Sunday 28 February · Hereford, England
14:20 MansionBet Watch & Bet Handicap Hurdle
- Distance
- 2m 3f 147y
- Going
- Soft
- Class
- 4
- Prize
- GBP 7142
- Runners
- 10
Race preview
Mr Jack will have been bright spot in a dark time for Andy Irvine, winning last time for the trainer after scoring prior to that for his wife Zoe Davison, who recently passed away. He has been raised a total of 10lb for those two Plumpton wins, which might make him vulnerable to TORN AND FRAYED. Nigel Twiston-Davies' gelding went close in a Haydock maiden hurdle when last tried over timber and ran a solid enough race in a jumpers' bumper last time, so should be raring to go for this. Sastruga won well at Newton Abbot two starts ago but struggled at Newbury last time, while Potters Venture was a convincing winner of a Chepstow maiden hurdle before pulling up in handicap company at Exeter. Both have claims if back to the form of their penultimate starts.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torn And Frayed | 242-425 | Jordan Nailor | N & W Twiston-Davies | 12 1 | 4-1 | |
| 2 | Mr Jack | 4/7P0-11 | N F Houlihan | A Irvine | 10 13 | 5-1 | |
| 3 | Tossapenny | 22451/5- | Adam Wedge | Evan Williams | 11 12 | 12-1 | |
| 4 | Electron Bleu | 622-683 | Alan Johns | Tim Vaughan | 11 10 | 12-1 | |
| 5 | Potters Venture | F43/31-P | R Johnson | P Hobbs & J White | 12 1 | 7-1 | |
| 6 | Karakoram | 6-368F7 | Ben Jones | G Harris | 10 10 | 14-1 | |
| 7 | Lifeisahighway | 5/1-P740 | Kielan Woods | B Pauling | 10 12 | 25-1 | |
| 8 | Shortcross Storm | P30-655 | Bryan Carver | C Honour | 11 0 | 9-4 | |
| - | Sastruga | 6283-1P | R T Dunne | R G Hawker | 11 9 | 22-1 | |
| - | Hidden Commander | 01-046 | Thomas Dowson | P A Kirby | 11 6 | 16-1 |