15:20 Bangor

Saturday 21 April 2018

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Weatherbys General Stud Book Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 4m 55.5s

Alltimegold³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-4| J: Alan Johns| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 102

12/1

Shown glimmers of ability despite the wide margins he has been beaten so far. Bred to stay this trip, so no surprise that he tries the option on handicap debut.

Form: 0946

Ofcourseiwill²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-4| J: W T Kennedy| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 102

3/1

Won his point-to-point on good ground in May 2017, so drying conditions won't be detrimental to his chance. Left a moderate second at the last when a 21L runner up to Ballymoy over 2m here last month (soft). Handicap debut.

Form: 13P62

Black Buble⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Lee Edwards| T: A W Carroll| OR: 96

5/1

His form this season is far from inspiring, and he's now an eight race maiden. Upped in trip, but even a mark of 96 appears lofty enough for what he's achieved.

Form: 773-UP3

Rocket Ronnie^b³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: Thomas Garner⁽³⁾| T: A Wintle| OR: 92

20/1

Ran a blinder at Exeter earlier in the season for previous trainer Brian Barr, but that effort is very much an 'out-lier' on his CV. Didn't stay with Ben Pauling for too long, and makes his first jumps start for this trainer today.

Form: 495568

Black Jewel^p,t¹⁶⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: J E Moore| T: P W Flynn| OR: 89

8/1

Not in the hunt on his last visit to these shores at Southwell in November (chase), he switches back to hurdles with perhaps just the single decent effort (2m6f at Limerick) to show for 16 career starts.

Form: 5P-5709

Way Of The World²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: M Hamill⁽⁵⁾| T: Sheila Lewis| OR: 85| D

3/1

Has attracted market support in the recent past, but is just 1 from 17 over hurdles (2m3f+ Hereford winner in January 2017). 15lb below that winning mark in a weak race, so not hastily discounted.

Form: 503743

My Anchor⁴⁸¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Charlie Hammond⁽⁷⁾| T: A Day| OR: 82

20/1

Left his previous hurdles form in the past when a 5L runner up to My Anchor at Market Rasen on Boxing Day 2016 (2m4f+), but quite where he's been since is a serious guessing game.

Form: 5/FPP02-

Kikimora^t,v1¹⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-6| J: David England| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 76

14/1

Tailed off in every single career start and reluctant to jump off at Towcester in November (pulled up). Represents a shrewd trainer who will have worked extensively with her since, but impossible to consider despite the first time visor.

Form: 9-900P

Lost In Newyork¹¹⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 10-0| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: N Kent| OR: 70

16/1

Veteran with a career record of 1 from 44 who hasn't raced in four months. Couldn't be entertained despite the evident paucity of talented opposition.

Form: U27/2-76

Pennies And Pounds²³¹

Age: 11| Weight: 10-0| J: M D Grant| T: J S Smith| OR: 69| CD

11/1

22L C&D winner (this race) back in 2015, and has also twice finished runner up at Bangor. Evident that she shows her true form here and nowhere else, but aged eleven now, so others make more appeal.

Form: 002-PP0

Forecasts

Ofcourseiwill (3/1), Way Of The World (3/1), Black Buble (5/1), Black Jewel (8/1), Pennies And Pounds (11/1), Alltimegold (12/1), Kikimora (14/1), Lost In Newyork (16/1), Rocket Ronnie (20/1), My Anchor (20/1)

Pennies And Pounds shows her true ability at Bangor and nowhere else, but at the age of eleven, there's surely better options than her even in a race as weak as this contest. Way Of The World is potentially very nicely treated from his current mark, and this 2m3f+ Hereford regular gets another handy 5lb taken from his back by Mickey Hamill. However, the obvious selection is the Donald McCain trained upped in trip, handicap debutante OFCOURSEIWILL. He did okay over a shorter trip here latest, with his previous Kelso effort also reading very well in this company.