Racecards
16:00 Worcester
Totesport.Com Handicap Hurdle (Class B) (Class B)
- 14 Runners
- Distance: 3m
- Going: Good
Bow Strada
17- Form 4/0BP-43
- Age 7
- Weight 11-5
- Trainer P Hobbs & J White
- Jockey R Johnson
mid-division, headway after 6th, ridden after 9th, weakened 3 out
Mr Ed (IRE)
220- Form 24/2112-
- Age 6
- Weight 11-5
- Trainer P & M Bowen
- Jockey A P McCoy
held up in rear, headway after 9th, led approaching last, idle flat, ridden out
- Form 1/624-30
- Age 8
- Weight 11-3
in touch, headway 7th, ridden 3 out, soon weakened
Mr Fluffy
70- Form 11/U2F0-
- Age 7
- Weight 11-2
- Trainer P Hobbs & J White
- Jockey P Flynn
held up in rear, headway 7th, ridden after 9th, soon weakened
Ambry
18- Form 2425-06
- Age 7
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer J Parkinson & S Smith
- Jockey D Elsworth
tracked leaders, outpaced approaching 3 out, switched right approaching 2 out, stayed on flat
- Form 4611/0-2
- Age 7
- Weight 10-7
- Trainer Lady Herries
- Jockey M A Fitzgerald
held up, ridden after 9th, headway approaching 2 out, stayed on flat, not reach leaders
- Form P6P/0-44
- Age 8
- Weight 10-4
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey T J Phelan
prominent, led 9th, ridden and headed approaching last, kept on
- Form 4U3-422
- Age 7
- Weight 10-2
- Trainer M Scudamore
- Jockey T Scudamore
refused to race and took no part
- Form 510-121
- Age 6
- Weight 10-0
mid-division, ridden 9th, kept on one pace
Silver Gift
17- Form 644-04F
- Age 7
- Weight 10-0
mistake 1st, always towards rear, tailed off when pulled up before 9th
- Form 411-101
- Age 6
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer Mrs A M Thorpe
- Jockey Wayne Hutchinson
in touch, ridden to chase leader approaching 3 out to approaching next, weakened last
- Form 211366-
- Age 6
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer P Pritchard
- Jockey C Llewellyn
led to 9th, soon weakened
In depth
Verdict
A valuable contest with some classy performers involved including Exit Swinger, Mr Ed, Bow Strada, Gumley Gale and Jack Dawson to name but a few with the nod going to the last named. As good on the level as over hurdles Jack Dawson carries top weight and deserves to be as he¿s rated in the 70¿s on the flat and has also contested in some top class hurdle races with credit. He won a valuable hurdle race at Kelso last month and proved his well being with a win on the flat shortly afterwards. A versatile horse who always tries his best and will sure to be fighting it out to the line. Exit Swinger is more recognized as a chaser but is fairly weighted on his chase form and Paul Nicholls will have this race mapped out for some time so deserves respect. Mr Ed improved considerably last season and is still relatively lightly raced therefore could still be unexposed. He ran well to finish second on the flat last week at Sandown and with the Champ on board will be knocking on the door. Bow Strada has not won for a little while now and although is more than capable of finishing in the first three the Hobbs stable are not firing on all cylinders at present. Gumley Gale on the other hand could still be improving at the age of nine and his two recent Exeter wins proves that, but this is a big step up in grade and placed prize money is the most he can hope for. However this is a good contest with more than half a dozen possibilities but the in form Jack Dawson gets the vote.