17:00 Bangor

Thursday 11 October 2018

All13:4514:1514:5015:2015:5016:2517:00

Call Star Sports On 08000 521321 Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:01 | Winning time: 4m 10.1s

Cold Shoulder¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Fergus Gregory| T: G Elliott| OR: 102

13/8

The first of his two runs for this yard was better than his last. Top claimer booked but he would make more appeal over further.

Form: 3544-68

Never A Word^p,t⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Ross Turner⁽⁶⁾| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 94

13/8

Best effort over hurdles came over C&D on penultimate start. Appears to have stamina issues and if Marju's Quest again makes this a test then he will have problems.

Form: 65-5923

Wenceslaus^p1¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Mitchell Bastyan| T: D G Bridgwater| OR: 90

6/1

12-race maiden who has rarely threatened to get involved at the business end of his races. Top claimer on board today but looks an unlikely winner despite being eased in the weights.

Form: 06600-7

Cappaway¹⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Conor Ring⁽³⁾| T: Evan Williams| OR: 88

7/1

€20,000 purchase as a three-year-old by Getaway out of an unraced half-sister to the yard's Grand National runner-up Cappa Bleu. Never a factor in novice hurdles last term, but he gets better ground here on handicap debut.

Form: 9F860-

Anton Dolin¹²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: Lewis Stones⁽⁵⁾| T: M Mullineaux| OR: 88

14/1

3-59 over hurdles with last win coming under this rider 18 months ago. Placed on three of his four visits here but disappointing last time.

Form: 33262P

Shadow's Girl^p¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: Sean Houlihan| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 80

11/1

Showed first glimmer of ability last time but that rather reflected how bad the race was. Needs to find more here.

Form: 8-66883

Early Boy^e/s¹⁵³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Callum Bewley| T: A Crook| OR: 67

33/1

Unplaced at big prices on all 12 starts and he makes little appeal despite his lowly weight and top young rider.

Form: 06/P87-7

Non-Runners

Golden Friday¹⁸

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: D McCain Jnr J: Non Runner

Marju's Quest¹²

Weight: 11-8| Age: 8

T: A Wintle J: Bryony Frost

Forecasts

Cold Shoulder (13/8), Never A Word (13/8), Marju's Quest (9/4), Wenceslaus (6/1), Cappaway (7/1), Golden Friday (8/1), Shadow's Girl (11/1), Anton Dolin (14/1), Early Boy (33/1)

MARJU'S QUEST and Bryony Frost will take some catching around here if the same tactics are employed as when fading in the last quarter mile over 2m2f at Market Rasen last time. Cold Shoulder is feared as he represents a leading yard who have secured a good rider, whilst Never A Word has stamina issues and Golden Friday lacks pace. Shadow's Girl was third in a bad race last time, but Cappaway could improve back on a sound surface and market support would be noteworthy.