Coastal Boy looking for a surprise victory in Sportingbet Novices´ Hurdle
Coastal Boy will be looking for a surprise victory in the Sportingbet Novices´ Hurdle at Newbury in England on Thursday, November 29, 2012. He lacks experience and has never won a hurdle before, which will out him under some pressure.
Despite that, the young runner will not be worried, as most of his opponents are in a similar position. Therefore, the competition in the class-3 encounter will be an interesting one and the spectators will be eagerly looking forward to it.
There has been some overnight rain at Newbury, which has affected the track badly. The organisers have described the going as soft, but they will be hoping for an improvement before the action kicks off at 12:25 GMT.
The participants will have to cover an overall distance of 2 miles and 110 yards, which will test their stamina to the limit. The winner will be awarded a cash prize of £5,630 at the end of the day.
Looking at the records of all the stallions, it seems that Kings Lad has got an edge over his rivals. Although, he is still very new to the sport, his performances in this form of racing have been really impressive.
Due to this, he is likely to get the attention of the punters more than others. It will be difficult to beat him in today’s competition.
The young gelding made his debut in 2011, but was unable to make a strong impression back then. He rested for some time before reappearing in the ongoing season to make his team proud.
Since then, he has participated in a total of three hurdles, winning one of them whereas ended up as a runner up on the same number of times. He will be looking for yet another solid result for his team at Newbury.
However, Coastal Boy will not make life easy for the favourite runner, as he too is loaded with immense talent. He might not get a lot of attention of the bettors, but it will be a mistake to rule him out of contention completely.
The Kim Bailey’s trainee finished third once out of two outings in this format. This was his best result, but he will now look to make an improvement under jockey, Ed Cookson.
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