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15:00 Sedgefield

European Breeders Fund 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (Qualifier) (Class E)

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 1f
  • Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 7.70s
  • 10 Ran
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1
Silk -

Dark Ben (FR)

3/1

    2
    Silk -

    One Five Eight

    15/8

      3
      Silk -

      Two Tonys Sham (IRE)

      25/1

        1
        Silk - RED, BLACK triple diamond, sleeves and diamonds on cap

        Dark Ben (FR)

        148
        3/1
        • Form 0-32
        • Age 4
        • Weight 11-0

        with leader, led after 2 out, soon ridden, stumbled after last, driven out

        2
        Silk - White, Black hoops, halved sleeves

        Julius Caesar

        11/2
        • Age 4
        • Weight 11-0

        blundered badly and unseated rider 1st

        3
        Silk - Black, red Cross of Lorraine, sleeves and cap

        Le Mino (FR)

        277
        100/1
        • Form 0P-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-0

        in touch, ridden approaching 2 out, weakening when hit last

        4
        Silk - BEIGE, BROWN hooped sleeves, ORANGE cap

        Marlborough Sound

        193
        4/1
        • Form 6-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-0

        held up, headway 5th, every chance 2 out, ridden and one pace after

        5
        Silk - Red and White stripes, Red sleeves, check cap

        One Five Eight

        10
        15/8
        • Form 31130-2
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-0

        led, headed after 2 out, soon ridden, one pace flat

        6
        Silk - Royal Blue, Red disc, hooped sleeves and cap

        Paperchaser

        25/1
        • Age 4
        • Weight 11-0

        held up, pushed along 4th, lost place from 3 out

        7
        Silk - Yellow, Black cross belts, hooped sleeves, Black cap

        Torkinking (IRE)

        154
        100/1
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-0

        held up, saddle soon slipped, lost place from 3 out

        8
        Silk - Royal Blue and Yellow stripes, White sleeves

        Two Tonys Sham (IRE)

        19
        25/1
        • Form 6
        • Age 5
        • Weight 11-0

        mid-division, ridden and badly outpaced after 3 out, headway approaching last, stayed on strongly flat, nearest at finish

        9
        Silk - Yellow, Dark Blue chevron, White sleeves, Red cap

        Will Tell

        11
        20/1
        • Form 04/03-00
        • Age 6
        • Weight 11-0

        tracked leaders and keen, ridden after 3 out, soon weakened

        10
        Silk - Light Blue, Dark Blue stars, Light Blue cap

        Macataque (IRE)

        6
        100/1
        • Age 5
        • Weight 10-7

        always behind, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out

        In depth

        Verdict

        This looks to lie between Dark Ben, Julius Caesar and One Five Eight, with the vote going to Dark Ben. The Howard Johnson-trained Julius Caesar is beautifully bred, being a Juddmonte Farms cast-off who is by Sadler's Wells out of a Dancing Brave mare. However, he has yet to see the racetrack so have a look at the betting and then form your view about this one. One Five Eight has already won a bumper here and stepped up his hurdling form on his third run, his latest outing, when stepped up in trip at Market Rasen last time. He does not look out of the ordinary but is up to winning a small race of this nature. This brings us to the selection, Dark Ben. He was only just touched off at Hexham last time by Stage By Stage - who ran an excellent race at Cheltenham yesterday - and, given that this race is no stronger, comes firmly into the reckoning again. Of the others, from the Nicky Richards stable, Paperchaser has to be afforded respect in what is, as we say, a modest heat, although the same stable is represented by Marlborough Sound, who did not show a great deal on his debut. Once again, then, unless the betting tells a radically different story, the selection is Dark Ben.