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Thursday 15 June 2023

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Appliance Solutions Of Ledbury Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 20:25 | Winning time: 3m 49.8s

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Ascension Day⁴⁴⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Aidan Coleman| T: S Lycett

40/1

€6,000 3-y-o, Imperial Monarch gelding. Closely related to bumper winner/fair hurdler Payngo, stayed 3m. Didn't show much in 3 starts between the flags last spring, however.

Form: FP9/

Baileys Derbyday^h1²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: J M Quinlan| T: Miss A Murphy

12/1

Fair handicapper on Flat (stays 2m) and is a half-brother to useful hurdler Pilansberg. Still, he will need to step on his first 2 efforts in this sphere in order to play a leading role here. Hood applied.

Form: 58

Blazing Court¹⁵⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: S Bowen| T: M Keighley

40/1

Showed only poor form in a pair of bumpers and it was much the same in maiden hurdles at Southwell and Taunton during the winter. Best to look elsewhere. Yard also saddles Lantic Bay.

Form: 559P-

Evenwood Sonofagun³⁸

1/2

Made the frame on plenty of occasions when trained in Ireland and has shown ability both completed starts on these shores, too. Has undergone a wind op and he's one of the more likely winners.

Form: 022B7-5

Kenzai Warrior⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: James Davies| T: R A Teal| OR: 111

3/1

Useful sort on Flat and produced a step forward from his hurdles debut when second of 12 in novice at Taunton (16.5f, good to soft) in December. However, efforts on the level the last twice have been poor.

Form: 425-

Lantic Bay

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: James Best| T: M Keighley

50/1

Dream Eater gelding. Dam winning pointer/runner-up sole start over fences. Yard seldom strikes with newcomers but he's worth a second look in the betting all the same.

Form:

Nyoufsea^b1⁷⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Alison Clarke⁽⁷⁾| T: A Sadik| OR: 65

200/1

Poor maiden who was pulled up for the fourth time in his last 5 starts (all over fences) at Warwick at the end of March. Looks set for another struggle back hurdling, unless the addition of blinkers have a profound effect.

Form: 7P3PPP-

Thrifty Scot

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: M G Nolan| T: P Hobbs & J White

14/1

Half-brother to bumper winner Lady Valerie and represents a strong yard that can ready one first-time-out. Watch the betting for clues.

Form:

Valparaiso⁷³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: R T Dunne| T: R G Hawker

33/1

Bagged a 1½m Doncaster handicap for Marcus Tregoning in April 2021 but below par when last seen in June of that year. Wellbeing has to be taken on trust ahead of this hurdles debut for new connections.

Form:

Sobegrand²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Lewis Stones⁽³⁾| T: O Murphy

33/1

Went the wrong way following promising debut second for the Gosdens on the Flat at Kempton. Failed to make much of an impact on hurdles debut at Bangor, though, and subsequently gelded.

Form: 5

Forecasts

Evenwood Sonofagun (1/2), Kenzai Warrior (3/1), Baileys Derbyday (12/1), Thrifty Scot (14/1), Sobegrand (33/1), Valparaiso (33/1), Blazing Court (40/1), Ascension Day (40/1), Lantic Bay (50/1), Nyoufsea (200/1)

EVENWOOD SONOFAGUN and Kenzai Warrior have both shown more than enough ability to suggest that a race of this nature would be well within reach. Marginal preference is for the former, who should come on for his reappearance spin over C&D last month. Newcomer Thrifty Scot is one to note in the betting.