Racecards
14:15 Market Rasen
Don Noble Betting Novices' Hurdle (Class 4)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 2m 2f 140y
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £5,000 added
- Winner: £3,249
- 2nd: £954
- 3rd: £477
- 4th: £238
- Form 021-33
- Age 4
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 117
- Trainer N B King
- Jockey T E Whelan
tracked leader, led before 2 out, soon ridden and headed, no impression on winner, stayed on same pace
Beedee
36- Age 5
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer Tim Vaughan
- Jockey Michael Byrne
held up in rear, well beaten 3 out, mistake last, tailed off
- Form 560P6P/
- Age 7
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer M C Chapman
- Jockey Joseph Cornwall
held up towards rear, ridden and struggling 7th, tailed off 3 out
- Form 4221-43
- Age 6
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer J Candlish
- Jockey R Johnson
led, ridden and headed before 2 out, soon weakened, mistake at 2 out, eased
Nabucco
23- Form 2
- Age 6
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer J P Ferguson
- Jockey Aidan Coleman
chased leaders, challenged before 2 out, soon led, clear last, easily
Daydreamer
26- Form P-P
- Age 4
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer A King
- Jockey Wayne Hutchinson
held up in rear, took keen hold, headway after 3 out, went 4th next, no impression
- Form 2
- Age 4
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer B Rothwell
- Jockey Andrew Tinkler
chased leaders, took keen hold, pushed along after 3 out, not fluent last, stayed on same pace, no impression on winner
Verdict
NABUCCO, a dual Listed winner on the Flat, should have learned enough from his debut second over timber at Aintree to go one better here. But the former John Gosden inmate may not have things entirely his own way as Tiger Twenty Two ran very well behind multiple winner Set The Trend over course and distance, despite starting at 33/1. Dire Straits has found life tough under a penalty since winning a match at Plumpton but Mullinavat could make the frame having shown steady progress in bumpers.
Formwatch
Dire Straits (IRE) 11-4 (11-5) Tracked leader until 3 out, went 2nd again next until ridden before last, weakened flat, 3rd of 4, 11l behind Never Up (10-12) at Cartmel 2m 1f 4yo nov hdl (4) gs in May.
Beedee 14-1 (8-9) In touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 8l behind Avocadeau (9-7) at Chepstow 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in May (flat).
Monzino (USA) 100-1 (10-8) Held up in rear, pulled up before 4th, in a race won by Dubai Prince (11-5) at Market Rasen 2m 1f nh nov hdl (4) gd in Apr '14, 11 ran.
Mullinavat (IRE) 10-1 (11-3) Soon led, headed over 1f out, soon one paced, 3rd of 7, 7l behind Micklegate Run (11-7) at Hexham 2m NH flat (6) gd in Jun.
Nabucco 11-8 (11-0) Held up, closed from 4th, chased winner after 4 out, shaken up from 2 out, hung left before last, no impression flat, 2nd of 5, 7l behind Cardinal Palace (11-0) at Aintree 2m 1f mdn hdl (4) gd in Jun.
Daydreamer 16-1 (10-10) Held up mid-division, weakened after 3 out, pulled up before 2 out, in a race won by Angus Glens (11-0) at Southwell 2m mdn hdl (5) gd in May, 12 ran.
Tiger Twenty Two 33-1 (10-9) Held up towards rear, headway after 3 out, went 3rd 2 out, 2nd before last, stayed on to close on winner flat, no impression, 2nd of 10, 2l behind Set The Trend (11-12) at Market Rasen 2m 1f nh nov hdl (4) gd in Jun.