12:10 Ludlow

Wednesday 5 December 2018

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Racing UK Club Day Today Novices' Claiming Hurdle

Off time: 12:10 | Winning time: 3m 51.1s

Lassana Angel^t⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Adrian Heskin| T: T R Gretton

50/1

11-race Flat maiden (56-rated); started 40/1 when posting a moderate hurdles debut (lacked fluency throughout) in a 2m mares' novices' hurdle at Musselburgh last week; quickly eased in grade.

Form: 6

Spader^t⁸⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: Lily Pinchin⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss L V Davis| OR: 94| D

33/1

Sold cheaply (£1,200) from the Dan Skelton yard in July having seemingly lost his way after winning at Southwell (2m, good) in May; very risky proposition based upon a poor debut effort for this trainer.

Form: 70-1580

Take The High Road^b,t²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: T Scudamore| T: D Pipe| OR: 90

8/1

Still without a win over hurdles (0-6) and has been switched back to the Flat (66-rated) more latterly; difficult to envisage exactly where, when and how any further improvement could be forthcoming, but not discounted in a weak race.

Form: 456-808

Street Art^t¹¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: Charlie Hammond⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs Tracey Barfoot-Saunt

100/1

Lowly-rated on the Flat (39) and has been unable to muster any worthwhile form since winning back-to-back 1m2f contests in mid to early 2017 (Class 6 & 7); hurdles debut.

Form:

May Mist¹⁶⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: Adam Wedge| T: T Wall| OR: 81

50/1

Carried out over C&D on hurdles debut in October 2017 and has truthfully cut little ice over timber since; remains a 16-race maiden under rules.

Form: 60/C9-08

Bridal March^p³³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: James Davies| T: J Mackie

50/1

0-18 on the Flat (40-rated); behind and struggling from halfway on hurdles debut at Uttoxeter (2m, maiden) last month; not considered.

Form: P

Nowheretoexit¹³²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: S Bowen| T: D Burchell| OR: 86

10/1

Off the track since July and hasn't achieved much of note thus far; very marginal improvement when dropped back to this trip (plugged on) at Worcester, albeit beaten in excess of 30+L.

Form: 77-745

Field Exhibition^h⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-1| J: James Bowen| T: Christian Williams| OR: 100

10/11

Off the mark at the 18th attempt over hurdles when pushed out to beat Rule The Ocean by 4L in a 2m5f mares' handicap at Warwick (soft) six days ago; fair chance in a weak race if not inconvenienced by dropping back in trip.

Form: 3UF651

Let's Sway^h,t⁵⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: David England| T: O Murphy| OR: 115| BF

11/8

Bought out of a Stratford seller for £11,500 (ex Tracey Barfoot-Saunt); provided mixed messages in two hurdles starts for this trainer, and it's a concern as to how she'll handle the ground if rain arrives; that said, does set the standard on form.

Form: 123223

Pot De Fleur²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: C Brace⁽⁷⁾| T: Christian Williams

100/1

Stablemate of Field Exhibition; cost a mere £600 in March 2017 (formerly with Chris Grant) and has shown no worthwhile form thus far; not considered.

Form: P/P0

Forecasts

Field Exhibition (10/11), Let's Sway (11/8), Take The High Road (8/1), Nowheretoexit (10/1), Spader (33/1), Lassana Angel (50/1), May Mist (50/1), Bridal March (50/1), Pot De Fleur (100/1), Street Art (100/1)

A very low-key opener in which the 115-rated Let's Sway is the form pick for Olly Murphy. However, she's far from banker material, so it's definitely worth keeping a close eye on the weather conditions with plenty of rain rain forecast (as much as 20mm) with a view to taking her on at predicted short odds. FIELD EXHIBITION was a winner over further (2m5f) at Warwick last week for the doubly-represented Christian Williams, and although this sharp right-handed track mightn't prove totally ideal, a deluge of rainfall ahead of racing would enhance her chances enormously over this much reduced trip.