15:25 Fakenham

Sunday 3 June 2018

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Britbet Coming Soon Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:27 | Winning time: 4m 2.2s

Artful Artist¹⁴²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: Dr R D P Newland| OR: 116

5/4

Placed in a couple of hurdles for Tony Martin last summer. Looks a leading contender on debut for a new yard following a break.

Form: 27/2260-

Guiding Stars^h⁵³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: G Sheehan| T: H Whittington

7/1

Placed in a good ground bumper at Worcester last September and best effort in two starts since came when fourth on heavy ground at Market Rasen last time. Making his hurdling debut in this.

Form: 0/274-

Haafapiece²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Kielan Woods| T: Mrs P Sly| OR: 112| D

11/4

Bumper winner on debut and some decent efforts over hurdles since. Finished fourth off a mark of 113 at Kempton (2m, good) in April but pulled up in similar conditions subsequently. Interesting runner in this.

Form: 8/4444-P

Talk Of Monty²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Aidan Coleman| T: L Wadham

25/1

Struggled in five starts so far including over hurdles the last twice. Likely to be of more interest once tackling handicaps.

Form: 0088-6

Yensir²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: R Johnson| T: O Murphy

7/2

19 race maiden under all codes but ran well to finish 7L third on hurdling debut at Ludlow (2m, good) last month and looks likely to run well once more.

Form: 3

Hamelin Pool^t⁹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Graham Carson⁽⁷⁾| T: M C Chapman

100/1

Failed to place in six starts on the Flat and beaten 134L on hurdling debut at Market Rasen (soft) in February. Likely to struggle once more.

Form: 74-

Just For Tara⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: T J O'Brien| T: Christian Williams

14/1

Finished runner-up in a soft ground point-to-point in April and subsequently purchased for £11,000. Dropping markedly in distance on her debut under Rules.

Form:

Topalova¹¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: J M Quinlan| T: M H Tompkins

50/1

20 race maiden and well held off a mark of 46 on the Flat last time out. Probably best watched on hurdling bow.

Form:

Non-Runners

Eolian¹⁵

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: O Murphy J: C Poste

Forecasts

Artful Artist (5/4), Haafapiece (11/4), Yensir (7/2), Guiding Stars (7/1), Just For Tara (14/1), Eolian (16/1), Talk Of Monty (25/1), Topalova (50/1), Hamelin Pool (100/1)

YENSIR looks the pick of the Olly Murphy pair and he can get off the mark at the second time of asking in this maiden hurdle. Artful Artist has shown some good form over obstacles in Ireland and he looks likely to give the selection most to think about while Haafapiece can put a disappointing effort last time out behind him by taking third.