Sportsman Handicap Hurdle - Temoin To Win
Friday, April 07, 2006
AINTREE 5.30
24 run
The Sportsman Handicap Hurdle
(Listed Race) (Class 1) (4yo+)
Winner £28,510.00
2m4f GOOD
TEMOIN (7/2 ladbrokes)Everyone racing mad is waiting, with Baited Breath, for the Grand National on saturday. The greatest horse race in the world bar none!
But for me, I have been waiting for up and coming star, Temoin to run. I tipped him for Cheltenham, where he was going to take on Black Jack Ketchum in the novices hurdle, but he was pulled out, to wait for Aintree.
This exciting young hurdler is regarded as one of Nicki Henderson's best hopes at the Aintree meeting. Nicki Henderson and Mick fitzgerald, both agree that Temoin would love Aintree.
The distance of 2m 4 is not a problem. He is yet to be really tested over his only 3 starts over hurdles. Even though this is a much stronger race I do not believe that this can stop temoin's connections celebrating his win.
Tip - Temoin 7/2 LadbrokesHaving been upped 15lb, I do not think that this will stop Temoin. It might just be a case of how much this young horse can win by? If all goes to plan.
For all these reasons, I make Termoin, my nap at Aintree for friday.
5.30 Aintree Betting Show ArchivedThe Sportsman Handicap Hurdle (Listed)
6 Temoin 5/2 9/4
14 Motorway 6/1 13/2 7/1
3 Phar Bleu 11/1 10/1 9/1 17/2 8/1
15 Alpha Royale 8/1 15/2 8/1 9/1 8/1
2 Strangely Brown 12/1 11/1 10/1
13 Pirate Flagship 14/1
17 Saltango 16/1
5 Hasty Prince 16/1
12 Zipalong Lad 14/1 16/1
19 Mahogany Blaze 25/1 20/1 22/1 20/1
7 Akilak 33/1
18 Hernando's Boy 50/1 40/1
20 Bougoure 50/1
21 Chelsea Harbour 50/1
9 Penny Pictures 50/1
1 Blue Canyon 66/1
4 Desert Air 66/1
24 Back To Ben Alder 50/1 66/1
10 Lunar Crystal 66/1
8 Perle De Puce 100/1
16 Texas Holdem 100/1
22 Overstrand 100/1
23 Arrayou 66/1 100/1
11 Leaders Way 100/1
The Sportsman Handicap Hurdle Runners(Listed Race) (Class 1) (4yo+)
2 mile, 4 furlongs.
1 -250 Blue Canyon 22 F Doumen 8 11-12 B J Geraghty 152
2 7322 Strangely Brown 23 E McNamara 5 11-5 B C Byrnes(5) 152
3 3464 Phar Bleu 23 P F Nicholls 5 11-2t R Walsh 153
4 2140 Desert Air 23 M C Pipe 7 11-0t R Greene 159
5 6600 Hasty Prince 22 Jonjo O�Neill 8 11-0 A P McCoy 156
6 111 Temoin 35 N J Henderson 6 11-0 M A Fitzgerald 161
7 U550 Akilak 23 J Howard Johnson 5 10-9 G Lee 158
8 2300 Perle De Puce 21 N J Henderson 7 10-7p Mr S Waley-Cohen(7) 155
9 884B Penny Pictures 23 M C Pipe 7 10-7 T J Murphy 160
10 2240 Lunar Crystal 21 M C Pipe 8 10-4 T Scudamore 155
11 0710 Leaders Way 13 T K Geraghty 11 10-3p R Geraghty(3) 145
12 3118 Zipalong Lad 21 P Bowen 6 10-2 A Dobbin 161
13 6124 Pirate Flagship 21 P F Nicholls 7 10-2 Christian Williams 154
14 11F1 Motorway 14 P J Hobbs 5 10-0 R Johnson 155
15 2173 Alpha Royale 26 C Byrnes 6 10-0b D J Casey 150
16 3617 Texas Holdem 41 M Smith 7 10-0 M J McAlister(5) 152
17 7211 Saltango (ex4) 8 A M Hales 7 10-0 W Kennedy(3) 153
18 1421 Hernando�s Boy 120 (7F) K G Reveley 5 10-0 R McGrath 152
19 4137 Mahogany Blaze 21 N A Twiston-Davies 4 10-0 C Llewellyn 161
20 3110 Bougoure 27 Mrs S J Smith 7 10-0 D Elsworth 151
21 2661 Chelsea Harbour 43 Thomas Mullins 6 10-0 P Carberry 144
22 4619 Overstrand 41 Robert Gray 7 10-0b T Greenway(5) 151
23 P966 Arrayou 14 O Sherwood 5 10-0v L Aspell 158
24 7-P4 Back To Ben Alder 102 N J Henderson 9 10-0 M Foley 148