Racecards
13:30 Aintree
Molson Coors Juvenile Hurdle (Class 4)
- 4 Runners
- Distance: 2m 1f
- Going: Good, Good to Soft in places in the home straight.
- Surface: Turf
- £8,000 added
- Winner: £5,198
- 2nd: £1,526
- 3rd: £763
- 4th: £382
- Form 1
- Age 3
- Weight 11-8
- Trainer D Pipe
- Jockey T Scudamore
led, jumped mainly left throughout, hit 2 out, pressed and hung left last, kept on and headed towards finish
- Form 1
- Age 3
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer D McCain Jnr
- Jockey J M Maguire
tracked leaders in 3rd, kept on to lead towards finish
Cape Arrow
21- Form 63
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer F P Murtagh
- Jockey B P Harding
held up in rear and in touch until reminders after 4 out and lost place
- Form 22
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Official Rating 115
- Trainer N B King
- Jockey T E Whelan
with leader, challenged last, no extra and lost 2nd place run-in
Verdict
UNANIMITE couldn't have been more impressive when making a winning start over hurdles at Market Rasen last month and can give the weight away to Bangor scorer Starchitect. Witch From Rome was beaten under a length by Gimme Five at Huntingdon earlier this month but is likely to find at least one too good again in this better race. Cape Arrow has little chance on what he's shown so far.
Formwatch
Unanimite (FR) 9-4 (10-12) Tracked leaders, effort 2 out, led approaching last, driven and quickened clear flat, readily, won at Market Rasen 2m 1f 3yo hdl (2) gd in Sep beating Full Day (10-13) by 5l, 6 ran.
Starchitect (IRE) 10-11fav (10-12) Not fluent led, swerved badly right jumped very slow and headed 3rd, tracked leaders, led 2 out, clear last, comfortable, won at Bangor 2m 1f 3yo hdl (4) gd beating Final Countdown (10-12) by 6l, 4 ran.
Cape Arrow 33-1 (10-12) Chased leaders in 3rd, outpaced from 3 out, soon beaten, 3rd of 4, well behind Mr Gallivanter (11-5) at Kelso 2m 3yo hdl (4) sft.
Witch From Rome 8-1 (10-9) Held up, headway 3 out, ridden and joined winner next, no extra near finish, 2nd of 6, 3/4l behind Gimme Five (11-5) at Huntingdon 2m 3yo hdl (4) gd.