15:35 Sandown
Thursday 16 February 2023
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Healix 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
- 4YO plus | Class 4 | 1m 7f 216y | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 8 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 15:35 | Winning time: 4m 10.75s
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Winning pointer who looked an excellent prospect when bagging novice hurdles at Lingfield and Fontwell. Perhaps found step up to 21f on deep ground too much of a test in Grade 2 company last time and, back down in trip in calmer waters here, he merits respect.
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Failed to win in 4 bumpers but achieved a decent level of form and made a successful start over hurdles at Taunton in November. Disappointing when well beaten at Kempton last time but could bounce back after a small break.
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Half-brother to ungenuine but useful hurdler Buckle Street and fair chaser Debden Bank. Held back by inexperience when sixth on debut in a 17-runner Wincanton bumper and yard saddles a more appealing candidate in Immortal.
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Good jumps pedigree and promising debut when chasing home the useful Authorised Speed over C&D (soft) in December, in turn pulling clear of the rest. Since undergone a wind op and likely to prove hard to beat with improvement on the cards. Tongue strap applied.
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Placed on the second of his 2 starts between the flags but this 5-y-o is pitched into a warm-looking race for his Rules debut. Yard also saddles Tik Tok.
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Half-brother to numerous winners but failed to trouble the judge in a couple of bumpers and looks more one for the longer-term.
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Bred to be smart and shaped with a little encouragement on his sole start in bumpers. Not given a hard time in his 2 starts over hurdles to date and handicaps will likely be more his thing in due course.
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Fetched £28,000 as a 3-y-o and he's out of an unraced half-sister to bumper winner/fairly useful 2m/2½m hurdle winner Ard Abhainn. Yard's newcomers usually come on for a run and, in any case, this is a tough race in which to make his debut.
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Forecasts
Immortal (10/11), Givega (7/4), Mamoon Star (9/2), Easy Rider (20/1), West End Boy (40/1), Invictus Allen (66/1), Moonlight Artist (80/1), Tik Tok (80/1)
IMMORTAL shaped with plenty of promise when following the useful Authorised Speed home in a C&D novice on debut in December and is taken to go one better this time. It's likely that he will have most to fear from Authorised Speed's stablemate Givega, who looked good prior to finding the step up 21f on heavy ground all too much in a Grade 2 at Warwick. Mamoon Star is best of the rest.
- Immortal10/11
- Givega7/4
- Mamoon Star9/2
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £5,446.002nd: £2,509.003rd: £1,254.004th: £628.00
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