Racecards
15:10 Wetherby
Skybet 'In Running' On All Premiership Games Handicap Hurdle (Class C)
- 12 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
Benbyas
269- Form 013250-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer D Carroll
- Jockey P J Brennan
led, ridden 3 out, headed 2 out, no extra approaching last
Mirjan (IRE)
229- Form 4P6012-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-3
tracked leader, pushed along and lost place approaching 4 out, soon behind
- Form 3235-11
- Age 5
- Weight 10-8
- Trainer Jedd O'Keeffe
- Jockey B P Harding
held up in touch, headway approaching 3 out, ridden to challenge 2 out, one pace run in
Barresbo
13- Form 12-P300
- Age 9
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer A Whillans
- Jockey K Renwick
towards rear, never dangerous
Konker
9- Form 004/2-40
- Age 8
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer Mrs M Reveley
- Jockey Mr O Nelmes
held up in mid-division, headway approaching 3 out, led 2 out, ran on strongly
- Form 44031U
- Age 9
- Weight 10-5
- Trainer Ferdy Murphy
- Jockey D N Russell
held up, headway 4th to track leaders, ridden and weakened approaching 3 out
Coulthard (IRE)
287- Form 330423-
- Age 10
- Weight 10-2
held up towards rear, headway approaching 3 out, effort 2 out, one pace
- Form 224211-
- Age 6
- Weight 10-2
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey R McGrath
in touch, ridden approaching 3 out, outpaced before next, kept on one pace approaching last
- Form 0034/01-
- Age 7
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer Mrs M Reveley
- Jockey A Dempsey
tracked leaders, effort and chance 2 out, faded run in
- Form 1200-0P
- Age 5
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer B Rothwell
- Jockey A Ross
mid-division, hit 4th, weakened approaching 3 out
- Form 040P3-4
- Age 5
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer M E Sowersby
- Jockey D O'Meara
towards rear never dangerous
In depth
Verdict
Middlethorpe is interesting on his return to the winter game and gets the vote over in-form Beat The Heat and Mirjan. Mick Easterby's six-year-old was a winner over the course and distance in February but has not carried on his good form on the flat. However, as the weeks went on, he has started to look more like his old self, and shaped fairly well at both Ayr and Catterick. he should be fit enough and gets weight off Beat The Heat, which could prove decisive. The latter lines up in form, having won back-to back races at Aintree and Kelso, but the suspicion is that the handicapper will soon grab him. Mirjan has a touch of class on his day, and was good enough to contest the Pertemps Final at the Cheltenham Festival. Successful here in the past, he will improve for the run. Benbyas surely has it to do off topweight, while Batswing is a classy chaser at best, and this run over hurdles will blow the cobwebs away. All in all, in a tight affair, Middlethorpe can come good.