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Sunday 29 October 2023

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Anlore Haulage & Plant Ltd Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:57 | Winning time: 3m 50.25s

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Champetre^p,t1²⁰²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Tom Cannon| T: O Signy

13/2

Fair form in bumpers for Harry Whittington last season. Has a first-time tongue tie added to his regular cheekpieces now hurdling on return.

Form: 724-

Clinton Lane¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Theo Gillard| T: Mark Gillard

33/1

Improved effort when third in a C&D maiden (soft) 10 days ago but the form is only modest.

Form: 6P-P3

Contramar

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean Houlihan| T: P Hobbs & J White

16/1

£36,000 Blue Bresil gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler It's Probably Me and poor hurdler The Wild Wild Sea. Well worth a market check.

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Lowry's Bar²⁵⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Ben Jones| T: P Hobbs & J White

2/1

Second sole start in Irish points (Feb 12). One of 3 runners for his stable and interesting to see what the betting makes of him.

Form: 2-

Panjari^h1¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Bryony Frost| T: P F Nicholls| BF

3/1

Useful on Flat (stays 1½m) in Germany. Could only manage fifth when a short-priced favourite on his Chepstow hurdle debut 16 days ago. Hood reached for on the back of that. His Flat ability suggests he could leave that opening hurdle run well behind.

Form: 5

Ticking Tom Bomb⁶³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Brendan Powell| T: J Tizzard

40/1

Unplaced on his completed start in points. Makes his hurdling debut as a 7-y-o. Best watched unless the betting strongly hints otherwise.

Form: P6/

Captain Bill²²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: David Noonan| T: N J Hawke

250/1

33/1, last of 13 in bumper at Taunton (16.5f, good to soft) on debut in March. Outsider now switching to hurdles on return.

Form: 0-

Captain Marco

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Lorcan Murtagh| T: M Hunt

100/1

Brother to hurdler Champagne Auction, stays 25f. Dam (h82) 2¼m hurdle winner, also 1¾m-2m winner on Flat. Probably best to look elsewhere.

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Perfect Nelson¹⁵³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Lorcan Williams| T: J Scott

9/4

Fair form when twice runner-up in bumpers in Ireland for Peter Fahey in May. Should be up to making his presence felt in a race like this now hurdling for a new stable.

Form: 5-22

Thurley²²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: M G Nolan| T: P Hobbs & J White

40/1

Bred to have a future but no short-term encouragement on his bumper debut in March.

Form: 0-

Guinessed¹⁹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: J E Moore| T: J & S Best

80/1

Modest form in bumpers. Makes hurdle debut after 6 months off. Best to look elsewhere.

Form: 555-

Apple Gin⁸⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Bryan Carver| T: Mrs S Gardner

150/1

Well held in maiden on Flat in 2021, only outing for Rod Millman.

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Mollie De Mai

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Gearoid Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: D Pipe

16/1

Mahler filly. Dam, winning hurdler in France, half-sister to useful dual bumper winner/fairly useful 2m hurdle winner Leave of Absence. Some paper appeal and interesting to see what the betting makes of her.

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Nomoreblackjack²²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Ben Godfrey⁽³⁾| T: Kieran Burke

100/1

Third on first of 2 start in points but achieved next to nothing when a distant fifth in a Fontwell bumper on her Rules debut 22 days ago.

Form: 3-85

Theweddingcanwait^h1,t¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: James Best| T: S Hosie

80/1

Placed in a pair of Worcester bumpers this summer (for Fergal O'Brien first occasion) but dropped away quickly when pulled up on her recent Exeter hurdle debut. Has a hood added to the tongue tie she wore on that occasion.

Form: 3-623P

Non-Runners

Siam Park²⁶⁶

Weight: 11-3| Age: 4

T: J Tizzard J: Brendan Powell

Bethpage¹⁸⁴

Weight: 10-11| Age: 5

T: Miss E C Lavelle J: Thomas Bellamy

Near Dark¹⁶

Weight: 10-11| Age: 7

T: Alexandra Dunn J: Adam Wedge

Forecasts

Lowry's Bar (2/1), Perfect Nelson (9/4), Panjari (3/1), Champetre (13/2), Siam Park (12/1), Bethpage (14/1), Contramar (16/1), Mollie De Mai (16/1), Clinton Lane (33/1), Ticking Tom Bomb (40/1), Thurley (40/1), Theweddingcanwait (80/1), Guinessed (80/1), Nomoreblackjack (100/1), Captain Marco (100/1), Near Dark (100/1), Apple Gin (150/1), Captain Bill (250/1)

Plenty of runners but not a race with much obvious depth to it so another chance can be given to useful Flat recruit PANJARI to show he can cut the mustard over hurdles. Perfect Nelson showed plenty in bumpers in Ireland and is second choice now switching to hurdles for new trainer Jeremy Scott. Irish point recruits Lowry's Bar and Siam Park are others who could have a say.