20:10 Southwell

Wednesday 22 May 2024

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Get The Inside Track With raceday-ready.com Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 20:10 | Winning time: 5m 46.09s

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Indian Sunbird²¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Tom Midgley⁽³⁾| T: Sara Ender| OR: 93

80/1

Produced one his better efforts over timber when fifth of 11 in novice hurdle at Wetherby (19.7f, good) but he'll need to defy more to defy this mark pitched back into a handicap after 7 months off.

Form: 38/4FU5-

Jaxonne¹⁰^{(ex 7)}

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 81

2/1

Landed a gamble in dominant fashion when winning 10-runner handicap hurdle at Ludlow (21.2f, good to firm, 9/4) 10 days ago. Certain to improve further and sets a high standard under a penalty.

Form: 0/8904-1

Knacker Trapper⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Charlie Maggs⁽⁷⁾| T: A Crook| OR: 86| CD

5/4

Left previous efforts well behind when landing a 12-runner C&D handicap hurdle (17/2, good to soft) under this claimer 8 days ago. Escapes a penalty for that success and should make his presence felt.

Form: 850V7-1

Huit Reflets¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: M Walford| OR: 85

13/2

Ex-Irish gelding returned to form on his second start for the yard when third of 12 in handicap hurdle at Sedgefield (16.8f, good, 7/1) 12 days ago. Place claims back up in trip.

Form: 70663-3

Hiero Sport¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Bryan Carver| T: A M Hales| OR: 82

13/2

Runner-up on his sole start in bumpers and proved a different proposition then in 2 starts over hurdles in the autumn when fourth of 11 in novice hurdle at this course (15.8f, good) 15 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut from workable mark.

Form: 2/3P-4

Eric Carmen¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-5| J: R T Dunne| T: G Hanmer| OR: 72

14/1

Ran better than for a while when 14¼ lengths fifth of 10 to My Virtue in novice event at Southwell last time but overall profile remains unconvincing and it's easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 2/PPP7-5

Non-Runners

Blazing Court²⁹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: M Keighley J: S Bowen

Zoran⁴²

Weight: 11-9| Age: 7

T: Miss E C Lavelle J: Thomas Bellamy

Luckie Money¹⁸⁷

Weight: 11-2| Age: 8

T: J Candlish J: Sean Quinlan

The Dark Edge²⁷

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: C E Longsdon J: Lily Pinchin

We Gotta Getaway¹⁵⁶

Weight: 11-0| Age: 7

T: D Killahena & G McPherson J: Kielan Woods

Rafferty⁷⁹

Weight: 10-11| Age: 10

T: L Morgan J: Adam Wedge

Etoile Brillante²⁷⁴

Weight: 10-5| Age: 6

T: M Wigham J: Aaron Anderson

Forecasts

Knacker Trapper (5/4), Jaxonne (2/1), Huit Reflets (13/2), Hiero Sport (13/2), The Dark Edge (7/1), Zoran (8/1), Eric Carmen (14/1), We Gotta Getaway (16/1), Blazing Court (16/1), Rafferty (33/1), Luckie Money (33/1), Etoile Brillante (50/1), Indian Sunbird (80/1)

Hard to get away from last-time-out winners JAXONNE and Knacker Trapper, with narrow preference for the O'Neill-trained gelding, who was hard held when scoring at Ludlow last week. Handicap-newcomer Hiero Sport can complete the placings.