Rowles Fine Art Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:45 | Winning time: 5m 8.2s

Djin Conti¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: G Sheehan| T: H Whittington| OR: 115

2/1

Driven out when breaking the maiden at Wincanton (2m, good) in May; weakened from the third last when making his handicap debut/seasonal reappearance (off top-weight) at Warwick 17-days ago.

Form: 33-19

Penneys Hun¹¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Hugh Nugent⁽⁷⁾| T: M Blanshard| OR: 112

25/1

Not exactly over competitive in either start for Michael Blanshard so far, dropping 7lb in the weights as a result; sole win came in a 2m Tramore maiden (yielding) in August 2017.

Form: 51528-7

Gallic Destiny^p⁷⁵³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Page Fuller⁽³⁾| T: Miss J S Davis| OR: 111

40/1

Off the track for well in excess of two years (753-days) and hurdles form poor since winning a Fontwell novice (2m3f, good) in June 2015; couldn't be advised.

Form: 5166P9/

Burn Baby Byrne¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Isabel Williams⁽⁷⁾| T: Evan Williams| OR: 108

11/8

2-5 in PTP's and has made all three of her starts under rules at this track; produced a career best effort when beaten just 1¼L by Samarquand (Harry Fry) in a Class 2 Introductory Hurdle over C&D 11-days ago; handicap debut.

Form: 121332

Way Out West^h,t³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: James Best| T: C E Longsdon| OR: 107

8/1

Back over hurdles after a very modest chasing debut at Kempton; 5lb higher than when beating Scotsbrook Night by 6L at Southwell (2m, good) in June; others would appear to be open to more progression.

Form: 6-3610P

Danceintothelight^t³²

Age: 11| Weight: 11-0| J: Abbie McCain⁽⁷⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 103| D

7/2

Pace-setting veteran who has served his trainer and rider incredibly well in recent years; handicap mark sliding; this looks much easier than when beaten 10L by the well-handicapped subsequent dual scorer One Night In Milan at Carlisle (2m3f+).

Form: 533463

Forecasts

Burn Baby Byrne (11/8), Djin Conti (2/1), Danceintothelight (7/2), Way Out West (8/1), Penneys Hun (25/1), Gallic Destiny (40/1)

Djin Conti should benefit for the run at Warwick earlier this month, but the suspicion is that he's plenty high enough in the handicap for what he has actually achieved. Conversely, the veteran Danecintothelight is slipping to a more attractive mark and could out-run his projected odds at a track which tends to suit front-runners. However, the most logical option is the Evan Williams-trained BURN BABY BYRNE. She has masses of Ludlow experience under her belt and is improving with each and every racecourse appearance.