17:00 Huntingdon

Wednesday 13 March 2024

All13:1013:5014:3015:1015:5016:3017:00

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Off time: 17:40 | Winning time: 4m 4.04s

Ballywite

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Fergus Gillard| T: D Skelton

9/1

Sholokhov gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner/fair hurdler Ballyglass. Dam unraced half-sister to smart hurdler/high-class chaser (winner up to 3¼m) Blaklion. Respected newcomer.

Form:

French Symphony⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Ben Jones| T: B Pauling

13/8

Winning pointer who stepped forward from his Rules debut when third in an 18-runner bumper at Doncaster 63 days ago. Should give this a good go from the front.

Form: 33

Got A Dream¹⁶⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: David Noonan| T: Nicky Martin

40/1

Getaway gelding who came in fifth of 9 in bumper at Warwick (16f, good, 10/1) on debut 5 months ago. Can build on it.

Form: 5

Jackpot D'ainay⁶¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: S Bowen| T: O Murphy

15/8

Half-brother to bumper winner Grand du Nord and showed something to work on when fourth of 6 at Wincanton a couple of months ago. Likely to better that.

Form: 4

Little Big Kev³⁰⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Finn Lambert⁽⁵⁾| T: R T Phillips

11/1

€24,000 3-y-o, £60,000 4-y-o, Youmzain gelding. Dam unraced sister to fair 2½m hurdle winner Sean Hogan. Runner-up sole start in Irish points (May 2023). Notable Rules newcomer.

Form: 2

Locked On²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: Jack Jones

100/1

Brother to bumper winner but not a great deal of encouragement at Southwell first time out.

Form: 6

Lumi Plugin²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: N F Houlihan| T: G & J Moore

14/1

Showed ability both starts in bumpers but longer trips are what he wants, so this might not provide a stiff enough test.

Form: 53

Star Artist

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: David Bass| T: H Morrison

11/2

Telescope gelding. Half-brother to dual bumper winners Our Jester and Urban Artist. Dam (b102), bumper winner, also 1¼m-1½m winner who stayed 1¾m on Flat. Bred to do well in this sphere and worth taking a chance on.

Form:

Non-Runners

John Balliol⁴⁵

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: George Baker J: Non Runner

Walden

Weight: 10-9| Age: 4

T: T H Weston J: Non Runner

Forecasts

French Symphony (13/8), Jackpot D'ainay (15/8), Star Artist (11/2), Ballywite (9/1), Little Big Kev (11/1), Lumi Plugin (14/1), Got A Dream (40/1), John Balliol (50/1), Walden (50/1), Locked On (100/1)

Two of STAR ARTIST's relatives have won bumpers for the same connections and this isn't the strongest race to be starting out in, so he's worth chancing on debut. French Symphony is the pick of those with experience and Ballywite is another notable newcomer on paper.

Previous Winners

2023

Supremely West

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 5

J: Charlie Hammond | T: Dr R Newland & J Insole

3/1

Prize Money

1st: £2,178.002nd: £1,004.003rd: £502.004th: £251.00