13:50 Chepstow

Sunday 9 February 2025

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Fitzdares Telephone & Text Betting 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:53 | Winning time: 5m 12.7s

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Selected odds by:

A Good Yomp⁵³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Jay Tidball⁽⁵⁾| T: Andrew Martin

250/1

Well held in bumpers and completed start over hurdles.

Form: 0-49F

As Legends Have It¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Ben Jones| T: B Pauling| OR: 113

9/4

Fairly useful form in bumpers last season, scoring at Ffos Las on his second outing. Promise when placed over hurdles at Kempton (21f) and Doncaster (19.5f) this winter and likely to figure prominently again.

Form: 33/21-23

Dyno Dave

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Freddie Gordon⁽³⁾| T: N J Henderson

15/2

Newcomer from a top yard who would enter the reckoning if the betting speaks in his favour.

Form:

Girls Best Friend⁵³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: Miss V Williams

28/1

Likely to have been placed but for unseating in sole Irish point but no short-term promise when remote fifth on 19.5f Lingfield hurdle debut in December.

Form: U/5

Junior Des Mottes¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: C Brace| T: D Brace

250/1

Fair form in bumpers back in 2023 but no promise in 2 hurdles 5 months apart.

Form: 37/4-07

Kalhandrion^t1³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: R P McLernon| T: R Hobson| OR: 109

22/1

Third hurdle start when a promising fourth of 11 at Warwick (21f, soft) in December but pulled up in a maiden at Cheltenham since. A tongue tie is added now. The Warwick form gives him a chance.

Form: 5-54P

Mad At Midnight⁵⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Miss Thomosina Eyston⁽⁷⁾| T: R Mitford-Slade

250/1

Scorpion gelding out of a 21f chase winner. Last of 6 finishers completed start in points (Dec 15). Best watched on hurdle debut.

Form: P6

Noble Recall⁵⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Harriet Tucker⁽⁷⁾| T: A Day

400/1

No promise in 2 bumpers and a maiden hurdle. Big outsider.

Form: 88-P

Pure Blue^t⁷⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Lorcan Williams| T: J Scott

66/1

Well held in a course bumper in November and can only watch now hurdling.

Form: 0

Roe And Co^t1²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: William Featherstone⁽⁷⁾| T: Jamie Snowden

18/1

Fetched £58,000 after landing a maiden point in November 2023 but had wind surgery on the back of that and, despite being prominent in the betting, proved very disappointing on his Exeter hurdle debut last month. A tongue strap is quickly reached for.

Form: C1-P

Royal Rambler²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: J J Burke| T: Miss E C Lavelle

6/1

Has a reasonable jumping pedigree and showed promise when fair third on 20.5f Leicester hurdle debut in December. Took a backward step at Ffos Las since but it's still early days.

Form: 36

Shade Of Winter^h⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams| OR: 114

6/4

All rules starts over 2m here, improving again when 2 lengths second in novice on Welsh Grand National day. Should stay this far and a bold show is on the cards.

Form: 22-32

Tokyo Tom⁹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: K Brogan| T: T Lawes

17/2

Runner-up sole start in Irish points in April. Only mid-division on his Ffos Las hurdle debut in November but likely capable of better before long.

Form: 2-8

Victor Haze²⁹³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Conor Ring| T: P C DandoWS

300/1

Well held in maiden/novice hurdles last spring. Has had wind surgery ahead of reappearance.

Form: 85-

Non-Runners

Captain Bellamy⁵³

Weight: 11-6| Age: 6

T: P F Nicholls J: Lorcan Williams

Forecasts

Shade Of Winter (6/4), As Legends Have It (9/4), Captain Bellamy (11/4), Royal Rambler (6/1), Dyno Dave (15/2), Tokyo Tom (17/2), Roe And Co (18/1), Kalhandrion (22/1), Girls Best Friend (28/1), Pure Blue (66/1), A Good Yomp (250/1), Mad At Midnight (250/1), Junior Des Mottes (250/1), Victor Haze (300/1), Noble Recall (400/1)

The Evan Williams-trained SHADE OF WINTER might prove the answer to this maiden hurdle with the longer trip a help if anything. Captain Bellamy was first past the post at Newbury last time and heads the dangers along with Ben Pauling's As Legends Have It.