12:32 Fontwell

Thursday 26 December 2024

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Stay Safe Players At BetMGM Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 12:32 | Winning time: 4m 44.65s

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Hors Jeu^t²²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: R Patrick| T: C Boultbee-Brooks| D

6/1

Fairly useful form over hurdles in France in May, winning at Moulins and second at Auteuil. Sets a good standard for a novice like this and seems sure to go well if ready to roll.

Form: 4-12

Kalium⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Alan Johns| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 121

5/6

Winning debut in a Killarney bumper in May and has made a good start over hurdles for new yard, chasing home promising one at Ludlow before getting the job done in good style at Wetherby. Can improve further.

Form: 121

Andashan¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Rex Dingle| T: C Gordon| BF

4/1

Made a winning bumper debut at Kempton in February and bettered that form when third of 20 in a valuable event at Newbury 6 weeks later. Well backed but got no further than the first on last week's hurdles debut at Plumpton. Clearly retains potential.

Form: 13-U

Ballela Blaze¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Philip Armson⁽³⁾| T: T Gallagher

200/1

Easy winner sole start in Irish points in March 2023 but just modest form in a bumper 4 months later and offered little sent hurdling at Southwell on comeback last week.

Form: 1/7-0

Beauld As Brass⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: James Davies| T: George Baker

100/1

Fair handicapper on Flat (stays 11f), good second last week despite losing many lengths at start. Has plenty of quirks so hard to predict how he'll take to hurdling.

Form:

Pearl's Pirate²⁷³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Caoilin Quinn| T: G & J Moore

11/1

Offered something to work on despite looking badly in need of experience in March bumper here that the yard has farmed over the years. One to note now hurdling.

Form: 3-

Sanitiser³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Rob Hargreaves⁽⁷⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 100| BF

5/1

A fairly useful handicapper on the Flat and having finished a good second over C&D he readily opened his hurdling account in 5-runner handicap at Kempton (2m) last month. Not in the same form at Fakenham a week later, however.

Form: 232213

Polly Pi³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Conor Ring| T: Evan Williams

150/1

Shaped with promise in both bumper starts but looks a longer-term project over hurdles.

Form: 6400

Xyle Enki⁸⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: Harry Kimber| T: R Walford| OR: 105

33/1

Fair hurdler/chaser, successful on 2 of her 3 starts over fences early in 2022/23. Long absence to overcome but in-form yard can ready one and she's worth a look returning over hurdles on these terms.

Form: 301214/

Non-Runners

Dance And Glance²⁸

Weight: 11-9| Age: 4

T: A J Honeyball J: Jack Tudor

Malinificent²¹

Weight: 11-2| Age: 4

T: W Greatrex J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Kalium (5/6), Andashan (4/1), Malinificent (9/2), Sanitiser (5/1), Dance And Glance (5/1), Hors Jeu (6/1), Pearl's Pirate (11/1), Xyle Enki (33/1), Beauld As Brass (100/1), Polly Pi (150/1), Ballela Blaze (200/1)

Quite a deep-looking novice, with KALIUM fancied to take another step forward and make it 2-3 over hurdles. He showed a good attitude for a lightly-raced hurdler when scoring at Wetherby and seems sure to win more races. French recruit Hors Jeu sets a decent standard if ready to roll, while Andashan remains with potential despite his Plumpton mishap.