Racecards
17:30 Towcester
Gg.com Maiden Hurdle (Class F) (Div Ii) (Class F)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 2m 3f 110y
- Going: Soft
Epitre (FR)
421- Form 60P-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-2
prominent, led 5th, ridden and headed after 3 out, soon weakened
- Form 4402
- Age 6
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer N Gaselee
- Jockey C Llewellyn
mid-division, headway after 6th, led after 3 out, drew clear after next
Extremist (USA)
113- Form 333P
- Age 5
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer K Bailey & M Nicholls
- Jockey J P McNamara
held up, reminders approaching 2nd, headway under pressure 7th, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
- Form P
- Age 5
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer John R Upson
- Jockey M Mello
prominent, ridden and not fluent 7th, soon weakened
- Form U-P04PP
- Age 7
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer M Rimell
- Jockey Mr M Rimell
pulled hard, led to 5th, weakened rapidly and pulled up before next
John Rich
12- Form 222RPR
- Age 8
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer M E Sowersby
- Jockey D O'Meara
always behind, not fluent 3rd, lost touch 6th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
- Form P
- Age 5
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer Mrs P Ford
- Jockey R Young
prominent to 5th, tailed off when pulled up before 7th
Sir Pelinore
20- Form 0-PP05P
- Age 9
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer Mrs A Woodrow
- Jockey S Durack
held up in rear, ridden 5th, behind when mistake next, pulled up before 7th
Van de Velde
12- Form 000-6
- Age 5
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer P A Blockley
- Jockey D Nolan
held up in touch, headway 5th, ridden and weakened 7th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
- Form 00
- Age 7
- Weight 10-11
- Trainer R Smith
- Jockey R Biddlecombe
not jump well, behind from 7th, tailed off
- Form 02PP20
- Age 6
- Weight 10-11
- Trainer Mrs G Harvey
- Jockey M A Fitzgerald
prominent, ridden approaching 6th, outpaced from 3 out, plugged on to take poor 2nd post
- Form 00000
- Age 4
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer H Manners
- Jockey Mr J A Jenkins
held up, headway 7th, every chance approaching 2 out, soon no impression, blundered last, lost 2nd post
- Form 060
- Age 4
- Weight 10-4
- Trainer Miss J Feilden
- Jockey Mr S Rees
in touch, pecked 7th, ridden and weakened quickly 4th, soon tailed off, pulled up before 3 out
In depth
Verdict
An awful contest where very few make any appeal and we will side with Euradream to see off The Bar Maid and Sargasso Sea. The selection has taken a few runs to come to hand, but did so last time at Wincanton when staying on well for second place behind Avas Delight. The manner of his run suggested that he was crying out for further, and this extra half mile will be much more suitable. He also showed at Wincanton that he does not mind some cut, so he is our choice here. The Bar Maid has course and distance experience under her belt, having finished runner-up here twice. By Alderbrook, she will probably be better still on this soft ground but she will probably have to settle for a place once again. Of the others, Sargasso Sea makes some appeal if you look back as far as his soft ground bumper win at Wincanton last year, and that would be good enough to give him a squeak in such a moderate affair as this, but he is not in great from at present and a win would be a bit of a surprise. The selection then, is Euradream.