13:15 Kempton

Monday 3 May 2021

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VBET Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:16 | Winning time: 3m 43.05s

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Selected odds by:

Bombyx^p1²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Corey McGivern⁽¹⁰⁾| T: L Wadham| OR: 122| D

11/2

Useful on Flat for James Fanshawe. Won on Huntingdon hurdle debut after absence in March but failed to build on that when only third at Newbury 10 days later. Out of depth in Grade 1 latest.

Form: 13P-

Grisbi De Berce²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Tom Cannon| T: A King| OR: 121| D

10/3

Off 5 months, improved when winning 2m Huntingdon novice (good) 21 days ago. Did that in the style of one who likely has more to offer.

Form: 7/561-

Confab²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: T J O'Brien| T: George Baker

250/1

Modest maiden on Flat (stays 1½m). Outsider on hurdle debut.

Form:

Emojie²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: Jane Chapple-Hyam

250/1

Well held in a bumper back in spring 2019. Poor maiden on the Flat since and no promise on recent Huntingdon hurdle debut.

Form: 9/0-

Flinteur Sacre^h⁹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: N de Boinville| T: N J Henderson| BF| CD

11/2

Brother to Sprinter Sacre and easily won course bumper early in 2020. Hasn't lived up to expectations in 2 attempts over hurdles but it's clearly still very early days.

Form: 21/40-

The Throstles³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: K Frost

66/1

Fair on Flat (stays 10.5f). Ought to be sharper for a reappearance run at Doncaster but he does make his hurdle debut in what looks a warm race. Best watched.

Form:

Voice Of Calm²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Brendan Powell| T: Miss E C Lavelle| D

17/2

Fair Flat winner (stays 1¼m) for Harry Dunlop and has taken well to hurdling, winning at Warwick (2m) 22 days ago. Potential for better again but more will be needed to follow up.

Form: 51-

Word Of Honour²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Matthew Batchelor| T: S Curran

200/1

Modest performer on the Flat who made an inauspicious start over hurdles when well behind Voice of Calm at Warwick recently.

Form: 0-

Ajax Tavern¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: T Scudamore| T: M Scudamore

50/1

Fairly useful on Flat but well held on hurdle/yard debut at Musselburgh on New Year's Day. Also well beaten in a Newbury Flat handicap recently (first run after wind surgery).

Form: 8-

Ocho Grande⁷³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Daniel Hiskett⁽³⁾| T: R T Phillips

150/1

Modest/temperamental maiden on Flat. Big outsider now hurdling.

Form:

Paso Doble⁶⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Bryony Frost| T: P F Nicholls

10/11

Fairly useful Flat winner (stays 1¾m) for Jim Bolger. Made a very encouraging start to hurdle career when third in Grade 2 Adonis over C&D in February. Very much the one to beat.

Form: 3-

Non-Runners

Restandbethankful¹³⁸

Weight: 11-0| Age: 5

T: O Murphy J: Adrian Heskin

Forecasts

Paso Doble (10/11), Grisbi De Berce (10/3), Restandbethankful (4/1), Bombyx (11/2), Flinteur Sacre (11/2), Voice Of Calm (17/2), Ajax Tavern (50/1), The Throstles (66/1), Ocho Grande (150/1), Word Of Honour (200/1), Confab (250/1), Emojie (250/1)

A few promising sorts in this line-up but it's still hard to ignore the claims of PASO DOBLE, who made a very good start over hurdles in the Adonis here at the end of February and appeals as one who should do very well in novice hurdles this season. Restandbethankful also has plenty of potential and he can follow the selection home ahead of Grisbi de Berce.