Brit Insurance Prestige Novices' Hurdle Grade 2 (Class 1)(18/02/06 HAYDOCK 12:40)

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Race details

Course: HAYDOCKRace date:18/02/06Race time:12:40Runners:6
Race distance:2m7½fGoing:HeavyWinners time:6m 8.40s

Race results


HorseJockeyTrainerStallWeightAgeRPROROddsB HighB AveB LowIn runFinishedDist Behind
Neptune Collonges Christian WilliamsP F Nicholls11-1151291522/11F 1.381.21.151.01 1
Five Colours Wayne HutchinsonA King11-8612312516/1 8520.5882 21
Rathowen G LeeJ I A Charlton11-8711711025/1 4032.5115.525 35
Accordello Richard McGrathK G Reveley10-115106050/1 9557.8412.538 4nk
Jeremy Cuddle Duck Tony EvansN A Twiston-Davies11-115120016/1 2921.96821 5¾
Gritti Palace Mark NicollsJohn R Upson11-869712033/1 9546.822250 619


Comments in running




Analyis of the race

Heavy, sticky ground made this Grade 2 contest a pretty gruelling affair, but NEPTUNE COLLONGES is proven in such conditions and this relentless galloper added to his seasonal tally with a no-nonsense win, which was in the end, hard-earned.

Allowed to go on at the second flight, he was allowed the luxury of a soft lead thereafter. Gradually increasing the modest pace with about a mile to race, he did not, however, shake off his pursuers, even though he had them on the stretch before the end of the back straight. From two out, he faced only one real danger, from the runner-up, and the pair jumped the last as one before Neptune Collonges dug deep under pressure to seal this prize.

A chaser in the making, and potentially a high-class one, he is a horse for the future. In the meantime, weather and ground conditions will probably determine his prospects of gaining further important success in the Brit Insurance Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

Rathowen, raised in class, acquitted himself well, but was found wanting from the second last.

Accordello, stepping-up in distance for only her second try over hurdles, looked like a novice, but ran a fair race to finish fourth. Dropped in class, she looks sure to make her mark.

Jeremy Cuddle Duck, who was keener than ideal, kept on to his credit, having looked to be in trouble at the end of the back straight.

Gritti Palace found this company too hot.


Tote

Tote Win: 1.1
Tote place (1): 1.1
Exacta: 3.7
CSF: 3
Total SP: 105

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