15:05 Wincanton

Wednesday 2 March 2022

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Off time: 15:05 | Winning time: 4m 2.1s

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Selected odds by:

Captain Claude¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Ben Godfrey⁽³⁾| T: A J Honeyball

50/1

Fitted with a tongue tie and got off the mark in a weak bumper at Ffos Las in January, but has finished well held on both starts over hurdles. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 58198

Card Dealer²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Tom Cannon| T: C Gordon

10/3

Fair in bumpers and showed ability under a considerate ride when fifth at Newbury (16.3f) on hurdles debut. Failed to build on that next time but it's still early days.

Form: 3-33755

Logan's Choice^t³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Conor Ring⁽³⁾| T: N Lampard| OR: 51

300/1

Failed to complete first 3 starts in this sphere and recent efforts have offered no encouragement going forward. Easily ignored.

Form: VPU-P00

Name In Lights⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Brendan Powell| T: C L Tizzard| OR: 112

11/10

Showed plenty when second on Sandown hurdle debut in November and quickly got back on track when a close third over this C&D just under 6 weeks ago. Remains capable of better so shortlisted.

Form: 4-283

Point Him Out⁵⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: Miss E C Lavelle

12/1

Fairly useful at up to 9f on the Flat in the US and hinted at ability after 6 months off when sixth of 9 on hurdles bow at Plumpton (15.9f, soft) a couple of months ago. Step forward needed.

Form: 6

Stormin Crossgales^h,t1²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: J J Burke| T: T R George

4/1

Pulled too hard in a pair of bumpers at Exeter but showed fair form under a change of tactics when runner-up on hurdles bow over C&D last month. Tongue tie goes on with the usual hood.

Form: 3-762

Think For A Minit⁶³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: M G Nolan| T: J W Mullins

100/1

Pulled up 2 out in introductory event at Newbury (16.3f, soft) on NH debut 9 weeks ago.

Form: P

Toronto^h¹⁷¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Angus Cheleda⁽⁵⁾| T: B Barr

40/1

Fairly useful on Flat but failed to make much of an impact when sixth on sole start for Charlie Fellowes. Sold for £13,000 and worth a market check ahead of this hurdles debut/reappearance.

Form:

Codebook²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: James Davies| T: Joe Ponting

80/1

Fair maiden at best on Flat for Mark Johnston (barely stays 1½m) but little to shout about or current yard. Best watched on hurdles debut.

Form:

Harlem Soul¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: H Cobden| T: C L Tizzard

11/2

Fair 12f scorer on Flat for Mark Johnston. Gelded and hinted at promsie when fifth over C&D on hurdles bow but failed to make an impact in juvenile event at Fontwell next time. Has since moved yards.

Form: 54

Non-Runners

Boombawn⁹⁶

Weight: 11-3| Age: 5

T: D Skelton J: Harry Skelton

Chadlington Lad²⁷

Weight: 10-7| Age: 4

T: B Pauling J: Kielan Woods

Forecasts

Name In Lights (11/10), Boombawn (11/8), Card Dealer (10/3), Stormin Crossgales (4/1), Harlem Soul (11/2), Point Him Out (12/1), Chadlington Lad (33/1), Toronto (40/1), Captain Claude (50/1), Codebook (80/1), Think For A Minit (100/1), Logan's Choice (300/1)

Not as competitive as the numbers suggest with BOOMBAWN selected to come out on top and build on a couple of third-placed efforts at Newbury in November. He's a scopey type and, fresh from a 3-month break, Dan Skelton's charge will take all the beating. Name In Lights is surely going to make a significantly better chaser but he's feared most, ahead of Stormin Crossgales.