Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

  • 17:30 Adam Jones Testimonial Raceday Maiden Hurdle2m 4f

  • Weighed In - (Class 5), £2,600 added, 4yo+, 9 runners
  • Winner £1,689 2nd £496 3rd £248 4th £124
  • Going: Soft, Heavy in places Surface: Turf

Result

  • Weighed In

  • Winning time: 5m 22.60s
  • Off time: 17:30:15
Pos Horse Odds
1st High Storm (IRE) 5/4
2nd Next Exit (IRE) 20/1
3rd Awaywiththegreys (IRE) 7/2
No Form Silk Horse A Wgt Jockey Trainer OR SP
1 358/14- Red, dark green sleeves, white armlets, white cap, red spots Awaywiththegreys (IRE) 200 5 11-0 T J O'Brien P Bowen 7/2
2 5673- PALE BLUE, WHITE hoops, CRIMSON cap Big News 35 6 11-0 T Scudamore R Lee 5/1
3 7- Black, Red star, diamonds on sleeves, Black cap, Red stars Cawdor House Bert 16 5 11-0 Paul Moloney D A Rees 66/1
4 FP21/PP- Red, Black hoop and armlets, Red cap, White star Desperate Times (IRE) 24 7 11-0 b Mr R J Williams (7) B J Llewellyn 28/1
5 4954- Purple, Pink stars, Pink sleeves, Purple stars and stars on cap Here Comes Moss 43 5 11-0 David Prichard (7) J L Flint 40/1
6 4242P7- White, black stripe High Storm (IRE) 102 5 11-0 p A P McCoy Miss R Curtis 120 5/4
7 311- Royal blue, white hoops and armlets, white cap, royal blue diamond In The Binyanis (IRE) 77 5 11-0 R P Mclernon Jonjo O'Neill 4/1
8 214/ RED, BLACK armlets Next Exit (IRE) 498 7 11-0 R Johnson Tim Vaughan 20/1
9 3/09- Red, Black sleeves and cap with Silver button Saxon House (IRE) 22 6 11-0 J A McCarthy M D I Usher 33/1

Verdict

High Storm has easily has the best form on offer here, running the useful Darlan to a nose at Cheltenham in December having earlier also finished second at Bangor. However, two previous attempts over this trip have ended in wide-margin defeats so we'll take on McCoy's mount with hurdling newcomer IN THE BINYANIS. Already successful in a point-to-point and a bumper in Ireland, Jonjo O'Neill's five-year-old looks a nice prospect. Awaywiththegreys won a Worcester bumper last July and was fourth on his hurdles bow at Aintree. He may be best of the rest ahead of Hereford third Big News.

Formwatch

Awaywiththegreys (IRE) 11-4 (11-0) Jumped violently left and bumped rival 1st, not jump well after, tracked leaders, outpaced 4 out, no chance with leaders from next, tailed off, 4th of 8, 38l behind Hazy Tom (11-0) at Aintree 2m mdn hdl (4) gd in Oct.

Big News 9-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, ridden to go 3rd before last, kept on, 3rd of 13, 7l behind Howard's Legacy (11-0) at Hereford 2m 4f mdn hdl (5) gs in Apr.

Cawdor House Bert 22-1 (11-0) Held up, jumped big 1st and 2nd, went right next, not fluent 6th, headway approaching 8th, weakened before 3 out, tailed off, 7th of 8, well behind Seven Woods (11-0) at Ffos Las 3m mdn hdl (4) gs in Apr.

Desperate Times (IRE) 40-1 (10-10) Led and disputed, ridden and headed after 4 out, weakened rapidly before next, tailed off and pulled up after 2 out, in a race won by Snow Blizzard (11-3) at Ffos Las 3m sell (5) gd in Apr, 9 ran.

Here Comes Moss 6-1 (10-10) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, outpaced over 2f out, well held in 4th when hung left inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 18l behind Social Overdrive (11-3) at Hereford 2m 1f NH flat (6) gd in Mar.

High Storm (IRE) 22-1 (9-12) Tracked leader, hit 4th, led between last 2, headed approaching last, ridden and no extra flat, 7th of 14, 9l behind Module (10-11) at Cheltenham 2m 1f hcp hdl (2) gs in Jan.

In The Binyanis (IRE) 3-1fav (11-13) Tracked leader in 2nd, headway to lead approaching straight, ridden to assert under 2f out and soon clear, kept on well, won at Punchestown 2m N H flat hvy in Feb beating Paradise Lily (11-0) by 7l, 11 ran.

Next Exit (IRE) 6-1 (10-7) Mid-division, headway 9f out, ridden over 5f out, weakened over 3f out, 4th of 10, 30l behind Priceless Art (11-0) at Southwell 2m n h flat (4) std in Dec '10.

Saxon House (IRE) 100-1 (11-0) Always towards rear, 9th of 15, well behind Fighting Flynn (11-0) at Kempton 2m 5f nh nov hdl (4) gd in Apr.

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