At Fishers Cross expected to be competitive in Sportingbet Handicap Hurdle
At Fishers Cross will be fancying his chances of a victory in the Sportingbet Handicap Hurdle at Newbury in England on Saturday, December 1, 2012. He will face a stiff competition from some of his opponents and things will not be easy for him at all.
Despite that, the young runner will be looking to make his team proud in the class-2 contest, scheduled to start at 14:35 GMT. He will have to weather the storm from nine other quality participants.
There has been a lot of rain at Newbury, which has left the ground soft. The organisers will be hoping that the situation does not worsen, so that the spectators can enjoy a clean competition at the end of the day.
The overall distance to cover will be 2 miles and 3 furlongs, which means that all of the stallions will have to work really hard in order to fight for a cash prize of £12,996.
According to the bookmakers, the best chances of victory are with Ardlui, who has been given a general starting price of 11 to 4. He will love the wet track at Newbury and will look to storm to the top of the table in the end.
The young gelding is carrying the winning momentum right now and his confidence level will be high at the moment. He was a touch nervous at the start of the 2012 season, but has managed to find some rhythm in recent times.
Overall, the Alan King’s trainee has participated in four races over hurdles, winning just one of them. In addition to that, he has also secured the third spot on a couple of times, which shows that he is mostly competitive in this form of racing.
On the other hand, At Fishers Cross cannot be taken lightly at all, as he is also quite a talented runner and knows how to tackle pressure. He does not have much experience, but that will not be a concern for him.
The Rebecca Curtis’ trained gelding has succeeded in one race while hurdling and that too in his most recent outing. The ground was affected by rain back then as well, but that did not trouble him at all under veteran jockey, A. P. McCoy, who will once again
be riding him today.
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