14:05 Hereford

Wednesday 28 November 2018

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Sri Lanka Awaits You Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 6m 41.10s

Aumit Hill^p1¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: James Best| T: Mrs L J Young

100/1

Tailed-off on stable debut in an Exeter Beginners Chase (2m3f) a fortnight ago; now fitted with cheekpieces for hurdles debut; holds little chance.

Form: 44-F26

Balach Mor^b1¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Benjamin Poste| T: M Scudamore

33/1

Cost €65,000 as a 3yo; disappointing over hurdles so far, albeit probably better than the bare result on his seasonal reappearance at Warwick (3m2f); blinkered for the first time.

Form: 9/P-5

Danny Whizzbang^t1²²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls

5/2

Bought for €115,000 at Punchestown in April after winning a Ballysteen maiden (3m) for Colin Bowe; half-brother to Lastbutnotleast and with a top-notch trainer, so must go close in this company on rules debut; tongue-tied.

Form: P1-

Financial Outcome^t1²⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Adam Wedge| T: Miss R Curtis

6/1

Bought for £50,000 in March after winning back-to-back 3m Irish PTP's at Tinahely and Ballyragget - a 10L scorer on the second occasion; wears a tongue-tie on rules/stable debut.

Form: U/U811-

Jot'em Down⁹⁸⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Daniel Hiskett⁽⁵⁾| T: D G Bridgwater

10/1

Made all when winning a 2m1f+ soft-ground Plumpton bumper on his third career start in February 2016; absent since finishing 19th of 23 to Ballyandy in the 2016 Champion Bumper (Cheltenham); belated hurdles debut.

Form: 4510/

Master Card²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: R Johnson| T: W Greatrex

16/1

Not fluent on hurdles debut at Exeter (2m5f+) earlier this month when finishing 24½L fourth of five to Cotswold Way (4/11f).

Form: 7-4

Master Tradesman²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: M G Nolan| T: R Mitford-Slade| OR: 120

9/4

Trainer known for his ability to spring a surprise in such races, but this 7yo has already earned a BHA-rating of 120; 11L runner-up to Westend Story on his last visit to Hereford (2m5f+) in March 2018.

Form: 2/P522-8

Some Operator²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: T J O'Brien| T: Ian Williams

10/1

Bought for £68,000 at the Cheltenham Sale in February after winning for Cormac Doyle on debut at Tallow (3m maiden); weakened from the fourth last on rules/stable debut at Chepstow (2m3f+) last month, finishing fifth of 15 to Senior Citizen.

Form: 1-5

Timcoda¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: Jamie Snowden

17/2

Ran with credit in a fairly moderate Worcester bumper (2m, good) on debut for Jamie Snowden, but far less pleasing on hurdles bow at Bangor (2m+) a fortnight ago; upped noticeably in trip (previously placed in 3m PTP's).

Form: 4/33-29

Yesandno¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Tom Cannon| T: A King

16/1

Cost current connections £50,000 at Cheltenham in December 2017 as a half-brother to the 2m hurdle winner The Road Home; early days, but yet to make much of an impression under rules and looks to be a work in progress.

Form: U3-0

Non-Runners

Stripe Of Honour¹¹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 5

T: A Day J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Master Tradesman (9/4), Danny Whizzbang (5/2), Financial Outcome (6/1), Timcoda (17/2), Some Operator (10/1), Jot'em Down (10/1), Master Card (16/1), Yesandno (16/1), Balach Mor (33/1), Aumit Hill (100/1), Stripe Of Honour (100/1)

Plenty of those declared cost current connections not insignificant amounts of money and whilst it's still early days for both Some Operator and Yesandno, one would be hopeful that they'd be taking a step forward sooner rather than later. Master Tradesman is no star but has previous course experience and also a BHA-rating of 120. However, the most interesting pair are undoubtedly the rules newcomers DANNY WHIZZBANG and Financial Outcome. The former cost owner Angela Tincknell €115,000 in April. This son of Getaway hails from a strong source of Irish pointers (Colin Bowe) and is a half-brother to the very useful stayer Lastbutnotleast.