Film Nova Juvenile Hurdle

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 4m 13.3s

Enforcement^t1²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Harry Stock⁽⁵⁾| T: M Keighley

9/1

Struggled in three starts on the Flat last year and well held on handicap debut last month. Probably best watched in a first time tongue tie switched to hurdling.

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Good Shot Sir

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: P J Brennan| T: Madeleine Tylicki

9/4

Unraced son of Casamento purchased for €1,200 as a yearling. Dam unraced and worth a check in the market on hurdles debut.

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Jaycols Star⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Thomas Dowson⁽³⁾| T: P A Kirby

2/1

Held on all six outings on the Flat most recently over 1m6f at Redcar (good-to-firm) earlier this week. Interesting to see how he fares on hurdling debut.

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Lord Caprio^t³³

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: R P McLernon| T: B Haslam

3/1

Victorious three times at up to 1m on the AW at Newcastle in eight starts to date. One to note on his first outing over obstacles.

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Weinberg¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr

8/1

Struggled in three starts on the Flat so far and beaten 34L at Chepstow (1m, good-to-firm) last time out. Represents a leading yard on debut over jumps.

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Blue Petal¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-5| J: Sean Quinlan| T: R K Watson

22/1

Winner over an extended 7f at Tipperary (soft) last August. Struggled in three starts for this yard and debuting over hurdles in this.

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Forecasts

Jaycols Star (2/1), Good Shot Sir (9/4), Lord Caprio (3/1), Weinberg (8/1), Enforcement (9/1), Blue Petal (22/1)

LORD CAPRIO is the only one of these to win more than once on the Flat and he is taken to make a winning debut over hurdles in this juvenile contest. Weinberg represents a top jumps yard and is taken to claim second ahead of Blue Petal who is a half-sister to a placed hurdler.