17:20 Taunton

Tuesday 21 February 2017

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UB40 In Concert Here 11th June Standard NH Flat Race (Conditionals And Amateurs)

Off time: 17:20 | Winning time: 4m 4.05s

If The Cap Fits⁸⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr M Legg⁽⁵⁾| T: H Fry

5/2

Sent off favourite and proved to be the ready winner of a Plumpton bumper at the end of November. Leading yard have a 25% (3/12) strike rate in bumpers here in recent years.

Form: 1

Air Approach

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: W Featherstone⁽⁵⁾| T: Tim Vaughan

28/1

Cost 6,500gns as a two-year-old in October 2014 and a half-brother to winning hurdler Magic Skyline. Hails from a yard better known for its hurdle and chase winners.

Form: 66

Casterly Rock

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean Houlihan⁽⁷⁾| T: P Hobbs & J White

7/1

Expensive (95,000 Euros) store horse who's dam won over both hurdles and fences. Represents a stable with a 16% strike rate in these races at this track in recent seasons (3/19) including when taking this event with a useful horse in 2014.

Form: 9

Italian River

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr Joshua Newman⁽⁷⁾| T: P Gundry

22/1

Unraced Milan gelding who's dam won over fences in 2010. Yard has had just two bumper runners at this track in recent years.

Form: 7

Justice Knight^h³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Tom Cheesman⁽⁵⁾| T: M Scudamore

50/1

Well held in two bumper outings to date including when finishing mid-division at Warwick last month. May appreciate the better ground he'll encounter here.

Form:

My Story³⁰³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: S Corby⁽³⁾| T: N P Mulholland

3/1

Expensive purchase (90,000 Euros) having looked the most likely winner when being left clear to win a point-to-point on debut at Dromahane in April 2016. Had a couple of subsequent winners in behind on that occasion, including a 122 rated hurdler and interesting to see how he fares for his new yard here.

Form: 14-

Or De Vassy¹⁰³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Bridget Andrews⁽³⁾| T: D Skelton

3/1

Placed twice on good ground in bumpers last Autumn including when one place behind subsequent dual winner Dubai Angel at Southwell on debut and represents a yard who have a 26% (8/31) strike rate in recent weeks.

Form: 322

Formal Request^t²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Mr R W J Stoneman⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs S Gardner

150/1

Well held in a tongue tie when last of 14 runners in a soft ground Warwick bumper last month and needs to step up a lot on that to figure here.

Form:

Ouro Branco¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: C Gethings⁽⁵⁾| T: N J Hawke

20/1

Unraced Kapgarde four-year-old who represents a yard with just a 5% strike rate (2/42) in bumpers in recent years and likely best watched on debut.

Form: 31

Rockpoint²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Paul O'Brien⁽⁵⁾| T: C L Tizzard

13/2

Cost his owners 82,000 Euros at the sales in June 2016 and is a half-brother to the listed-placed novice hurdler Dusky Legend out of a mare who won on the flat and over hurdles from just three starts. Yard took this event in 2013 and likely to run well here.

Form: 5-

Non-Runners

Out Of Style⁶⁸⁹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: F O'Brien J: Conor Shoemark

Forecasts

If The Cap Fits (5/2), Or De Vassy (3/1), My Story (3/1), Out Of Style (9/2), Rockpoint (13/2), Casterly Rock (7/1), Ouro Branco (20/1), Italian River (22/1), Air Approach (28/1), Justice Knight (50/1), Formal Request (150/1)

CASTERLY ROCK was an expensive purchase at the sales a couple of years ago and can get off the mark at the first attempt in bumpers here. His top stable won this with a subsequently useful chaser back in 2014 and they are going well at present with six winners in the past fortnight. Or De Vassy can add another placing to his two previous ones under rules by claiming second while Plumpton bumper winner If The Cap Fits and point-to-point winner Out Of Style can fight it out for third place in the concluding event on the card. 1. Casterly Rock 2. Or De Vassy 3. If The Cap Fits