HEREFORD (17 Nov 2005)

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3:50 Future Stars Maiden National Hunt Flat Race (Class H) (Conditional Jockeys/Amateur Riders) (4-6yo)

[off 3:50] £1,918.56, £559.16, £279.72 2m1f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Legal Glory (IRE) B G Powell 5 10-11 Mr S P Jones(7) 12/1 — —

2 2 Jimmy Bedney (IRE) M G Rimell 4 11-1 Mr M Rimell(3) 10/1 — —

3 1½ Northern Endeavour Simon Earle 6 10-13 W Kennedy(5) 10/1 — —

4 nk Lord Ryeford (IRE) T R George 5 10-11 Mr R McCarthy(7) 20/1 — —

5 3½ Butler Services (IRE) Jonjo O´Neill 5 10-11 Mr A J Berry(7) 5/1 — —

6 5 Coleraine (IRE) O Sherwood 5 11-1 O Nelmes(3) 4/1 — —

7 1¼ Aaron´s Run M R Bosley 5 10-13 J Diment(5) 50/1 — —

8 7 Pearly Star A King 4 10-11 Mr G Tumelty(7) 8/1 — —

9 4 Bitta Dash A J Wilson 5 10-11 W McCarthy(7) 66/1 — —

10 3 Four For A Laugh (IRE) A King 6 11-1 G Carenza(3) 3/1F — —

11 4 Hatton House (IRE) D McCain 5 10-13 Steven J Craine(5) 12/1 — —

12 21 Ourcarl G Brown 5 10-13 M Nicolls(5) 66/1 — —

13 4 Oscar Royal (IRE) Mrs S E Busby 4 10-11 S W Quinlan(7) 50/1 — —

RO Im A Tanner Miss C Dyson 4 10-11 Miss C Dyson(7) 80/1 — —

14 ran TIME 4m 7.10s (slow by 22.10s) TOTAL SP 119%

1st OWNER: J W Mursell BRED: Mrs Sheila O'Ryan TRAINER: B G Powell

2nd OWNER: S G Griffiths

3rd OWNER: Mrs E R Smith

TOTE WIN £8.40 PL £4.90, £2.50, £3.30; Ex £124.90; CSF £120.79Place 6 £6,246.60, Place 5 £1,005.37

PLACEPOT £7,502.70 to a £1 stake. Pool: £36,485.85. 3.55 winning tickets.

QUADPOT £581.70 to a £1 stake. Pool: £3,380.60. 4.30 winning tickets.

ANALYSIS: The bare form of this bumper is just ordinary but there were a few interesting types on show and one of those, LEGAL GLORY, made a winning debut in quite comfortable fashion. A full-brother to the yard’s talented but luckless staying chaser Big Rob, he was always going well and, produced with a well-timed effort, found plenty when asked, despite looking as though he will improve a fair bit just for the experience alone. He should progress and could be decent when faced with obstacles.

Jimmy Bedney, making his debut for a new yard off the back of a 193-day break, got the run of the race in front and seemed to step up on his previous efforts in second.

Northern Endeavour, a promising fourth on his debut at Worcester 201 days previously, again offered promise and should do even better when faced with obstacles. A similar comment applies to Lord Ryeford, a 10,000gns full-brother to two and a half mile hurdle-winner Lord Dundaniel, who made a pleasing debut.

Butler Services was not beaten that far but failed to really improve on the form he showed over course and distance on his debut.

Coleraine, a 40,000 euro purchase, out of a mare who was placed in Irish points, was in trouble a fair way out and never really looked like posing a serious threat.

Pearly Star did not offer a great deal off the back of a 238-day break, while his stablemate, Four For A Laugh, a 24,000 euro half-brother to a winner over a mile and ten furlongs, as well as a bumper scorer, ran below market expectations on his racecourse debut.