6f · Class 5 · 3yo · Standard · 9 runners · £3,716
All racecards for Friday 30th October
We said5th of 9, beaten 1½ at 6/1
BRAVE TRAVELLER 7/1
BRAVE TRAVELLER at 7/1, Bryan Smart and Paul Mulrennan, looks the pick of these. He has a course win to his name and was staying on at the finish last time.
The risk is TRY STORM CAT, the only confirmed front-runner here — front-runners at this track win 2.1 times their share of these races, and an uncontested lead could be decisive.
The dangers are TACTICAL BLITZ at 16/1 (a course winner) and ENNOBLE at 11/4 (went close off this mark).
Each-way is the way in at 7/1, 3 places at 1/5.
Result
| Pos | Horse / SP | Jockey Trainer | Age | Wgt | OR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1(6) | 6. Tactical Blitz 9/1 | J: Billy GarrittyT: Liam Bailey | 3 | 9-4 | 65 | ||
| sat close up behind the front pair - shaken up 2f out then found a gap between two opponents - urged 1f out - finished strongly to hit the front near the line and win | |||||||
| 2(2) | 1 | 5. Storm Esme 7/2 | J: David AllanT: Tim Easterby | 3 | 9-6 | 67 | |
| Dropped out at the back early - nudged and made ground over 2f out - hit front over 1f out under urging - stayed on but collared near the finish to be second | |||||||
| 3(5) | hd[1¼] | 8. Rousham 13/2 | J: Faye McManomanT: Nigel Tinkler | 3 | 9-1 | 62 | |
| Raced in the pack - short of room from halfway and dropped back - angled right over 1f out - ran on from 110yds out to finish 3rd | |||||||
| 4(3) | nk[1½] | 2. Ennoble 3/1F | J: Cam HardieT: Antony Brittain | 3 | 9-8 | 69 | |
| Prominent early - shaken up 2f out - kept on late without reaching the front pair - 4th | |||||||
| 5(1) | shd[1½] | 4. Brave Traveller 6/1 our selection | J: Paul MulrennanT: Bryan Smart | 3 | 9-6 | 67 | |
| Raced in the pack - urged 2f out - moved up to fourth over 1f out - found little late and finished fifth | |||||||
| 6(9) | ½[2] | 7. Try Storm Cat 12/1 | J: Rhys ElliottT: Jessica Macey | 3 | 8-12 | 64 | |
| Broke sharply to make the running - shaken up 2f out - overtaken over 1f out - weakened late to finish 6th | |||||||
| 7(8) | nk[2½] | 9. Liquid Cooled 18/1 | J: Andrew MullenT: Ben Haslam | 3 | 8-4 | 49 | |
| Missed the break - well off the pace early - shaken up at halfway - short of room over 1f out - kept on late under urging from final 110yds - finished 7th | |||||||
| 8(7) | 3[5½] | 3. Believeinmenow 15/2 | J: Alex JaryT: Nigel Tinkler | 3 | 9-3 | 67 | |
| Missed the break - last of the field early - made some ground 2f out - weakened inside the final furlong to finish 8th | |||||||
| 9(4) | 3[8½] | 1. Kody B 11/1 | J: Shane GrayT: Craig Lidster | 3 | 9-9 | 70 | |
| Prominent early - urged 2f out - faded badly inside the final furlong to finish 9th | |||||||
Winning time 1m 12.64s · Going Standard · Tote win £12.90