Prelude to success for Valentino Dancer at Rasen
Valuable handicap victory for O’Brien and Brennan.
Valentino Dancer took advantage of his course and distance form to land the Ferry Ales Brewery Prelude Handicap Hurdle at Market Rasen for Paddy Brennan and Fergal O’Brien The six-year-old was beaten only half a length in the Summer Handicap Hurdle at the Lincolnshire track in July and has since enjoyed success on the Flat when winning under O’Brien’s daughter Fern in an amateurs’ handicap at Newbury. Back over obstacles for his first run of the new campaign, the chestnut made his challenge over the final flight and benefited from the jumping error made by 5-2 favourite Hang In There. Despite the latter rallying towards the line, O’Brien’s gelding held on and was an eventual two-and-a-half-length winner at 7-2.Valentino Dancer wins the Ferry Ales Brewery Prelude Handicap Hurdle under Paddy Brennan for trainer @FOBRacing 👏@fabcraftbeer pic.twitter.com/aDDp5rFUNd
— Market Rasen Racecourse (@MarketRasenRace) September 25, 2021
“I was happy enough, but it was tactical,” Brennan said. “You always like to take defeat on the chin but on that occasion (the Summer Hurdle) I felt I let that slip, I was there too soon in a tactical race and that was the difference between winning and losing. “I was there as soon today, but it was a different type of race – it was more of a sprint and when it’s a sprint you can never be there too soon.” Haseefah made her hurdles debut a winning one when taking the Mosquito Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle by an emphatic nine and a half lengths under Tom Cannon. Previously campaigned on the Flat in France by Francois Rohaut before joining Alan King, the four-year-old had run three times on the level for her new trainer, picking up two second places in handicap contests. A switch to hurdles clearly suited the filly, who prevailed comfortably having started at 4-1.
Haseefah after winning the Mosquito Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle at Market Rasen for @tomcannon2 and Alan King pic.twitter.com/P5TNDON19J
— Molly Hunter (@mollhun) September 25, 2021
Railway Muice, winner of the Harvest Gold Handicap Chase for Nick Scholfield and Sarah Humphrey pic.twitter.com/NkbDZKPmxd
— Molly Hunter (@mollhun) September 25, 2021
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