13:05 Huntingdon
Saturday 25 November 2017
All12:0012:3013:0513:4014:1514:5015:25
Woodhurst Construction Maiden Hurdle
- 3YO plus  |  Class 4  |  1m 7f 171y  |  Good to Soft (Good in places)  |  14 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 13:06Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 3m 54.8s
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Didn't show much in bumpers in spring and again last month, likely best watched now tackling timber for the first time.
Hinted at ability in bumpers prior to hurdles bow at Lingfield (2m3½f, soft) 11 days ago, drops in distance this time, market check seems best for now.
Easy winner on heavy ground last month at Ayr on the Flat over just shy of this trip. Makes first foray over obstacles now and bold show not ruled out. Interesting contender.
Didn't show any great promise in bumpers and comes here off the back of a 559-day layoff. Very hard to support, unless market vibes are significant.
Scored on bumper debut at Stratford (2m, soft) in March and not disgraced next time in graded Aintree contest. Makes hurdling bow on return and could have a decent future in this game.
Runner-up in all four bumpers he contested, won a maiden on the Flat at Kempton (1m3f, soft) in March and fair effort on hurdles bow at Wetherby (2m, soft) recently. Is race-fit and cannot be dismissed.
Expensively acquired Irish point-to-point winner, made winning start in bumper at Stratford last month and since run well on hurdles bow at Aintree over 2m4f (good to soft). Back to 2m suits and a likely key player.
Useful Flat handicapper, seemed to be learning on the job in hurdles bow at Taunton (2m½f, good to firm) early this month. Finished 3L fourth of nine there as odds-on favourite but likely to have learned plenty from it.
Decent on the Flat, if inconsistent, but would strictly have to improve to get the best of some of these on hurdles bow.
Better effort on second start when fourth of 7 at Warwick (2m, good) in May on previous run. May need this on hurdles bow and shapes as if he has plenty stamina, respected from this yard nonetheless.
Not shown much in pair of Flat outings since joining this yard, something to find on ratings with these rivals in that sphere and probably best watched now tackling hurdles for the first time.
Starspangledbanner filly has shown very little on the Flat and was soundly beaten in a bumper at Chepstow in February previously. Jumping for the first time but not hard to bypass her on form.
Modest on the Flat, but shaped well in both starts over timber, first over C&D and 34 days ago at Kempton (2m, good). Better claims than most on that showing.
Three-time winner on the Flat in the provinces in France but well held both starts over flights so far, latest coming over C&D this month when unable to build a challenge from off the pace. More needed.
Non-Runners
1
Boughtbeforelunch22
Weight: 11-8|Â Â Age: 4
T: P R Webber  J: C O'Farrell
NR
14
Midnight Mood24
Weight: 11-1|Â Â Age: 4
T: D J S Ffrench Davis  J: Thomas Garner
NR
Forecasts
Clondaw Castle (6/5), Global Citizen (7/2), Eskendash (4/1), Grand Inquisitor (9/1), Buonarroti (16/1), Charlie Chaplin (25/1), Midnight Mood (33/1), Boughtbeforelunch (33/1), Pyrios (50/1), Bridge of Cally (50/1), Buckby Boy (66/1), Navajo War Dance (100/1), Figeac (100/1), Roman De Brut (100/1), Cassivellaunus (200/1), Doodle Dandy (250/1)
CLONDAW CASTLE made a winning rules bow in a Stratford bumper in the spring before showing up relatively well in an Aintree Grade 2. He reappears for his first test of jumping and could take some stopping. Global Citizen shaped well for a long way at Aintree on hurdling debut and should go well down in trip while Buonarroti, a winner on the Flat at Ayr last month, is a potentially interesting recruit to this sphere. Charlie Chaplin ran well last time at Kempton and can get involved if building on that.
- Clondaw Castle
- Global Citizen
- Buonarroti
Prize Money
1st: £3,249.002nd: £954.003rd: £477.004th: £238.00
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