l behind Chesterfield (10-12) at Ayr 2m hcp (1) gs in Apr.
Volnay De Thaix (FR) 4-1 (11-12) Blundered badly 2nd, last pair, never going or jumped with any fluency after, struggling when not fluent 8th, tailed off and pulled up before 12th, at Kempton 3m hcp (2) gs in Jan.