Racecards
16:35 Sedgefield
Racecourse Video Services Open Hunters' Chase (Class H)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 3m 3f
- Going: Good
- Form 111222
- Age 13
- Weight 12-7
towards rear, struggling 13th, soon tailed off
- Form 1145-P3
- Age 10
- Weight 12-7
- Trainer G Tuer
- Jockey Mr L Bates
in touch, ridden and outpaced 4 out, rallied approaching 2 out, stayed on approaching last, kept on flat
Ourman (IRE)
17- Form 3/12C-F1
- Age 7
- Weight 12-7
- Trainer Mrs A Bell
- Jockey Mr N M Bell
tracked leader, led 5th to 6th, mistake 12th, outpaced 15th, rallied approaching 2 out, kept on same pace
- Form 113-P31
- Age 10
- Weight 12-7
held up in rear, steady headway from 7th, led 13th, comfortably
Buddy Girie
17- Form 21-R122
- Age 10
- Weight 12-0
- Trainer P Cornforth
- Jockey Mr P Cornforth
tracked leaders, led 6th, headed 13th, remained prominent, ridden 3 out, one pace from next
- Form 64P-152
- Age 13
- Weight 12-0
- Trainer Miss J Foster
- Jockey Miss J Foster
led to 5th, dropped rear 11th, soon lost touch, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
- Form U651-UU
- Age 10
- Weight 12-0
- Trainer D Easterby
- Jockey Mr T Greenall
headway 15th, effort and chance after 4 out, weakened 2 out, pulled up flat
- Form 240-P63
- Age 10
- Weight 12-0
- Trainer P England
- Jockey Mr W Burnell
in touch, pushed along 16th, weakening when mistake 5 out, soon behind
- Form 1P4-PUF
- Age 8
- Weight 11-9
- Trainer Miss V Parvin
- Jockey Mr R Wakeham
towards rear, tailed off from 13th, pulled up before 5 out
In depth
Verdict
A fairly open hunter chase but Son Of Anshan comes here in top form having scored decisively in similar company over the course and distance last week and should take plenty of beating under his regular amateur rider. Charlieadams has proved a model of consistency this term and should be in the sahke up once again but is reaching the veteran stage of his racing career and may prove vulnerable to a younger rival. Ballisteros and Ourman are course winners who have been in good form in point-to-points but have a little to find with the selection on their form over regulation fences while Double Rich does not appear the safest of conveyances judged on recent evidence.