17:35 Stratford

Monday 9 March 2020

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Off time: 17:35 | Winning time: 4m 12.7s

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Eaton Collina⁵⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J E Moore| T: Kerry Lee

25/1

Milan gelding bought for €85,000 at the sales. Dam an unraced daughter of Presenting. Never troubling the leaders on debut in a Warwick bumper on soft ground when last seen in January. Others make more appeal.

Form: 9

Get Bye

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Burke| T: T R George

13/2

Newcomer by Getaway out of a stoutly bred Oscar mare. Half-brother won a 3m point and he too will likely excel in staying chases down the line. Market likely to be best guide on debut.

Form:

Grandads Cottage¹¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: R Johnson| T: O Murphy| BF

7/2

Gelding by Shantou. Third of seven beaten 10L on debut in a Uttoxeter heavy ground bumper when last seen in November. One of three in the race for talented yard.

Form: 1-3

Grumpy Charley^t1¹³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: T Scudamore| T: D Pipe| DWS

3/1

Shirocco gelding. Pleasing debut run at Exeter last April on final start for previous connections before an encouraging effort on stable debut at the Cheltenham October meeting. Market likely to be the best guide on first run since wind-op.

Form: 13-6

Hallowed Star²⁶²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: B S Hughes| T: J J Hanlon

16/1

Gelding by Sea The Stars out of a Dalakhani mare. Cost 110,000gns as a foal but failed to make the cut for Godolphin. Last of five on debut in a Down Royal bumper last June. Makes for an interesting Irish challenge in this contest.

Form: 5

Kala Noire⁷²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: S Thomas

28/1

Kalanisi gelding fourth of eight in ordinary Huntingdon bumper two years ago and best watched here having not been seen since.

Form: 4/

Staithes³⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: N de Boinville| T: N J Henderson

10/3

Winner of a point-to-point 12 months ago. The gelding out of a Beneficial mare is likely to be popular in the market as he makes delayed debut in this contest for well respected connections.

Form: 1-

Achy Breaky Heart^t1³²³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: J M Quinlan| T: R DickinWS

33/1

Daughter of Milan out of a Needle Gun mare. Cost £26,000 at the Cheltenham sales in April last year. Winner of a couple of point-to-point starts last year and worth a check in the market on rules debut and first run since wind-op.

Form: 311-

Hunny Moon

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: P J Brennan| T: F O'Brien

8/1

£24,000 daughter of Flemensfirth who is related to three bumper winners including Skint who went on to land eight races. Worth a check in the market representing yard with a 19% s/r (7/36) with their bumpers this term.

Form:

Tibbie Dunbar⁸²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: Ben Jones⁽³⁾| T: W S Kittow

8/1

Poet's Voice filly. Dam a winner over middle distances, half-sister to Italian Oaks winner Sand Zabeel. Encouraging fourth of 13 beaten 12½L on debut in a Newbury bumper when last seen in December.

Form: 4

Non-Runners

African Dance²⁴

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: O Murphy J: Adrian Heskin

Captain Biggles¹⁰³

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: O Murphy J: David England

Rock The House³⁰

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: O Murphy J: Lewis Stones

Isobel Bleu³⁵⁴

Weight: 10-11| Age: 5

T: James Grassick J: L Treadwell

Forecasts

Grumpy Charley (3/1), Staithes (10/3), Grandads Cottage (7/2), Get Bye (13/2), Hunny Moon (8/1), Tibbie Dunbar (8/1), African Dance (10/1), Rock The House (12/1), Hallowed Star (16/1), Captain Biggles (20/1), Eaton Collina (25/1), Kala Noire (28/1), Achy Breaky Heart (33/1), Isobel Bleu (200/1)

Trainer Nicky Henderson's only runner of the day on the eve of the Cheltenham festival, STAITHES can win on rules debut for the Seven Barrows handler and owners Cheveley Park Stud. The five-year-old should have too much for his nearest rivals who are expected to be a couple of runners for the Olly Murphy stable in the Shirocco gelding African Dance and Grandads Cottage in the colours of John Hales. Grumpy Charlie on his second start for trainer David Pipe and the Stuart Kittow-trained Tibbie Dunbar are others to consider.