14:10 Uttoxeter

Saturday 5 May 2018

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bet365 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 14:11 | Winning time: 3m 51.90s

Dark Force¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: D A Jacob| T: Miss V Williams

25/1

Fair effort despite being beaten 36L when debuting over hurdles at Exeter (2m1f, heavy) recently. Interesting to see if he can build on that here.

Form: 4/3-

Forgot To Ask¹⁰⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: J J Burke| T: T R George| OR: 120| D

7/2

Placed in a couple of point-to-points and made a winning debut under rules in a bumper at Chepstow (good) 13 months ago. Fair form over hurdles since and one to note in this contest.

Form: 21/9544-

Lough Ryn¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: T Scudamore| T: N P Mulholland| BF

33/1

Beaten 6L into fourth in an eight runner contest at Huntingdon (soft) over an extended 2m4f in February. Disappointed last time and needs to bounce back if he's to break his maiden here.

Form: 4/845-

Mac Tottie²⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: James Bowen⁽³⁾| T: P & M Bowen

7/1

Finished runner-up in three bumpers for Neil Mulholland including at Worcester (2m, good) last September. Making his hurdles and stable debut following a break.

Form: 4222-

Not That Fuisse¹¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR: 120| D

7/4

Not beaten far the last twice including when runner-up at Wetherby on his penultimate outing. One for the shortlist on his return from a break.

Form: 1/P24-

Out For Justice¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Benjamin Poste| T: Katy Price

66/1

Placed in a point-to-point on good ground 12 months ago but well held in a bumper at Ludlow (soft) when making his rules debut recently. Probably best watched at present.

Form: 26-

Sizing Cusimano⁵⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: H Cobden| T: C L Tizzard| OR: 112

9/2

Career best effort came when finishing 8L second at Market Rasen (soft) last time out. Represents a leading yard and interesting to see how he performs on this occasion.

Form: 6662-

Sonic¹¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: W T Kennedy| T: D McCain Jnr

10/1

Placed twice in bumpers including on good ground at Musselburgh last November. Good fourth on second outing over hurdles at Catterick (soft) last time and one to note here.

Form: 4/232F4-

Elixir De Nutz^h1⁹⁸

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

8/1

Bumper winner over 1m6f in France and highly tried when debuting over hurdles in a Grade 2 at Cheltenham (2m1f, soft) in January and he drops markedly in grade with a hood applied for the first time in this.

Form: 16-

Stupid Cupid¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: M Hamill⁽⁵⁾| T: Sheila Lewis

100/1

Point-to-point winner but well held at big prices in three starts over hurdles and hard to make a case for at present.

Form: 584/P00-

Martha's Dream¹²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: Adam Wedge| T: Miss Sarah Robinson

200/1

Beaten 42L in a juvenile hurdle at Taunton (soft) when making her debut in December. Probably best watched at present.

Form: 5-

Forecasts

Not That Fuisse (7/4), Forgot To Ask (7/2), Sizing Cusimano (9/2), Mac Tottie (7/1), Elixir De Nutz (8/1), Sonic (10/1), Dark Force (25/1), Lough Ryn (33/1), Out For Justice (66/1), Stupid Cupid (100/1), Martha's Dream (200/1)

NOT THAT FUISSE ran to a decent level of form in novice hurdles on soft ground during the winter and he can register his first success over obstacles at the fourth time of asking in this maiden hurdle. Better ground forecast here shouldn't inconvenience the bumper winner and he can get the better of Forgot To Ask who put in his best effort so far when fourth at Newbury last time out. Sonic represents a useful stable and he can record his first placed effort over hurdles by claiming third.