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Tuesday 26 June 2018

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St Austell Brewery Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 20:40 | Winning time: 6m 26.1s

Royal Supremo⁴³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: David Bass| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls| OR: 117

16/1

Pulled-up on chasing debut last time out, so no surprise to see him revert to hurdles here. Second at Ludlow prior to that but not quite so good on previous start over a staying trip.

Form: 1373/2-P

Calin Du Brizais^b²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Kieren Buckley⁽⁷⁾| T: N J Hawke| OR: 110| CD

8/1

Made a fair return to hurdles at Warwick last time out, also over a staying trip, though other recent form much less encouraging.

Form: 2454-42

Linguine²²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Shane Quinlan⁽⁷⁾| T: D L Williams| OR: 110

10/1

Far down the field on his only two starts so far this year, and looks set for another minor role against some much more in-form rivals.

Form: 4250-97

Lake Shore Drive⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Brendan Powell| T: J Farrelly| OR: 110| BF

14/1

First run over hurdles since this race last year but has been running well on the Flat in the interim. Career-high mark but this weight shouldn't put him out of it.

Form: 6530/12-

Night Generation^p,t³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: James Best| T: Miss J Du Plessis| OR: 110

33/1

First run for this yard having finished second at Huntingdon on final start for Chris Gordon, but general form leaves him short of the required standard here.

Form: 4/3318-2

Tea Time Fred^p¹⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: Lucy Gardner⁽³⁾| T: Mrs S Gardner| OR: 107| D

4/1

Still well-beaten by the winner when second at Fontwell last time, and liable to find things difficult up a further 4lb in the weights.

Form: 6UP-042

David John²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: R T Dunne| T: T Lacey| OR: 107| BF

9/4

Beaten just a nose at Bangor last time out, though he probably should have managed to win more races (particularly over hurdles) than he has, he still looks on a workable mark.

Form: 4332P-2

Mogestic²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: Daniel Sansom⁽⁵⁾| T: J W Mullins| OR: 107| CD

9/4

Hat-trick seeker who has won weaker handicap hurdles the last twice, though worth a chance at this level up another 5lb in the weights.

Form: 485/2-11

Non-Runners

Timeforben²⁴

Weight: 11-7| Age: 6

T: D Pipe J: T Scudamore

Forecasts

David John (9/4), Mogestic (9/4), Timeforben (11/4), Tea Time Fred (4/1), Calin Du Brizais (8/1), Linguine (10/1), Lake Shore Drive (14/1), Royal Supremo (16/1), Night Generation (33/1)

Hat-trick seeker Mogestic steps up in class but needs respecting given the form he's in, but preference is for TIMEFORBEN. David Pipe's mare was a winner at Worcester when last seen, and though she's up 5lb she is progressing nicely, hasn't all that much racing and should handle conditions well here. She is taken to take another step forward at the expense of last year's runner-up Lake Shore Drive.