15:30 Market Rasen

Sunday 9 July 2023

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John Matthews Memorial Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:32 | Winning time: 4m 7.9s

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Selected odds by:

Supposedtobe¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: S Bowen| T: P & M Bowen| OR: 110

15/2

11/10, career best when winning 4-runner selling hurdle at Uttoxeter (15.8f, good to soft) 17 days ago on his final run for Noel Kelly. Much respected for his new handler.

Form: 30/6-061

Pillar Of Steel^p³⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: N de Boinville| T: Henry Oliver| OR: 107

14/1

First run since leaving John Spearing when below-par third of 4 in handicap hurdle (3/1) at Worcester (16f, good) 36 days ago. Eleven runs since last win in 2021.

Form: 64338-3

Let's Have Another^p,t1⁷³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Benjamin Poste| T: C Hobson| OR: 105| C

80/1

Course winner but pulled up in handicap hurdle at Warwick (19f, good to soft) 73 days ago, dropping away quickly. Tongue strap on for 1st time with something to prove.

Form: 17P4PP-

Adamaris¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: B S Hughes| T: A Keatley| OR: 105

6/1

Fairly useful ex-Irish 2m Flat winner. Below par on Flat for new yard at Pontefract last month but makes handicap hurdle debut now and no forlorn hope over this trip under Hughes.

Form: 6/50-

Simply Red^p²⁷¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Charlie Maggs⁽¹⁰⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 104| BF| D

9/1

Scored at Bangor in August and good fifth of 7 in handicap hurdle at Hereford (19.7f, good to firm) when last seen out 9 months ago. Needs to hit the ground running.

Form: 221225-

Saturday Song⁵⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Tom Cannon| T: A King| OR: 104

10/3

Got back on track when second of 11 in handicap hurdle at Huntingdon (19.6f, good) 59 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 83/249-2

Allbetsoff³³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: M Walford| OR: 103

11/4

Career best when winning 9-runner handicap hurdle at Southwell (15.8f, good to soft) 33 days ago, responding well. That form has been franked so he merits serious consideration.

Form: 34P3-61

Sisterandbrother^h,t³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: H Cobden| T: M F Harris| OR: 103

13/2

Modest Flat winner. Got off the mark in this sphere at Huntingdon in May before creditable third of 5 in handicap hurdle at Fakenham (16f, good to firm) 35 days ago. Can go well again.

Form: 3-13

Chasamax^p²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Cillin Leonard⁽⁵⁾| T: S-J Davies| OR: 102

80/1

Three-time winner in this sphere for Nicky Henderson but ended time with that yard below par and has continued in the same vein for current stable. Others appeal more.

Form: 69PP-95

Seaborough¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: James Davies| T: D Shaw| OR: 92| D

25/1

Scored at Uttoxeter in September. Off 8 months before coming in last of 8 in Flat handicap at Leicester 10 days ago. Switches to hurdles and no surprise to see him bounce back.

Form: 331635-

Pateen^t,v²²

Age: 11| Weight: 10-10| J: Aaron Anderson⁽⁵⁾| T: J Bedi| OR: 92| CD

12/1

Scored at Hexham in May but only eighth of 12 in handicap hurdle there 22 days ago. This C&D winner needs to get back on track.

Form: 5572-18

Sehayli³⁹⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 10-5| J: Patrick Cowley⁽³⁾| T: L Morgan| OR: 87

50/1

9/2, first run since leaving Richard Hawker when fair sixth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Southwell (15.8f, good). Off 13 months with his fitness to prove.

Form: 1110P/6-

Forecasts

Allbetsoff (11/4), Saturday Song (10/3), Adamaris (6/1), Sisterandbrother (13/2), Supposedtobe (15/2), Simply Red (9/1), Pateen (12/1), Pillar Of Steel (14/1), Seaborough (25/1), Sehayli (50/1), Chasamax (80/1), Let's Have Another (80/1)

ALLBETSOFF arrives on the back of a career-best success at Southwell and with that form working out well he is fancied to follow up. In-form Saturday Song and Sisterandbrother appeal as the pair to give Mark Walford's 7-y-o most to do and can chase him home in that order.