26 February Landlord's Raceday Handicap Hurdle.
Taunton · Thursday, 8 Jan · 19:00
· 2m 3f 1y
· Class 3
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
15:00
Off time
10
Runners
Good
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 10 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
4.33
10/3
02 · 🥈 2nd
4.60
18/5
03 · 🥉 3rd
5
4/1
04 · —
7.50
13/2
05 · —
10
9/1
06 · —
11
10/1
07 · —
12
11/1
08 · —
23
22/1
09 · —
26
25/1
10 · —
29
28/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | — |
Brave Knight (G)
[P]
Pretty useful under both codes. Better than ever when easy winner of Fontwell conditional jockeys' handicap under Freddie Keighley in October. Possibly unsuited by softer ground when only third off the same mark back at Fontwell 12 days la…
|
037131 | Freddie Keighley | P F Nicholls | 6 | 77.1 kg |
7.50
13/2
|
| 3rd | 2 | — |
Bluegrass (G)
[PT]
Matched best form (following another wind surgery) when landing a weak race on Southwell reappearance in October. Only one creditable effort to show from a trio of runs since but he has dropped to only 1 lb above the mark he defied at Sout…
|
83448-7 | Harry Reed | S Edmunds | 7 | 74.4 kg |
29
28/1
|
| 4th | 3 | — |
American Sniper (G)
[BT]
Course winner. 9/1, creditable 3 lengths second of 11 to Celtic Art over C&D (good) 28 days ago. Enters calculations.
|
0324-51 | Rian Corcoran | D Pipe | 8 | 74.4 kg |
5
4/1
|
| 2nd | 4 | — |
Celtic Art (G)
[B]
Back to form rather out of the blue when beating the reopposing American Sniper by 3 lengths to win a C&D handicap (good) 4 weeks ago. A 6 lb rise for that might leave him vulnerable for win purposes.
|
812158 | Lorcan Williams | J Scott | 9 | 73.5 kg |
4.60
18/5
|
| — | 5 | — |
Benvoy (G)
[TV1]
Back to form with a bang after wind surgery (blinkers also refitted) when making all at Huntingdon (2m, soft) 17 days ago. Was granted a soft lead, though, and suspicion even a 3 lb nudge could leave him vulnerable. A first-time visor repl…
|
6891PP | G Sheehan | Miss J S Davis | 5 | 72.1 kg |
10
9/1
|
| — | 6 | — |
Breezethroughlife (G)
[T]
Confirmed promise of Irish maiden hurdle debut when making successful start for Neil King in Fakenham maiden in October. Ran poorly in a better race at Kempton next time but got immediately back on the up when second in 3m handicap at Donc…
|
2P53-83 | J M Quinlan | N B King | 5 | 70.8 kg |
11
10/1
|
| — | 7 | — |
Fight My Fire (G)
Got off the mark 2¼m maiden at Fontwell in October. Sound enough start to his handicap career when fourth of 9 over 2m at Sandown (soft) 5 weeks ago. His unexposed profile suggests he could have more to offer.
|
U134P4 | Brendan Powell | J Tizzard | 5 | 69.9 kg |
23
22/1
|
| 6th | 8 | — |
Time Interval (G)
[P1]
Landed back-to-back handicaps hurdles at Stratford/Warwick last spring. Also placed twice during the summer but his more recent efforts have been disappointing. First-time cheekpieces need to help spark a revival.
|
776567 | Thomas Bellamy | David Dennis | 8 | 68.5 kg |
12
11/1
|
| 5th | 9 | — |
Him Malaya (G)
FAV
[T]
C&D winner last season and has recorded creditable in-frame efforts over C&D on his last 2 outings. Likely to be in the shake-up again.
|
4-5217 | Miss Olive Nicholls | P F Nicholls | 7 | 67.6 kg |
4.33
10/3
|
| — | 10 | — |
Zhang Fei (G)
Dual scorer over timber last year. No impact in 2 Flat runs for John Gallagher in September and has performed no more than respectably in a couple of hurdles since rejoining Fergal O'Brien.
|
1F/57P-3 | Fern O'Brien | F O'Brien | 8 | 66.2 kg |
26
25/1
|
Betting forecast: Him Malaya (10/3), Celtic Art (18/5), American Sniper (4/1), Brave Knight (13/2), Benvoy (9/1), Breezethroughlife (10/1), Time Interval (11/1), Fight My Fire (22/1), Zhang Fei (25/1), Bluegrass (28/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 7816.0 GBP |
| P2 | 3596.0 GBP |
| P3 | 1798.0 GBP |
| P4 | 900.0 GBP |
| P5 | 448.0 GBP |