Timeform Meeting Summary 2m 5f 110yds C 2m 6f H 2m 3f C 2m 3f 110yds H 3m H 3m C ASCOT 3m 1f H 2m 1f C 3m 3f C 2m H Right handed, galloping. NH course reopened in 2006/7 after major redevelopment work, and improved drainage means conditions rarely get so testing as they used to. Fences appear as stiff as they’ve ever been, the course taking plenty of jumpiing. The chase course often favours those ridden prominently. ASCOT Saturday 15th February Top On Ratings Horses In Focus Warning Horses 1.30 3 UN TEMPS POUR TOUT 1.30 1 No Warning Horses at this 2.05 3 MANY CLOUDS 2.05 7 meeting 2.40 7 RESTLESS HARRY 2.40 2, 5 3.15 15 BOURNE 3.15 2 3.50 1 CAPTAIN CHRIS 3.50 1 4.20 4 MOUNTAIN KING, 5 ART MAURESQUE 4.20 4 4.50 7 A VOS GARDES 4.50 NONE Hottest Trainers Coldest Trainers DAVID PIPE No trainers meet the Cold criteria on this card NICKY HENDERSON SUE SMITH VENETIA WILLIAMS GUIDE TO ABBREVIATIONS & SYMBOLS Colour/Sex/Pedigree RATING SYMBOLS Horse In Focus The following symbols sometimes appear alongside (or instead of) a rating:- Flag Saddlecloth Timeform Rating Number Horses For p the horse is likely to improve Last 8 Date of Age and (Top Rated with box) Courses Flag Performances last run Weight carried P the horse is almost certainly capable of much better Equipment ? the rating is suspect or (used alone) the horse can’t be assessed with confidence 10 JUMPING TO IT + the horse may be better than rated 450-8111P [Dec 20] 7 10-8 blinkers1st 158 b.g Bollin Eric – Sainte Etoile (FR) (Saint Cyrien (FR)) 130 § the horse is unreliable (for temperament or other reasons) won maiden point in 2012: useful hurdler: won handicaps at Wetherby (amateurs) and Haydock h24v 122 §§ the horse is so temperamentally unsatisfactory as not to be worth a rating h24d 158 115 in November and Bangor (by 16 lengths from Heronry) in December: ran poorly last time: has h24d 140+ 107 x a poor jumper left John Doe: stays 3m: acts on soft going: front runner/races prominently, often travels strongly. h22s 140+ 100A h24g 105 107 xx so bad a jumper as not to be worth a rating Cerise with a white circle, cerise sleeves and cap (Timeform Limited) h24s’ 110 TRAINER: JOCKEY: h24s’ 96 N Donald McCain Jason Maguire h21s’ 135 N RATINGS SUMMARY The first column indicates the type of race—c-chase, h-hurdle, b-bumper—the distance—rounded to the nearest furlong (a prefix Timeform Comment indicates the race was not run on turf; f-fibresand; p-polytrack; a-other artificial surface)—and going: f-firm (or fast); m-good to firm; Owner Ratings Summary Trainer Uplift Jockey Uplift g-good (or standard); d-good to soft or dead; s-soft (slow, sloppy or muddy); v-heavy. 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Weights, owners, trainers and colours have been added for convenience to reproduce, or improve upon, the level of form indicated by the rating. and are not guaranteed correct. see inside back cover for a guide to abbreviations & symbols 4 BRAVE VIC (IRE) 137 1.30 NEPTUNE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 2m3f110y 2-323 [Feb 3] 6 11-0 RACE 1 NOVICES’ HURDLE (2) £25,000 b.g Old Vic – Baliya (IRE) (Robellino (USA)) €19,000 3-y-o, resold £25,000 3-y-o: third foal: brother to useful hurdler Edmund Kean, stays 2½m, h20v 137 N 5yo+ TRW 152 138 159 149 156 (AV 151) h21v 137 N and half-brother to bumper winner Tir Na Gcapall (by Kahyasi): dam lightly raced in bumpers: h19v 130+ N PACE FORECAST: fairly useful form when second at Fontwell only start in bumpers: fairly useful form over hurdles: b14s’ 115+ W N/A 6/4, 4¾ lengths third of 9 to Flementime in novice at Southwell last time, responding well to pressure: will be suited by 2¾m+. 1 COLE HARDEN (IRE) 148 p Black and pink diamonds, black sleeves, pink armlets, pink cap, black diamonds 1-1411 [Jan 15] 5 11-8 tongue strap (Mr R. Henderson) b.g Westerner – Nosie Betty (IRE) (Alphabatim (USA)) TRAINER: JOCKEY: €13,000 3-y-o: sturdy gelding: third foal: dam unraced half-sister to fair hurdler Little Fencote, h19s 148 N h20v 129+ N Gary Moore Jamie Moore stayed 2¾m: useful form in bumpers: won at Sedgefield in 2012/13 and at Worcester in h18v 115+ N August: useful form over hurdles: won maiden at Fontwell (by 4 lengths from Westaway) in b16g 118 W November: 4/1, also won 10-runner novice at Newbury last time by 8 lengths from Full Shift, b17v’ 99+ W 5 OUR POLLYANNA (IRE) 131 p unchallenged: left Brian Storey after final (2012/13) start: stays 2½m: raced on good going or 3180-2 [Nov 20 2013] 7 10-7 softer (acts on heavy): sometimes in tongue tie: usually leads, often travels strongly: open to b.m Flemensfirth (USA) – Polly Anthus (Kahyasi) further improvement. lengthy, rather unfurnished mare: fairly useful form in bumpers: won mares event at Punchestown h21d 131 N b17d’ 98 L Dark green and orange (quartered), dark green sleeves, hooped cap in 2012/13: left Mrs Prunella Dobbs/off 8 months, encouraging 9 lengths second of 13 to Keshi b16v’ 110 L (Mrs Jill Eynon & Mr Robin Eynon) Pearl in novice at Warwick on hurdling debut, sticking to task: stays 21f: will improve.