Agetur UK Amateur Riders' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 20:45 | Winning time: 6m 43.4s

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Fontley House^t²³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr N George⁽³⁾| T: T R George| OR: 115| BF

3/1

Lightly raced maiden has shown aptitude for hurdling last twice especially when staying on for second at Kempton over 3m½f. First handicap should see him go well with a real stamina test looking just what the doctor ordered.

Form: 3/8P3-2

Jefferson Davis^b,t⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Luca Morgan⁽⁷⁾| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 113

8/1

Took advantage of lower chase mark at Ludlow latest, winning pretty cosily over 3m. Upped 4lb here but a further 4lb in the future so looks well enough in to rate a leading player.

Form: 52600-1

Acertain Circus³⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: Miss Gina Andrews| T: Mrs P Sly| OR: 112| BF

3/1

2m7f Market Rasen winner penultimately was second in unfortunate circumstances latest at Fakenham (rider lost iron late on). Upped again by handicapper but current form rates him a leading contender.

Form: 44/0412-

Three Colours Red^p²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr Morgan Winstone⁽⁷⁾| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 112

10/1

Won final two starts for Robert Stephens over 2m7f at Worcester. Fourth of 13 there since a fair start to 2019 but still must prove himself off this mark and away from Worcester.

Form: 26/311-4

Lord In Red^p1⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Jack Tudor⁽⁵⁾| T: Christian Williams| OR: 111

7/2

Avoids penalty for 11L chase win at Huntingdon latest over 2m7½f. Is 5lb higher back hurdling but will go up 6lb in the future so seriously well in here. Leading claims.

Form: 35P5-P1

Strollawaynow¹⁸

Age: 12| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr Benedict Shaw⁽⁷⁾| T: D W P Arbuthnot| OR: 107

25/1

Fakenham hunter chase winner last May but been running mostly in point-to-points since. Interesting decision to go back hurdling but hard to fancy against in-form types given his age.

Form: 2/1542-2

Linguine¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-11| J: Bryan Carver⁽⁵⁾| T: D L Williams| OR: 100

4/1

Won just one of 28 over hurdles (second nine times) and has been largely regressive in the last couple of seasons. Fourth at Ffos Las most recently his best effort for a long time but must repeat if he's to be in the shake-up again.

Form: 762P5-4

Non-Runners

Flying Verse¹⁰

Weight: 11-6| Age: 7

T: David Dennis J: Jack Savage

Forecasts

Fontley House (3/1), Acertain Circus (3/1), Lord In Red (7/2), Linguine (4/1), Flying Verse (7/1), Jefferson Davis (8/1), Three Colours Red (10/1), Strollawaynow (25/1)

A couple of these are well-in back over hurdles after recent chase wins but the most compelling is LORD IN RED who fairly bolted up latest at Huntingdon. Jefferson Davis won easily enough too however so rates a big danger. In-form, Acertain Circus and unexposed Fontley House add to the intrigue to make this the most competitive race on the card.