Racecards
14:00 Stratford
Evening Mail Novices' Selling Hurdle (Class G) (Class G)
- 16 Runners
- Distance: 2m 110y
- Going: None specified
Royal Maid (FR)
124- Form 302300-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
held up, headway 5th, ridden and every chance 3 out, weakening when blundered 2 out
Scippit
9- Form 60-U602
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer N Waggott
- Jockey D C Costello
held up, headway 5th, ridden 3 out, soon beaten
Selassie
56- Form 0F-F
- Age 5
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer M Scudamore
- Jockey T Scudamore
always behind, tailed off 4th, pulled up before 6th
- Form P/
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer H E Haynes
- Jockey Reserve
always behind, tailed off from 4th, pulled up before 6th
- Form PP
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer B J Llewellyn
- Jockey Christian Williams
hampered by loose horse and unseated rider after 1st
- Form P-P
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer W Turner
- Jockey Mr David Turner
chased leader, weakened after 5th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
- Age 4
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer P D Evans
- Jockey Antony Evans
held up, some headway 5th, soon ridden and weakened, tailed off
Miss Lehman
440- Form 5-
- Age 6
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer Mrs M Reveley
- Jockey R McGrath
mistake 2nd, always behind, tailed off from 4th
- Form P/0
- Age 6
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer James Moffatt
- Jockey P Aspell
took keen hold, chased leaders, weakened before 6th, tailed off
- Age 6
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer R Harper
- Jockey Mr J Newbold
not jumped well, always behind, tailed off 4th, pulled up before 5th
Lady West
112- Form P-
- Age 4
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer Dr J Naylor
- Jockey R Walford
always behind, tailed off 4th, pulled up before 6th
Looking Down
21- Age 4
- Weight 10-7
held up, headway 5th, led next, ridden and hit 2 out, soon clear, driven out
- Age 4
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer B Johnson
- Jockey L P Aspell
held up, headway 5th, ridden and every chance when hit 3 out, weakening when mistake 2 out
- Form 65
- Age 4
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer M C Pipe
- Jockey Timmy Murphy
jumped right, led, mistake and headed 6th, soon hung right and weakened quickly, well behind when mistake and unseated rider last
In depth
Verdict
This does not look to be the best of contests with a chance taken about Pat Haslam's Looking Down, who is preferred to Scippit and Sweetwater. The last mentioned, a French import, trained by Martin Pipe has yet to show any real worthwhile form over hurdles but has to be respected in a poor race. Scippit is more exposed than most of these but this is his level and the five-year-old is hard to ignore. Hurdling newcomers Power Bird and Springalong would not need to be out of the ordinary to take a hand, while Royal Maid has to be respected, if fit enough after an absence. The vote though goes to Looking Down, who showed promise on her first start over hurdles at Hexham last month and would not need to improve much on that effort to figure here.