14:30 Plumpton

Monday 23 October 2017

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Geoffrey Budd Partnership Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:31 | Winning time: 3m 56.60s

Action Replay²⁹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: R Johnson| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 120

11/10

Finished fourth and second over C&D last season and returns from a break. Represents leading connections and is likely to be on the premises.

Form: 5642-

Cohesion¹⁷⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: T Scudamore| T: D G Bridgwater

10/3

Lightly-raced middle distance AW handicap winner who makes his hurdling debut. Shrewd stable has booked a leading jockey, so he is one to note in the betting.

Form:

Highway One O One³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Tom Cannon| T: C Gordon

7/2

Maiden point-to-pointer in Ireland who made a winning debut for this stable when landing a Newton Abbot bumper in great style. Looks a leading contender on his debut over timber.

Form: 5B3-31

Jersey Bull^h⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: M Goldstein| T: M Madgwick

100/1

Fair middle distance Flat performer who was not disgraced in a couple of juvenile hurdles in 2015. Resumes his hurdling career and is not ruled out.

Form: 25/

Larry¹⁹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: J E Moore| T: G & J Moore

12/1

Won a Fontwell bumper before flying too high in a much better contest at Aintree. Represents a stable which does particularly well at this venue and is well worth a market check on his hurdling bow.

Form: 10-

Lexington Law²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Wayne Hutchinson| T: A King

7/1

Maiden on the Flat who has shown promise on both starts over hurdles without suggesting he is one of the leading lights in his powerful stable. One or two others look more convincing.

Form: 6-4

Rising Tide³²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Adam Wedge| T: Laura Morgan

66/1

Has run into some talented sorts in a bumper and over hurdles. Not without promise, but he has something to prove against the best of these rivals.

Form: 4/45-

The Salmon Man¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Brendan Powell| T: B G Powell

100/1

Has failed to win in 17 Flat starts and his only hurdle outing saw him finish a well-beaten eighth of 12 at Huntingdon. Needs to find plenty to figure.

Form: 8

Truckers Tangle³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: R P McLernon| T: Alexandra Dunn

200/1

Maiden point-to-pointer who has been beaten a long way in four novice hurdles. Can only be watched until showing more.

Form: 264655

Trust The Man^t¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Dave Crosse| T: A West

200/1

Has failed to register a win in 14 starts on the Flat. Tries his hand at hurdling and this new discipline needs to trigger plenty of improvement.

Form:

Bit Spicy¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: T E Whelan| T: R Woodman

200/1

No show in four starts over timber and pulled up at Fontwell last time. Impossible to make a case for.

Form: 5664-6P

Pivotal Flame¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Sean Houlihan⁽⁷⁾| T: P Phelan

50/1

Won twice at around 1m2f on the Flat for James Tate, and has shown glimpses of promise in three hurdles starts. Needs to improve, but that is a possibility.

Form: 0U-4

Sunday In The Park^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Alain Cawley| T: D G Bridgwater

100/1

Daughter of Fair Mix who fetched £3,200 as a three-year-old and whose dam was placed over hurdles. Wears a hood on first outing on a racecourse and looks the stable's second string.

Form:

Forecasts

Action Replay (11/10), Cohesion (10/3), Highway One O One (7/2), Lexington Law (7/1), Larry (12/1), Pivotal Flame (50/1), Rising Tide (66/1), Sunday In The Park (100/1), Jersey Bull (100/1), The Salmon Man (100/1), Trust The Man (200/1), Truckers Tangle (200/1), Bit Spicy (200/1)

Some interesting prospects in this including AW scorers Cohesion and Jersey Bull, and bumper winner Larry. However, the two to concentrate on are Action Replay, who has decent C&D form to his name, and HIGHWAY ONE O ONE. The selection bolted up in a bumper last time and has proved his jumping ability in the point-to-point field. Lexington Law looks best of the rest.