16:25 Wincanton

Thursday 19 January 2017

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Higos Insurance Services Crewkerne 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 16:25 | Winning time: 3m 53.70s

Black Mischief²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: N D Fehily| T: H Fry

2/1

Finished third on all three bumpers starts and looks the type to improve now sent hurdling. His trainer has his string in excellent form recently with 14 day stats of 6/19 (32% strike-rate).

Form: 3/33F-

Garde Forestier^t³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Kevin Jones⁽⁵⁾| T: C Whittaker

100/1

Soundly beaten at this track on NH debut last month and needs to show plenty more to be involved here. Unlikely to make an impact until send handicapping.

Form:

Soulsaver³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: N P Madden| T: A J Honeyball

66/1

Shown very little in two bumper starts and three hurdle runs. Trainer has a poor record at track with his hurdle runners.

Form: 8/00052-

Tikkinthebox^h1,t1¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Matt Griffiths| T: J Scott

50/1

Little promise in his four runs to date unlikely to be involved in the business end of this contest.

Form: 709

Monsieur Co^t1⁷³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Harry Cobden⁽³⁾| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 141

4/9

Shown plenty of promise in France and moves to the champion trainer with a relatively price tag over his head (£155,000). Trainer has an impressive 45% strike-rate at the track over hurdles in the last couple of seasons.

Form: 147621

Dites Rien³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: S Corby⁽³⁾| T: N P Mulholland

33/1

Didn't show much on NH debut last month and trainer only has an average record at the track in recent times (4/67 - 6% strike-rate).

Form: 45733-3

Fleur Du Weld⁴⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 10-11| J: James Banks| T: Miss G Haywood

80/1

Disappointed on both hurdle starts to date and would need to take a huge step forward to be even remotely involved here.

Form: 0PP63-

Non-Runners

Hidden Cargo³⁷

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: A King J: Wayne Hutchinson

Forecasts

Monsieur Co (4/9), Hidden Cargo (7/4), Black Mischief (2/1), Dites Rien (33/1), Tikkinthebox (50/1), Soulsaver (66/1), Fleur Du Weld (80/1), Garde Forestier (100/1)

Paul Nicholls looks to have found an easy enough opening to introduce MONSIEUR CO into the hurdling fray and it would be disappointing should this French recruit not make a winning start to his new life here. Black Mischief looks the only serious threat to the Nicholls horse and the recent form of Harry Fry means the Nicholls horse may not get things completely his own way. Dites Rien may come out the best of the remainder. 1. Monsieur Co 2. Black Mischief 3. Dites Rien