15:30 Chepstow

Saturday 14 April 2018

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totescoop6 It's A Rollover Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 15:31 | Winning time: 4m 20.8s

Billingsley⁷¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Lee Edwards| T: A Ralph| CD

5/4

Winner of a similar race to this on heavy ground over C&D last timeout. Carries a penalty for that success but likely to run his race once more.

Form: 34-01

Downloadtheapp¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: T J Phelan| T: D G Bridgwater| OR: 96

20/1

Struggled in five outings so far and more needed here having finished well beaten off a mark of 102 at Towcester (heavy) last time.

Form: U0667

Seniergues¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: M G Nolan| T: R Stephens

16/1

Fair effort in a bumper at Ffos Las (good) on debut in May 2016 but not gone on from that and well held on return from well over a year off the track last time.

Form: 467-5

Shivermetimbers⁹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Hugh Nugent⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 119| D

10/11

Best effort in three starts over hurdles camewhen finishing runner-up in a maiden hurdle at Ludlow (soft) in January. Unraced since and likely to prove hard to beat in this contest.

Form: 1-U72

Stanza Boy⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Nick Scholfield| T: D Faulkner

40/1

Well beaten on hurdling debut at Kempton (good-to-soft) recently and probably best watched having shown little in three starts in bumpers.

Form: 879-9

Ilovemints¹¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: David Noonan| T: D PipeWS

5/1

Won and placed in bumpers for Warren Greatrex and running well prior to falling on hurdling debut for this yard in November. Had wind surgery since disappointing the following month.

Form: 1/673-F5

Maronette²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-6| J: James Best| T: Tim Vaughan

40/1

Well held in two hurdles starts to date the most recent of which came over C&D last month. Others make more appeal.

Form: 58

Shufoog²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-6| J: James Davies| T: M D I Usher

33/1

Dual winner on the Flat but held in two starts over hurdles earlier this season and beat just one rival home on the AW last time out.

Form: 08

Forecasts

Shivermetimbers (10/11), Billingsley (5/4), Ilovemints (5/1), Seniergues (16/1), Downloadtheapp (20/1), Shufoog (33/1), Maronette (40/1), Stanza Boy (40/1)

SHIVERMETIMBERS returns from a break here and with trainer Venetia Williams in better form (9/22) he can register his first success over hurdles by taking this novice hurdle. Previous hurdles victor Billingsley can finish runner-up under a penalty while Ilovemints, who's had a wind operation since her last outing is taken to claim third.