19:50 Wincanton

Thursday 10 May 2018

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Wiser Betting At racinguk.com Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 19:52 | Winning time: 3m 36.6s

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Amirr¹⁴⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: A Thornton| T: J W Mullins| OR: 102

20/1

Dual bumper winner when he was trained by the now retired John Ferguson. His hurdles form looks to be heading in the wrong direction though.

Form: 2378P0-

Darling Maltaix^h,t¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 122| BF

5/2

Bumper winner on his debut in France most of his hurdles starts have seen him fail to settle and he looks to be struggling to improve with experience. Has been tried in handicaps but back to novice company last time; still headstrong.

Form: 553F92-

Djin Conti¹¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: D A Jacob| T: H Whittington

11/2

Third on his hurdles debut when running in France and shaped as though he would be better for his stable/GB debut at Taunton in January. Remains capable of better and ground should suit.

Form: 33-

King Vince^t1¹⁶²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: R Johnson| T: Jamie Snowden| BFWS

7/2

Trainer in good form and this one has shown ability in bumpers (dual winner) and over hurdles having made a good start in that sphere at Plumpton (first start for this yard). Disappointed last time out (soft ground); now returns after a wind op.

Form: 9/1137-

Matravers^t1²⁹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Harry Stock⁽⁵⁾| T: M Keighley

33/1

Useful on the Flat he makes his hurdles debut here for a new yard and should be watched in the market.

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Pirolo^t¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: C O'Farrell| T: N J Hawke

50/1

Decent on the Flat when trained in Ireland he's made little impact over hurdles so far in two runs separated by a three month break.

Form: P0-

The Twisler¹⁹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: T Scudamore| T: N P Mulholland

3/1

His form on the Flat over 2m was decent enough and he stepped forward on his hurdling debut when taking third at Ludlow. That was some time ago but the form has worked out and the ground should suit.

Form: 83-

Wimpole⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Benjamin Poste| T: M Scudamore

100/1

Looked to have quite a taking pedigree for a bumper but ran a modest race on his debut and has shown little since in a couple of further bumper starts. Two recent Flat outings have also been poor; now makes his hurdles debut.

Form: 408-

Marettimo¹⁰⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: P J Brennan| T: W G M Turner| OR: 104

12/1

Already has a mark but it looks to rather overrate him although he won't find his task any easier here. Looks vulnerable and hard to see him winning this.

Form: 42U526-

Mutoondresdashorse¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: David Noonan| T: N J Hawke

66/1

Did manage to win on the Flat showing some decent form but that was only up to 7f. Looks to lack the stamina for hurdles even over a sharp 2m.

Form: 69-

Tis Wonderful⁷⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Mr Robert Hawker⁽⁵⁾| T: C J Gray

66/1

Makes his hurdles debut having shown only modest form on the Flat (failed to win). Hard to see him being good enough here at the first attempt.

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Bubbles Arcade²⁶⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: Nick Scholfield| T: Kieran Burke

66/1

Did manage to win a bumper last season but that was only a weak contest and she's best held on the Flat since (should do better in that sphere in handicaps). Now makes her debut for this yard; worth a market watch.

Form: U43/P13-

Fred's Filly^h¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: Jack Sherwood⁽³⁾| T: Nick Mitchell

150/1

Form on the Flat was of little or no account and failed to take a step forward on her hurdles debut. Pulled hard on that occasion and looked an awkward ride.

Form: 0-

Lady Wethered³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: R T Dunne| T: Miss L Blackford

40/1

Her bumper form showed little but the hurdles form has seen her make some progress. Her last run was her best effort yet and she'll be of interest in low-grade handicaps once she gets a mark.

Form: 04/3-

Forecasts

Darling Maltaix (5/2), The Twisler (3/1), King Vince (7/2), Djin Conti (11/2), Marettimo (12/1), Amirr (20/1), Matravers (33/1), Lady Wethered (40/1), Pirolo (50/1), Mutoondresdashorse (66/1), Bubbles Arcade (66/1), Tis Wonderful (66/1), Wimpole (100/1), Fred's Filly (150/1)

Quite a mixture of types and abilities in this with Darling Maltaix still needing to settle better to be able to win a race. The Twisler back from a break looks to have some more progress in him returning from a break based on his Flat form as does the debutante Matravers. Djin Conti won’t need to show much more than he did on his GB debut to take something like this but KING VINCE is preferred on the back of a wind op and the fact that this ground will suit a lot better. Bubbles Arcade and Lady Wethered are two that are worth noting for handicaps once they have marks out of this race.