16:25 Southwell

Thursday 24 October 2019

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Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:25 | Winning time: 4m 27.75s

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Beautiful Ben^p¹⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: Jack Tudor⁽⁵⁾| T: Laura Morgan| OR: 107| D

12/1

Successful by a neck over 2m3f in a handicap chase at Market Rasen (good) on his penultimate start and finished a fair 13L fourth on soft ground at Uttoxeter (2m) subsequently. Returns to hurdles off a mark 3lb lower than for that Market Rasen win.

Form: 13B314

Lazarus^t¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr Eddie Edge⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 105| D

10/1

Decent effort in finishing 16L fifth in a big field 2m handicap hurdle at Ludlow (good) earlier this month. More needed if he is to register a second victory over hurdles.

Form: 6256-65

Duck Egg Blue²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Billy Garritty| T: L Bailey| OR: 104| CD

9/1

Finished third on her two most recent outings including when beaten 12½L over an extended 1m7f at Southwell (soft) in a novice hurdle at the start of this month. Interesting on return to handicaps.

Form: 4133

Dariya^p,t²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Tom Buckley⁽⁸⁾| T: C E Longsdon| OR: 100| D

7/1

Run well on both starts since winning over 2m at Worcester (good) in first time cheekpieces (retained since) in August. Beaten 5L at Warwick (good) last time and looks likely to run well once more.

Form: 3-F6143

Percy Thrower^v⁶^{(ex 7)}

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: Ben Godfrey⁽⁵⁾| T: S-J Davies| OR: 77| D

8/11

First start since wind surgery when breaking his maiden at the 26th time of asking in a 2m handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter (soft) last week. Visor worn for the first time that day is retained and he is a leading player despite carrying a 7lb penalty.

Form: 765981

Miss Amelia¹³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: Charlie Hammond| T: M Walford| OR: 80

11/1

Good second off a 3lb higher mark at Doncaster (good) on her most recent hurdles start in January. Winner over fences since and interesting despite disappointing on soft ground in a handicap chase at Hexham in June.

Form: 2142-46

Agentleman⁵⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: K Yeoman⁽⁷⁾| T: P Winks| OR: 75

20/1

Sole Rules victory came in a novices' handicap chase at Market Rasen (2m1f, good) in July last year. Held in recent starts including when 20L seventh at Sedgefield (2m1f, good) on hurdles return in August.

Form: 535477

Non-Runners

Musical Stardust³²

Weight: 10-10| Age: 6

T: A M Hales J: C Brace

Bob Maxwell¹⁷

Weight: 10-10| Age: 5

T: R Dickin J: Ceris Biddle

Stormbay Bomber⁵⁰

Weight: 10-4| Age: 10

T: R Menzies J: Harry Reed

Forecasts

Percy Thrower (8/11), Musical Stardust (4/1), Dariya (7/1), Duck Egg Blue (9/1), Lazarus (10/1), Stormbay Bomber (10/1), Miss Amelia (11/1), Beautiful Ben (12/1), Agentleman (20/1), Bob Maxwell (33/1)

PERCY THROWER shaped like an improved performer when winning last week and he can defy a penalty to register a victory in this conditional jockeys event. Duck Egg Blue remains open to improvement on just his second start in handicaps and he can finish runner-up ahead of Dariya who was placed over around this trip on her most recent start.