16:20 Taunton

Wednesday 1 November 2017

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Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 5m 45.0s

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Lady Of Longstone¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 12-3| J: Michael Heard⁽⁵⁾| T: D Pipe| OR: 102| D

11/4

Has lost her way somewhat over the summer and is 23lb lower in the weights than this time last year as a result. However she is a long way off her form when a top mare hurdler.

Form: 604P55

St Andrews^v²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Dave Crosse| T: Ian Williams| OR: 97

5/1

Raised just 1lb following a fine effort on handicap hurdle debut last month, and should be able to produce further improvement now stepped up in trip; a key player.

Form: 8654-3

Drive On Locky^b,t³⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: S Bowen| T: J Farrelly| OR: 93

14/1

Things have fallen apart for him since winning at Plumpton last December, having failed to complete twice and finishing tailed off on his other three starts. Needs a revival here off only a slightly lower mark.

Form: 1P0-8F7

Quarry Lami^p1,t²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Ian Popham| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 90

16/1

Only very poor efforts since switching to rules, including on handicap debut last time, and needs this first time cheekpieces to make a big difference.

Form: 20009-0

Mount Vesuvius^t¹²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-1| J: P J Brennan| T: P Henderson| OR: 86

10/1

Not the most frequent of winners these days but hits the frame fairly often and should be able to challenge for a place once again off his current mark.

Form: 334234

Whiskey Baron⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Benjamin Poste| T: A Wintle| OR: 83

22/1

Lightly-raced under rules and makes his handicap debut here off what should prove a high enough opening mark based on what he's shown.

Form: 5-25735

Starlit Night⁶⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: James Davies| T: C J Down| OR: 81

14/1

Struggled when not helped by a new high mark at Newton Abbot last time out and also having a couple of issues with her jumping. A player if resuming the progression she had shown prior to that.

Form: 6-92210

Beautiful People^t²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: Daniel Hiskett⁽⁵⁾| T: R T Phillips| OR: 79

7/1

0/18 under rules and has run only the occasional good race over hurdles, mostly in heats where the form is largely open to question.

Form: 738356

Telmadela^t²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-5| J: R P McLernon| T: Mrs R Ford| OR: 76| D

6/1

Second-season novice who played only a minor role over hurdles at mostly big prices last season. Slightly better since the summer but still not at the level likely to be required here.

Form: 875P63

The Kvilleken^p²⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 10-2| J: Conor Shoemark| T: M Keighley| OR: 73| BF

8/1

Just 2/45 under rules and those two victories came back-to-back in summer 2015. Has run some of his better races recently but his best performance for a while needed here.

Form: 537330

Ann Maries Reject^p1³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: Sean Houlihan⁽⁷⁾| T: C J Gray| OR: 69

12/1

0/10 over hurdles with mostly tame efforts, needs first time cheekpieces to have a generous effect for her to figure here.

Form: 4558-84

Annie'sboydave^t¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Charlie Hammond⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Pritchard| OR: 61

100/1

13-race maiden who has been pulled up six times out of ten over hurdles, and has it all to do having shown little and racing from well out of the handicap.

Form: P07-P4P

Non-Runners

Mac Bella⁵⁰

Weight: 12-3| Age: 5

T: Evan Williams J: Adam Wedge

Baccalaureate¹⁵

Weight: 11-5| Age: 11

T: J D Frost J: Non Runner

Cry Fury¹

Weight: 10-8| Age: 9

T: M Sheppard J: Stan Sheppard

Forecasts

Lady Of Longstone (11/4), St Andrews (5/1), Telmadela (6/1), Mac Bella (6/1), Beautiful People (7/1), The Kvilleken (8/1), Cry Fury (8/1), Mount Vesuvius (10/1), Ann Maries Reject (12/1), Drive On Locky (14/1), Starlit Night (14/1), Quarry Lami (16/1), Baccalaureate (20/1), Whiskey Baron (22/1), Annie'sboydave (100/1)

It was encouraging to see how ST ANDREWS ran on handicap debut last month, and if this step up in trip can bring about some further improvement then he may prove to be a cut above the rest of these, especially off his current mark of 97. Cry Fury is also of interest after a recent promising performance at Uttoxeter, but would need to reappear after running at Chepstow yesterday, while there should also be more to come from Mac Bella.