Black Thunder likely to win the Freebets.co.uk "National Hunt" Novices´ Hurdle
Black Thunder is likely to win the Freebets.co.uk "National Hunt" Novices´ Hurdle at Chepstow in England on Monday, April 9, 2012. The winner of the class-4 race will be awarded with a cash prize of £2,534.
A total of 14 runners had initially lined up for the race, but Crystal Swing and Russe Blanc will not be seen in action now. Both are decent runners and could have ended up winning the event, but they will have to wait for another chance.
Going will be good in the 2 mile 110 yard race, which is scheduled to start at 2:15 GMT and following are the runners taking part in it: Black Thunder, Mr Hooper, Princely Player, Hinton Indiana, Un Bon P´t*t Gars, Ata Boy, Littledean Jimmy, Twyford, Tiagra,
Sugar And Spice, Lucky Prince and Saffron Sam.
Out of the above mentioned entries, Black Thunder has the best chances of winning the event, as he is in great shape right now. The bookies have full faith in his abilities and the punters will also be placing maximum number of bets in his favour.
The five-year-old gelding has participated in a couple of hurdles until now and his record has been quite impressive. He managed to win one of those races and finished runner up in the other, which shows the kind of form he is in at the moment.
Paul Nicholls’ trained runner’s recent form is very good, as he was victorious in his previous race over hurdles. He was the favourite to win that event as well and did not disappoint the bookies in the end, winning by a neck distance.
Black Thunder will be partnered by Daryl Jacob, who is a seasoned runner and has won 92 races over hurdles. However, his strike rate is not good at all and he needs to make a lot of improvement to attract more bets.
Mr Hooper will be the closest rival of Black Thunder in this race, as he is also in very good form at the moment. He has entered just one hurdle and managed to finish runner up in it.
Victor Dartnall’s trainee will be ridden by Andrew Glassonbury, who has won 33 races over hurdles in his career.
Other than the top two, Princely Player and Hinton Indiana will also be the ones to watch out for.
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