tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25292190.post7546096753701844742..comments2024-03-24T15:26:37.931+00:00Comments on PG's Tips: The proper start to the jumps seasonGeeDeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09834633278297488704noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25292190.post-41298023073601845352009-10-10T22:15:42.478+01:002009-10-10T22:15:42.478+01:00James De Vassy (11/1) took the four-year-old hurdl...James De Vassy (11/1) took the four-year-old hurdle, beating the 7/2 joint favourites Classic Swain and Any Given Day four lengths and one and a quarter lengths. Again Classic Swain missed a couple out whilst Any Given Day jumped right when coming under pressure two out. Helium (14/1) held every chance two out before weakening at the last flight and is worth bearing in mind for the future. <br />Tot Of The Knar went off 100/30 favourite but finished third behind Twiston-Davies' impressive 4/1 winner Beat The Boys who made all on this front-runners' track.<br />Fongoli was sent off a weak 11/4 favourite in the juvenile hurdle and was well beaten four out, finishing ninth of the twelve runners; Tom George's Olofi (10/1) collected the spoils.<br />Gullible Gordon obliged but nobody was going to get rich at SP - 4/6f. Having said that, the selection jumped well and won as he liked.<br />At Bangor, as Ben Aitken has indicated, Khachaturian (7/4) met a couple of smart sorts and was unlucky to go down a short head to Seven Is My Number (9/2) in a driving finish - before the race I would have been fairly confident he could have beaten Seven Is My Number; I'll go back and have another look at SIMN's form which has started to look better in recent weeks.<br />Surprisingly both McManus-owned novices were turned over at odds-on but Norma Hill (6/1) ran a fine race from the front before succumbing to Rockiteer's (10/1) challenge at the penultimate flight, being beaten nine lengths on the line.GeeDeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834633278297488704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25292190.post-20650896258650733252009-10-09T23:41:26.118+01:002009-10-09T23:41:26.118+01:00Khachaturian looks to be meeting some decent sorts...Khachaturian looks to be meeting some decent sorts tomorrow. The assistance of A P McCoy is a bonus but I get the feeling at least one of the field will be too good for the McCain runner.Ben Aitkenhttp://narrowingthefield.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com