15:20 Stratford

Monday 8 October 2018

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Bet At racinguk.com Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:20 | Winning time: 5m 17.6s

Who's My Jockey¹⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: R Johnson| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 136

5/2

Winner of a novice hurdle at Kempton (2m5f, good) in April and ran a decent race over an extended 3m at Aintree (good) when fourth on his return to handicaps the following month. Of interest once more.

Form: 31231-4

Shoal Bay^t¹⁶⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: T Scudamore| T: C L Tizzard| OR: 132

9/1

Dual winner last season and ran well to finish runner-up in a novice hurdle over an extended 1m7f at Wincanton (good-to-soft) in April. One to note on handicap and seasonal debut.

Form: 1146P2-

Sleep Easy^b³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: N D Fehily| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 132| C

5/1

Decent effort in finishing 5L third over an extended 2m5f at Newton Abbot (good) at the start of last month. Interesting runner racing off the same mark in this contest.

Form: 6/833-43

Sir Mangan¹⁴⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR: 132

11/1

Placed over 2m4f at Fakenham (good-to-soft) in April but disappointed twice since including when falling at Haydock (2m7f, good) in May.

Form: P6620-F

Buckle Street¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Harry Stock⁽⁵⁾| T: M Keighley| OR: 131

14/1

Winner of a handicap hurdle over an extended 3m at Doncaster (good-to-soft) in February. Below par since and refused to race on his penultimate start.

Form: 3U10-R5

Django Django¹⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Aidan Coleman| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 123

9/2

Soft ground novice hurdle winner at Huntingdon (2m) in January. Struggled on both handicap starts however and others hold stronger claims on seasonal debut.

Form: 621409-

Winning Spark²¹³

Age: 11| Weight: 11-0| J: James Best| T: Miss J Du Plessis| OR: 120

40/1

Placed on soft ground at Wincanton (2m4f) in November and finished a decent fourth over an extended 2m3f at Hereford (soft) subsequently. Disappointing the last twice and making his seasonal debut.

Form: 36/24P6-

Vive Le Roi³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: Harry Bannister| T: A W Carroll| OR: 115| C

7/2

Winner of a selling handicap over an extended 2m2f on good going here a month ago. Raised 9lb for that success and worth a check in the market on this occasion.

Form: 053221

Forecasts

Who's My Jockey (5/2), Vive Le Roi (7/2), Django Django (9/2), Sleep Easy (5/1), Shoal Bay (9/1), Sir Mangan (11/1), Buckle Street (14/1), Winning Spark (40/1)

WHO'S MY JOCKEY can defy top weight by making a winning return from a break in this staying handicap hurdle. The selection ran well in handicap company last time out and can see off his rivals here with Shoal Bay capable of finishing runner-up on seasonal debut. Third place can go to Sleep Easy who placed off this mark on his most recent appearance.