Racecards
16:20 Stratford
Willerby Holiday Homes 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle
- 15 Runners
- Distance: 2m 110y
- Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
- Surface: Turf
- Form 6416-1
- Age 4
- Weight 11-3
took keen hold and tended to jump right, made all, clear after 3 out, eased considerably flat
- Form 7/02P-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer M Pitman
- Jockey Andrew Tinkler
chased leaders, mistake 5th, ridden and mistake 2 out, went 2nd approaching last, stayed on, no chance with winner
Hermano (IRE)
372- Form FPP3/3-
- Age 8
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer A M Hales
- Jockey Jimmy McCarthy
chased winner until after 5th, weakened next, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
Master Fox
24- Form 7P-3
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer T R George
- Jockey J M Maguire
always behind, hampered 2nd, mistake 4th, tailed off
- Form 5PPPP-F
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Official Rating 90
- Trainer P R Johnson
- Jockey D Verco
hampered 2nd, always behind, tailed off from 5th
- Form 0/8-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Miss E C Lavelle
- Jockey B J Crowley
held up, lost touch before 5th, tailed off when pulled up before last
- Form 0P-4
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer Miss H C Knight
- Jockey J Culloty
mid-division, headway 8th, ridden and weakened after 3 out
Will Tell
221- Form 403/008-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer S R Bowring
- Jockey L Vickers
always behind, tailed off from 5th
- Form 73681-3
- Age 6
- Weight 10-13
- Official Rating 100
- Trainer Miss Z C Davison
- Jockey R Lucey-Butler
mid-division, headway approaching 5th, chased winner after 3 out, hit 2 out, weakened last
Benny
28- Form 29-3
- Age 4
- Weight 10-11
- Trainer R H York
- Jockey Mr N Kinnon
held up in touch, headway and mistake 4th, chased winner after 5th, mistake 3 out, soon lost 2nd and weakened
Breema Donna
12- Form 9F30-U9
- Age 7
- Weight 10-7
- Official Rating 88
- Trainer R Dickin
- Jockey Mr J Stevenson
held up, headway approaching 5th, weakened after 4 out
- Age 5
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer G F H Charles-Jones
- Jockey E Dehdashti
not jump well, always behind, tailed off after 4th
Mill Lane
11- Form 5
- Age 8
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer R Hollinshead
- Jockey Miss S Sharratt
jumped slowly 1st and 2nd, in rear when reminders after 4th, soon behind, tailed off
In depth
Verdict
Buena Vista will be at short odds for this novices' hurdle and is hard to oppose in a race where the main battle is likely to be for minor honours, with Zaffre preferred to Tuesday's Child for the forecast spot. The selection showed useful form in bumpers including at the Cheltenham Festival and made no mistake on his hurdling debut at Hereford last month. A reproduction of that effort would see him follow up in this company. Benny has shown promise in bumpers and has place claims along with winning pointer Call Out, who makes his rules debut. Good Samaritan disappointed first time out over hurdles and is probably better than he showed at Folkestone, while Tony Carroll's Letsplay would need to step up on bumper form to get into the frame. Of more interest for the forecast spot would be Henrietta Knight's Tuesday's Child, who had the misfortune to come up against the selection at Hereford as well but the most likely danger to Buena Vista has to be Zaffre, who has already won a race over hurdles and showed her Fontwell success was no fluke when a creditable third behind Common Girl at Fakenham last time. Buena Vista has an obvious chance though and is hard to oppose.