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Monday 10 August 2020

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Final Furlong Podcast Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 17:21 | Winning time: 5m 7.14s

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Londonia^t²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Kielan Woods| T: D Killahena & G McPherson| OR: 105

17/2

Reasonably competitive over C&D in the past (June 2018), but wasn't in the same league as the runaway winner For Pleasure (Buonarotti Boy third) at Stratford (2m½f, good) three weeks ago.

Form: 63634/2

Buonarotti Boy^p²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: C Brace⁽³⁾| T: Mrs S Leech| OR: 105

22/1

Sole win came for Gordon Elliott at Kilbeggan (2m, good) in June 2016; remote third (Londonia second) to the emphatic winner For Pleasure at Stratford (2m½f, good) three weeks ago.

Form: 56376/3

Dariya^p,t³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: B S Hughes| T: C E Longsdon| OR: 104WS

8/1

Broadly reliable over hurdles despite winning just once in 12 starts (at Worcester in August 2019); was beaten in excess of 6½L when fifth to Perfect City at Uttoxeter (2m, good) five weeks ago; stamina in question at 2m4f.

Form: 43273-5

Mystic Court^h¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: N de Boinville| T: B Pauling| OR: 103| D

8/1

Raced keenly (weakened late) on his recent comeback run at Uttoxeter (2m4f, good); is feasibly weighted from an easing handicap mark for a stable among the winners of late; can't be discounted.

Form: 31FP0-6

Etat Major Aulmes³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: G Sheehan| T: O Signy| OR: 102

4/1

Made a winning start in handicap company (given a positive ride by Gavin Sheehan) at Newton Abbot (2m5½f, good) last month; the placed horses in that race have run okay since, so a 5lb rise probably isn't onerous; chance.

Form: 688U-1

Chief Brody^p²⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: Adam Wedge| T: G Harris| OR: 102

22/1

1-21 career; easing in the weights, albeit is still 7lb above his 'winning' mark; finished in the mid-division at Uttoxeter (2m4f, good) 25 days ago.

Form: 728/44-6

No Regrets²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Craig Nichol| T: N G Richards| OR: 99| BF

7/2

Kept on for pressure (well backed) when finishing third to Harbour Force at Perth (2m4f, good) three weeks ago; remains unexposed as a handicapper, and is in safe hands with Nicky Richards; more interesting than the vast majority.

Form: 4/4678-3

Camlad Kingfisher²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Jamie Bargary| T: S-J Davies| OR: 92

28/1

Displayed a pleasing attitude when scoring at Uttoxeter (2m, good) last summer, but has had plenty of chances since without necessarily excelling; finished sixth of 12 to Bartholomew J (runs earlier) over 2m here latest.

Form: 14456-6

Cybalko^t¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Jonathan England| T: S England| OR: 91| BF

13/2

Maiden (0-16); kept busy in recent weeks; raced over-enthusiastically when a beaten favourite at Market Rasen (2m4½f, good) a fortnight ago; has previous course form linked with Camlad Kingfisher and Grand Enterprise.

Form: 6/654-45

Emily Webb¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Harry Bannister| T: A M Hales| OR: 91

12/1

Maiden (0-11); has shown her 'best form' at Market Rasen (2m2½f-2m4½f), including when a remote third (20-1) to Talkingpicturestv a fortnight ago; others more convincing.

Form: 5652-73

Sixties Star¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: J Kington| T: C W Fairhurst| OR: 87

25/1

13-race maiden who continues to fall sharply down the handicap; shouldn't prove capable of troubling a few of these rivals on the basis of recent evidence; very difficult to fancy.

Form: 7567-86

Hurricane Rita^p¹⁷⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 10-6| J: Adrian Heskin| T: C R Dore| OR: 85| C| D

40/1

Mixes hurdling with chasing; won fresh over fences here last summer (made all), but well beaten in a Fakenham selling hurdle (2m, soft) when last in competitive action; thought likeliest to get loose off the front end.

Form: 1626P9-

Sincerely Resdev^p¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: Thomas Dowson| T: P A Kirby| OR: 84| D

50/1

Broke his duck (now 1-24) when making virtually all in a divided Class 5 handicap hurdle at Sedgefield (2m4f, soft) in February; should strip fitter for a recent Flat spin at Pontefract (40-1); faces plenty of competition for the lead.

Form: 856317-

Sehayli^t²⁵²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-3| J: Alain Cawley| T: J Farrelly| OR: 82

80/1

22-race maiden; impossible to fancy on the basis of form shown in 2018 and 2019; virtually needs a miracle off a 252-day absence.

Form: 906/6P8-

Grand Enterprise^p,t²⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: Sean Quinlan| T: H Hogarth| OR: 79

12/1

Lowly-rated veteran (1-32 over hurdles); finished seventh at odds of 50-1 (behind today's rivals Cybalko and Camlad Kingfisher) over 2m here (good) four weeks ago.

Form: 2U287-7

Non-Runners

Molliana⁶

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: N P Mulholland J: R T Dunne

Forecasts

No Regrets (7/2), Etat Major Aulmes (4/1), Cybalko (13/2), Molliana (13/2), Dariya (8/1), Mystic Court (8/1), Londonia (17/2), Grand Enterprise (12/1), Emily Webb (12/1), Chief Brody (22/1), Buonarotti Boy (22/1), Sixties Star (25/1), Camlad Kingfisher (28/1), Hurricane Rita (40/1), Sincerely Resdev (50/1), Sehayli (80/1)

A fast pace is predicted with the likes of Hurricane Rita, Sincerely Resdev and Etat Major Aulmes all capable of adopting front-running tactics. It was a red-letter day for Oliver Signy when his 6yo made a winning start to life at this level at Newton Abbot last month, and he should be positively involved (from a 5lb higher mark) along with the mare Molliana. However, we'll elect to side with the Nicky Richards-trained NO REGRETS. Arguably his hurdling technique was detrimental to his chances when strong in the market on handicap debut at Perth (2m4f) three weeks ago, but in very safe hands he makes more appeal than the vast majority.