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Tuesday 31 January 2017

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Bostin²⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Tom Cannon| T: D C O'Brien| OR: 98

33/1

Plenty to prove here both with regard to his ability to handles these conditions and also that he retains the ability that saw him win a Plumpton handicap hurdle in April 2015. Second start back after a lengthy absence and seems best watched.

Form: 074371-

Good Man Hughie⁶³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: J E Moore| T: G & J Moore| OR: 95

7/2

Yard's runners always respected here, though this one failed to complete on his first start for this trainer in November. Won a PTP, so stamina unlikely to be an issue, while sire has plenty of winners on testing ground, so a market check is very much advised.

Form: 60005-P

Reddington⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Alan Johns⁽³⁾| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 94

16/1

Has failed to declare too much of an interest in proceedings when going off at 100/1 or bigger in three moderate contests. Has been allotted a workable mark by the handicapper, though on balance he looks worth opposing.

Form: 80

Peterpanopirateman¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: Max Kendrick⁽⁷⁾| T: B I Case| OR: 94

10/1

Made the frame on heavy ground over a similar trip at Wetherby 14 months ago but off the track from then until failing to complete at Warwick a fortnight ago. Sliding mark will makes things easier but we need to see something from him before he can be recommended.

Form: 0F38/3-P

Spillers Dream^p⁴²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: T Dowling⁽⁷⁾| T: B Barr| OR: 90

20/1

Dual point-to-point winner, though 0-11 under rules so far and not difficult to take on both on recent form and in these conditions.

Form: 4P3UP0

Willshebetrying²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Kieron Edgar⁽³⁾| T: M R Hoad| OR: 88

13/2

Made the frame here in a heavy ground novices' hurdle on one of his spells with Jim Best. Sliding down the weights, but no encouragement shown recently and taken on.

Form: 4/F345-5

Daytime Ahead²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Jack Sherwood⁽³⁾| T: S Hodgson| OR: 87

10/1

In context, her run here last time over C&D (heavy) was a reasonable effort. Dropped 2lb plus the further 3lb claim of the useful Jack Sherwood to deduct and she may well be in the reckoning today.

Form: 466164-

Sea The Springs^p³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: R Johnson| T: M Roberts| OR: 84

4/1

Has to prove himself on ground this testing. If able to reproduce his Warwick effort from a couple of years ago he would have claims, but only subsequent runs of note have been on good ground.

Form: 372752-

Denny Kerrell^p1,t1²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Daniel Sansom⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J W Mullins| OR: 83

7/1

Has yet to make the frame in eight starts, is unproven on forecast heavy ground and has shown nothing in three handicap runs so far, so readily taken on.

Form: 094063-

Up Four It^h²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-8| J: Matthew Batchelor| T: P Butler| OR: 80

5/1

Broke his maiden at this ripe old age when scoring here last time over C&D (heavy). 5lb rise for that but has been competitive from this mark before and could again be in the mix.

Form: 28-2441

Fidelity²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: David Noonan⁽³⁾| T: J A Geake| OR: 69

16/1

Need a good calculator to add up how far he has been beaten in nine races to date and not tricky to look elsewhere on this, his first run on heavy.

Form: P57335-

Non-Runners

Landscape³⁶

Weight: 11-3| Age: 9

T: D Steele J: G Sheehan

Forecasts

Good Man Hughie (7/2), Sea The Springs (4/1), Up Four It (5/1), Willshebetrying (13/2), Denny Kerrell (7/1), Daytime Ahead (10/1), Peterpanopirateman (10/1), Fidelity (16/1), Reddington (16/1), Landscape (16/1), Spillers Dream (20/1), Bostin (33/1)

A way below average affair where we will suggest DAYTIME AHEAD to come good at the main expense of Good Man Hughie and Up Four It. The selection ran well enough last time to suggest that with this lighter load to contend with, she might just sneak home in front. 1. Daytime Ahead 2. Good Man Hughie 3. Up Four It