Racecards
14:50 Towcester
ggbet.com Novices' Hurdle (Class D )
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 3m
- Going: Good to Soft
- Form 330-261
- Age 7
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer P A Pritchard
- Jockey M Bradburne
with leader, led 6th, shaken up after 2 out, driven out
Abzuson
40- Form 232-000
- Age 8
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer J R Norton
- Jockey A Thornton
chased leaders, left 2nd and not fluent 3 out, stayed on same pace
- Form 4RC-U21
- Age 8
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer R H Buckler
- Jockey B Hitchcott
led until 6th, chased winner after, every chance when ran out 3 out
- Form P5-P
- Age 6
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer John R Upson
- Jockey P Flynn
prominent until ridden and weakened 7th, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
Hooise
25- Form 00
- Age 8
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer A W Carroll
- Jockey D R Dennis
held up, jumped left 4th, ridden and weakened approaching 7th, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
- Form 15-04
- Age 6
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer C L Tizzard
- Jockey J Tizzard
chased leaders, ridden after 4 out, hit 3 out soon weakened
Mr Crawford
10- Form PPP0
- Age 6
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer Nick Williams
- Jockey P J Brennan
held up, ridden after 5th, not fluent next, soon behind, pulled up before 8th
Kohinor
29- Form 352-0
- Age 6
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer O Sherwood
- Jockey A P McCoy
held up in touch, headway 7th, hit 3 out, weakened before next
- Form PP/P6
- Age 8
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer B N Pollock
- Jockey Mr T Messenger
saddle slipped and pulled up before 2nd
In depth
Verdict
This looks a laydown for Woodlands Genpower who can easily give weight and a beating to Five Alley and Moorlands Return. Woodlands Genpower has the required stamina to last round this exacting circuit as he showed when galloping his rivals into the ground over three miles and a furlong at Warwick just before Christmas, beating Heir To Be by 18 lengths no less. That emphatic victory came as no surprise, given that his trainer Peter Pritchard reckons he is the best horse that he has ever trained, and having turned out in the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham last March, he could well turn up at this year's Festival for one of the big handicap hurdles. Not disgraced in Grade 2 company at Prestbury Park in December, it is hard to see anything getting past the grey here. Five Alley was successful between the flags in October, and Moorlands Return made plenty of mistakes at Plumpton, and they appear to be the best of the opposition, so although he will be a short price, it is impossible to oppose Woodlande Genpower who gets the most confident of votes.