13:15 Chepstow

Wednesday 22 November 2017

All12:4513:1513:5014:2515:0015:3016:00

Angela Nettlefold Memorial Novices' Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 13:15 | Winning time: 4m 17.4s

Doctor Haze²⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: David Bass| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls

4/1

Made mistakes but recorded a decent time when landing a 2m4f Cothelstone point-to-point. Makes hurdling debut for a yard in form.

Form: 331-

Hardness⁵³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: R Johnson| T: P Hobbs & J White

11/2

Wore cheekpieces and raced at a modest level in France. Off the track 18 months and makes hurdling debut for top yard. Handles soft ground.

Form:

Holdbacktheriver¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams

7/1

£25,000 son of Presenting comes from a yard that have taken three of the last six divisions of this. Clear promise in a bumper but easy to back on hurdling debut when stumbling at the first. Yard are going well and unwise to rule him out.

Form: 4-U

Johnny Yuma²²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Benjamin Poste| T: Katy Price

80/1

A winner at the third time of asking in point-to-points but tailed off on sole start in bumpers. Yet to race on ground as soft as forecast.

Form: 33-18

Lubatic²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: T Scudamore| T: N P Mulholland

33/1

Collected a three runner bumper on fast ground last season and well beaten in three hurdles since. Latest run caught the attention of the stewards when it was noted he was hampered twice and that he has a tendency to "boil over" in his races.

Form: 41-P07

Marley Firth⁵⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Bridget Andrews⁽³⁾| T: D Skelton

3/1

£43,000 son of Flemensfirth and half-brother to three winners including the useful Divine Intavention. Had some good horses behind him when landing a Moira point-to-point and of definite interest on debut for top yard.

Form: 1-

Monsieur Murphy²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Brendan Powell| T: N P Mulholland

80/1

Pulled-up in two starts and tailed off in another since joining this yard from the point-to-point ranks. Hard to recommend.

Form: F43PP/0

Pack It In¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: G Sheehan| T: Alexandra Dunn

50/1

76 rated dual flat winner at 1m2f for Brian Meehan got no further than the first on hurdling debut. Sent off at 50/1 then and probably one for another day.

Form: B

Samson's Reach¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Nick Scholfield| T: R J Price

50/1

Relished soft ground to land a Bangor bumper at odds of 100/1. Well beaten in all starts since, most recently an AW maiden at Wolverhampton.

Form: 7015-6

Togetherness²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: N de Boinville| T: P R Chamings

8/1

Nine-race middle-distance maiden on the Flat rated 70. Handles soft ground and makes hurdling debut for a yard that don't have many runners in this sphere.

Form:

Bombay Rascal³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: James Best| T: R Walford

100/1

Well beaten in a Newton Abbot bumper and also two AW Flat maidens since. Cheekpieces are removed this time

Form: 6

Eddies Pearl⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-5| J: C O'Farrell| T: B Forsey

150/1

Winner of a modest Flete Park maiden point-to-point six months ago but tailed off on both starts under rules here and in Ireland.

Form: PP43-10

Lady Mix¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: S Bowen| T: N J Hawke| D

7/2

Impressive when taking a Newbury bumper by 15L on debut. Has failed to fulfil that potential in two starts over hurdles, however things may improve now the ground has turned in her favour.

Form: 12-66

Non-Runners

Subcontinent¹⁹⁴

Weight: 10-12| Age: 5

T: Miss V Williams J: Charlie Deutsch

Kiwi Myth¹⁴

Weight: 10-5| Age: 5

T: Mrs F M Shaw J: Mr M Legg

Forecasts

Marley Firth (3/1), Lady Mix (7/2), Doctor Haze (4/1), Hardness (11/2), Holdbacktheriver (7/1), Togetherness (8/1), Subcontinent (12/1), Lubatic (33/1), Samson's Reach (50/1), Pack It In (50/1), Kiwi Myth (50/1), Monsieur Murphy (80/1), Johnny Yuma (80/1), Bombay Rascal (100/1), Eddies Pearl (150/1)

Few of those to have raced over hurdles have achieved anything to merit consideration. Lady Mix may improve for the switch to a softer surface, whilst useful Flat handicapper Subcontinent will be better suited to this shorter trip than the 2m3f he raced over on his hurdling debut. He enters calculations with his yard in form. Holdbacktheriver was easy to back on his hurdling debut but his yard have done well in this race previously. MARLEY FIRTH was the winner of a good point-to-point and is not too highly tried on his hurdling bow for an in form yard. Doctor Haze is another winning pointer and has to considered with his yard doing so well of late. Hardness raced a modest level on the Flat but is with a yard that do well with it's cross Channel imports and the market will tell us more.