Big change is that Martin is ill and a non-runner. Trevor, Don and Nicky's sister Liz lead us off and everyone shuffles forward by just under 10 minutes.
| Runners and Possible Runners | |||||||
| at | 10am | Trevor Faulkner | 15:14 | Steve Russell | |||
| Don Bullough | Katy Green | ||||||
| Liz "Mowat" | 15:30 | Chris Watts | |||||
| after | 01:37 | Gail Hill | 15:49 | Patrick Grannan | |||
| Catherine Downs | Christine Geraghty | ||||||
| Kate "Downs" | Mathew Atkinson | ||||||
| 01:59 | Elspeth Gibson | Gavin Mendham | |||||
| 02:25 | Leanne Byrne | 16:37 | Geoff Gilbert | ||||
| 03:05 | Julie Lucas | George Livesey | |||||
| Rod Coombs | Steve "Hirons" | ||||||
| Ned Spencer | 16:42 | Jon Bale | |||||
| 03:20 | Nina Birch | Richard Lawson | |||||
| 04:55 | Janet Wyles | 16:59 | Aron Myers | ||||
| 05:21 | Roy Pownall | 18:47 | Allan McCormick | ||||
| 07:02 | Carolyn Hirons | 18:49 | Tony Hulme | ||||
| 07:43 | Soraya Mason | 19:11 | Paul Garnett | ||||
| 08:33 | Huma Rahman | Richard Hirons | |||||
| 09:18 | Sharon Jones | 19:31 | James Eyre | ||||
| 10:15 | Melissa Broughton | 19:55 | Diane McVey | ||||
| 10:21 | Peter Watson | 20:01 | Andy Watts | ||||
| 11:01 | Alan Turner | 20:08 | Mick Fairs | ||||
| Chris Cannon | Pete Stock | ||||||
| 11:15 | Simon Fenton | Jeremy Bygrave | |||||
| 11:27 | Gareth Trimble | 21:47 | Rob Gilbert | ||||
| 11:48 | Clare Hawkes | 22:04 | Mike Hill | ||||
| 11:53 | Angela Maziere | Rob "Wyles" | |||||
| 12:02 | Jamie Smith | 22:11 | Graham Screawn | ||||
| 12:08 | Sarah Waite | Angus Rutter | |||||
| 12:14 | Ian Ashcroft | 22:28 | Barry Archbold | ||||
| Owen Ashcroft | 23:20 | Andrew Whittingham | |||||
| Sally Price | Hamish Shaw | ||||||
| 12:38 | Diane Bygrave | 23:42 | Trevor Morris | ||||
| 13:22 | Louisa Harrison | 24:27 | Tom McGaff | ||||
| Amanda Bradbury | James Grannan | ||||||
| 14:06 | John Porteous | Phil Smith | |||||
| 14:11 | Andrew Dodd | 24:32 | Graham MacNeil | ||||
| 14:28 | Nicky Mowat | 26:24 | Rob Downs | ||||
| 15:04 | Janine Ellis | 26:36 | Malcolm Fowler | ||||
| 28:23 | Damian Nicholls | ||||||
With Martin out I’ve lost my “nose money” favourite. Hmmm Don or Roy could be a threat if they’ve had a quiet Xmas. We don’t get many handicap winners from the “second column” but I reckon Diane McVey looks lightly handicapped given her current form over the country and is my new bet.
Leave my nose out of this…….
I believe Diane is abroad on holiday so will not be racing. As you say it would have been a good bet.
I’m going for Don, but Jamie’s worth some each-way money.
Gareth is another one to watch.
Gareth has certainly worked hard this year to bulk up his handicap. But will those Xmas deliveries have taken a toll?