newtonabbotracing.com Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:16 | Winning time: 6m 39.9s

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Ennistown^t³¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: David Noonan| T: D Pipe| OR: 139

16/1

Only start over hurdles since winning over an extended 3m1f at Cartmel (good-to-soft) last August came when falling in a competitive at Aintree (good-to-soft) in November. Unseen since and worth a check in the market today.

Form: 24/031F-

Solatentif^b1,t⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: H Cobden| T: C L Tizzard| OR: 129

8/1

Returns to hurdles following a couple of defeats over fences. Wore a tongue tie for the most recent of those and fitted with blinkers for the first time on his first try at this trip.

Form: 2455-23

Court King^h¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: S Bowen| T: P & M Bowen| OR: 125| BF

10/3

Completed a chasing double when winning a four runner contest at Southwell (3m, good) in June and good efforts when finishing runner-up twice over hurdles since. Stable can boast a 20% strike-rate (3/15) of late and he is a leading contender today.

Form: 9-P1122

Lillian⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Kevin Jones⁽⁵⁾| T: J W Mullins| OR: 125| CD

7/2

Winner of three of her last four starts including over C&D in July. Latest victory came over an extended 3m2f at Southwell (good-to-soft) in July and one for the shortlist off a 6lb higher mark.

Form: 33-1211

Mighty Leader^p,t²²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-9| J: Miss Brodie Hampson⁽⁵⁾| T: F O'Brien| OR: 122| D

14/1

Wore cheekpieces for the first time when winning over 2m7f at Market Rasen (good) last month. Carried a penalty when finishing well beaten at Southwell (good) the following day and interesting to see how he fares.

Form: 4-16615

Three Star General^b,t1²³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: T Scudamore| T: D Pipe| OR: 120| BF

12/1

Victorious over 2m4f at Worcester (good) in June and ran well when penalised for that success over the same C&D back in July. Disappointing handicap debut subsequently and wears a tongue tie for the first time today.

Form: 4-2127

Catcher On The Go²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: Mitchell Bastyan⁽⁷⁾| T: Evan Williams| OR: 115

5/2

Twice a winner at Ffos Las this year including in a handicap hurdle on good ground over 2m4f in June. Subsequent success at that track came on the Flat and he is making just his fifth hurdles start in this.

Form: 1250/51

Lady Of Longstone^b²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Michael Heard⁽⁵⁾| T: D Pipe| OR: 110

10/1

Six time winner over hurdles but held in recent starts including over C&D last time out. Likely to find a few too good today.

Form: P-53604

Forecasts

Catcher On The Go (5/2), Court King (10/3), Lillian (7/2), Solatentif (8/1), Lady Of Longstone (10/1), Three Star General (12/1), Mighty Leader (14/1), Ennistown (16/1)

The stable of Peter Bowen are in decent form at present and his COURT KING can improve on the trainers 20% strike-rate (3/15) of late. The selection ran well when finishing runner-up last time out and can take this at the chief expense of the hat-trick seeking Lillian who returns from a break today. Solatentif reverts to hurdles today and can claim third on his first attempt at this trip.