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Wednesday 24 April 2024

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TCS Recruitment Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 16:32 | Winning time: 4m 7.09s

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Captains Road⁵¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: James Best| T: C E Longsdon

33/1

Winning Irish pointer in 2022 but not seen again until pulling up on Southwell hurdle debut 51 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 60/1-P

El Bandido Pancho³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Lorcan Murtagh| T: Ben Clarke

250/1

Westerner gelding who has hinted at ability over hurdles so far but won't be of interest this side of handicapping.

Form: 87

Get The Value¹⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Nick Scholfield| T: J G M O'Shea

25/1

Fairly useful form in first 2 of his 3 starts in bumpers but there hasn't been much encouragement to be gleaned from his hurdling runs to date.

Form: 32-49

Give Me A Boom^h²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Luke Scott⁽⁵⁾| T: Dr R Newland & J Insole| OR: 111

5/2

Promise only start in bumpers during 2022 and encouraging he could build on his belated reappearance/hurdles debut run when second of 9 in a Southwell novice. Much better than result at Newcastle since and remains one to be interested in back down in trip.

Form: 5P6/223

Haarar²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Jonathan England| T: S England

40/1

Fairly useful on the Flat 28/1, first run since leaving Michael Bell when eleventh of 15 in novice hurdle at Wetherby (16f, heavy) on hurdling debut last month. Likely to be brought along gradually in this sphere.

Form: 0

Horsesomeharry²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Toby Wynne⁽³⁾| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero

20/1

Better effort over hurdles when sixth in a novice at Wetherby last time but handicaps will likely be the target, so he probably won't feature in this.

Form: P6

Independent Jimmy⁹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Peter Kavanagh⁽³⁾| T: D McCain Jnr

100/1

Related to winners over obstacles but looked green in bumpers and is likely to need more time. Others preferred.

Form: 85

Let's Sail Away⁸⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Stan Sheppard| T: T Lacey

5/2

Successful on his sole outing in points but hinted at temperament - no rarity with this family - as he failed to justify support sent hurdling 7 weeks on at Doncaster. Needs to improve plenty on that showing.

Form: 15

Record Art²³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Liam Harrison| T: R J Smith| OR: 94

100/1

80/1, first run since leaving Fergal O'Brien when third of 6 in novice hurdle at Worcester (16f, good to soft). Off 7 months. Likely to need the run and has something to find.

Form: 44-3

Skin Full¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Jack Tudor| T: D Pipe

250/1

Cost £82,000 after finishing runner-up sole in an Irish point last spring but there's been no short-term promise so far under Rules.

Form: 2-00

The Grey Man⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Benjamin Poste| T: H Dickin

9/2

Went the right way from first run to second in bumpers and ran to a similarly fair level sent hurdling after 10 weeks off when second at Ludlow (2m) 77 days ago. Solid claims.

Form: 522

Miss Maverick¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: James Davies| T: G Hanmer| OR: 105

11/4

Fair form when runner-up on second of 2 starts in bumpers. Easily best effort to date over hurdles when runner-up at Hereford 10 days ago, coming clear of the remainder. Strong claims if he she can back that up.

Form: 72-7F2

Kally Des Bruyeres⁵⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: David Dennis

250/1

£26,000 Cokoriko gelding who failed to beat a rival in a bumper at Hereford on debut and looks up against it switched to hurdling.

Form: 6

Non-Runners

Deep Strato⁶³

Weight: 11-7| Age: 6

T: D McCain Jnr J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Let's Sail Away (5/2), Give Me A Boom (5/2), Miss Maverick (11/4), The Grey Man (9/2), Horsesomeharry (20/1), Get The Value (25/1), Captains Road (33/1), Haarar (40/1), Deep Strato (50/1), Independent Jimmy (100/1), Record Art (100/1), El Bandido Pancho (250/1), Skin Full (250/1), Kally Des Bruyeres (250/1)

GIVE ME A BOOM ran well at Southwell on his penultimate outing, then shaped as if stretched by the trip at Newcastle last time, so he's worth a chance to open his account under more suitable conditions. Miss Maverick and The Grey Man are the obvious dangers.