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14:40 Newcastle
Saturday 1 December 2018
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Ryder Architecture EBF 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle
- 4YO to 6YO | Class 4 | 2m 98y | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 11 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 14:42 | Winning time: 4m 18.3s
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Winning pointer (3m, soft); joined Oliver Greenall for £28,000 in May; 20/1 on rules/hurdles debut when finishing a well-beaten ninth of 14 to Tokay Dokey at Uttoxeter (2m novices') two weeks ago.
Winner of a 3m Quakerstown PTP (only two finished); left Roisin Hickey for a whopping £250,000 at the Goffs Aintree April Sale; half-brother to a couple of winners incl the 2m1f chaser Lismakeery; yard won this in 2019, 2011 and 2013; likely type.
Didn't show a great deal of positive form in bumpers, taking a clear backward step on quick ground at Southwell (2m) in May; significantly more required on hurdles debut; highly unlikely.
Cost £5,000 as a 3yo and is out of a 2m4f winning hurdler (Loch Dhu); raced only in bumpers so far (better than the bare result latest); one for the longer-term over hurdles in handicaps.
Out of a winning French dam (2m-2m1f hurdle/chases), this 5yo made a winning start in an Ayr bumper in January (2m, heavy); has left the care of Nicky Richards since and also undergone wind surgery; of interest on hurdles debut for Dan Skelton.
Flemensfirth gelding who cost €39,000 as a 3yo but has proved disappointing so far; finished a tailed-off last of five over C&D (soft) when last in competitive action in February; yard notably quiet at present.
Mixed stamina messages in his pedigree and his form thus far in bumpers is exceptionally poor; only minimal improvement (led) on debut for Ann Hamilton here recently; switched to hurdles now on easier ground.
Picked up for £12,000 in May after finishing in the minor places in a couple of points for Denis Paul Murphy; outclassed in a 2m Listed contest on stable debut at Haydock last week; yard won this in 2014 with Kingfisher Creek.
Bought for £16,000 in May 2018 despite failing to complete in two of his three Irish PTP's; half-brother to a couple of winners including Heath Hunter (2m-2m3f); yard won this in 2017 with Treshnish.
Has shown some minor ability in bumpers but was back-peddling quickly when falling at the last on hurdles debut (40/1) at Hexham 22 days ago; considerably more required.
Sister to the bumper winner Rubytwo (flopped over hurdles here recently); looks to be a work in progress based upon what we've witnessed so far - struggling at odds of 25/1 on hurdles debut in an Ayr maiden (2m, good) four weeks ago.
Forecasts
Champagne Platinum (4/6), Idee De Garde (5/2), Lough Derg Diamond (15/2), Oscar Wilde (12/1), Arctic Road (25/1), Extra Bald (33/1), Rafferty (40/1), Amberose (40/1), Getaway Gerry (50/1), Little Bavington (66/1), Le Gavroche (100/1)
The Ayr bumper winner Idee De Garde rates as the likeliest danger to the Nicky Henderson-trained CHAMPAGNE PLATINUM. Dan Skelton takes care of the now tongue-tied 5yo for the first time (formerly with Nicky Richards). However, he faces a potentially formidable rival on his introduction to hurdling in the shape of the £250,000 former Irish pointer. Henderson has a strong record in the race, courtesy of Quantitativeeasing (2009), Malt Master (2011) and Full Shift (2013), so it'll undoubtedly go down as a disappointment if this now JP McManus-owned gelding can't strike at the first time of asking under rules.
- Champagne Platinum
- Idee De Garde
- Lough Derg Diamond
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £4,094.002nd: £1,202.003rd: £601.004th: £301.00
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