September Meeting Handicap Hurdle – Bangor-on-Dee

Bangor-on-Dee

13:50

September Meeting Handicap Hurdle

Date 2023-09-05

Distance 2m7f7y

Class Class 4

Going Good

Type Hurdle

Surface Turf

Age Band 4yo+

Prize £4,225

Winning Time 5m 47.76s (slow by 22.76s)

Result

Pos	Horse	SP	Btn
1st	Halifax (FR) Conor Ring · Grace Harris	5/1	Won
2nd	Finisk River (GB) Brian Hughes · Donald McCain	5/1	2.25
3rd	Blakeney Point (GB) Abbie McCain · Donald McCain	18/1	4
4th	One Touch (IRE) Kielan Woods · Ben Pauling	4/1	13
5th	Umndeni (FR) Jordan Gainford · Cian Collins	9/4F	5.5

Non-Runners / Other

Status	Horse	SP
P.U.	Ballintubber Boy (IRE) Sam Twiston-Davies · Nigel Twiston-Davies	7/1
P.U.	Butler's Brief (IRE) Nick Scholfield · Alastair Ralph	17/2

Runners (7)

EW Terms: 2 places, ¼ odds (standard bookmaker terms — may vary)

#	Horse	Jockey / Trainer	Wt	Gear	Form	OR	RPR	TS	Last	Crs	Dst	Val	Scr	EW	Odds
7	Umndeni b/br J:Jordan Gainford T:Cian Michael Collins	J:Jordan Gainford T:Cian Michael Collins	154	—	45-933	105	126	69	90d	—	—	-5	22.2	0.63/1	5/2 29%
Kicks off for Irish yard on a dangerous mark; watch the betting
2	Finisk River Grey J:Brian Hughes T:Donald Mccain	J:Brian Hughes T:Donald Mccain	168	tp	12-555	119	127	101	17d	—	—	+5	22.3	1.13/1	9/2 18%
Most of his form is over shorter but has won over 2m6f and this far is worth a go
3	One Touch Bay J:Kielan Woods T:Ben Pauling	J:Kielan Woods T:Ben Pauling	165	t	5311-4	116	121	109	36d	—	—	+4	21.7	1.00/1	5 20%
Won on this card last year; may have needed his return; chance if getting the trip
5	Halifax Bay J:Conor Ring(3) T:Grace Harris	J:Conor Ring(3) T:Grace Harris	160	tp	9-2163	111	121	95	60d	—	—	+3	20.3	1.00/1	5 20%
A winner in June and latest third was okay given the trip of 2m5f (wants further)
4	Ballintubber Boy Bay J:Sam Twiston-Davies T:Nigel Twiston-Davies	J:Sam Twiston-Davies T:Nigel Twiston-Davies	164	v	1641-P	115	122	94	116d	—	—	+5	20.7	1.38/1	11/2 15%
Four-time winner, two of them handicaps; not the easiest to predict, however
1	Butlers Brief Bay J:Nick Scholfield T:Alastair Ralph	J:Nick Scholfield T:Alastair Ralph	168	p	8-513P	119	119	96	2d	—	—	+11	19.8	2.25/1	10 10%
Below best since winning three starts ago and ran a laboured race on Sunday
6	Blakeney Point Bay J:Abbie McCain(5) T:Donald Mccain	J:Abbie McCain(5) T:Donald Mccain	159	tb	536-74	110	126	103	63d	—	—	+12	16.2	3.75/1	16 6%
Won this last year when confined to conditional jockeys; out of form of late

Horse	bet365	Coral
Umndeni	9/4	5/2
Finisk River	9/2	4
One Touch	5	4
Halifax	5	5
Ballintubber Boy	5	11/2
Butlers Brief	10	9
Blakeney Point	16	16

Predictor

Scored on Official Rating (max 30), Recent Form (max 25), and Market Odds (max 20). Max score: 75.

1st

Finisk River

22.3

OR: 17.3 Form: 0 Odds: 5

9/2

2nd

Umndeni

22.2

OR: 13.8 Form: 0 Odds: 8.4

5/2

3rd

One Touch

21.7

OR: 16.5 Form: 0 Odds: 5.2

Ballintubber Boy

20.7

OR: 16.3 Form: 0 Odds: 4.4

11/2

Halifax

20.3

OR: 15.3 Form: 0 Odds: 5

Butlers Brief

19.8

OR: 17.3 Form: 0 Odds: 2.5

Blakeney Point

16.2

OR: 15 Form: 0 Odds: 1.2

Ratings

Horse	OR	RPR	TS
Finisk River	119	127	101
Butlers Brief	119	119	96
One Touch	116	121	109
Ballintubber Boy	115	122	94
Halifax	111	121	95
Blakeney Point	110	126	103
Umndeni	105	126	69

Last Run

Horse	Last Run	Status
Butlers Brief	2d ago	Quick return
Finisk River	17d ago	Fit
One Touch	36d ago	Fit
Halifax	60d ago	Fresh
Blakeney Point	63d ago	Fresh
Umndeni	90d ago	Fresh
Ballintubber Boy	116d ago	Long break