14:15 Leicester

Thursday 6 December 2018

All12:3513:1013:4014:1514:4515:20

Cropston Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:16 | Winning time: 3m 54.8s

St John's²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams| OR: 99| BF

11/10

Beaten 12L when finishing fourth in a 2m heavy ground handicap hurdle at Ffos Las last time. Handles good ground and good-to-firm going also and is interesting in this contest.

Form: 534444

Primogeniture^v⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Conor Shoemark| T: M Keighley| OR: 94

5/1

Held in three starts over jumps since wind surgery and finished held in a 1m4f AW handicap at Wolverhampton last week. Probably best watched at present.

Form: 55P895

Flanagans Field^p²⁴³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-2| J: Robert Williams⁽³⁾| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 90| BF| D

8/1

Ran well to finish third in a 2m handicap hurdle on heavy ground at Ffos Las in February. Disappointed favourite in a first time tongue tie (absent here) when last in action two in April.

Form: 344430-

Torrent Des Mottes^p,t¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Edward Austin⁽⁷⁾| T: J R Cornwall| OR: 88

5/1

12 race maiden finished a fair fifth over an extended 2m at Market Rasen (good) a fortnight ago. Likely more needed if he's to break his maiden in this event.

Form: 668965

Micras^b,t¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Jamie Bargary| T: M Sheppard| OR: 86| D

7/1

Disappointed in two hurdles and two chases since joining this stable. Handicap mark falling as a result but probably best watched at present.

Form: 3/3-5F07

Murchison River^p1,t¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Jonathan England| T: S England| OR: 84

10/1

Sole success came in a 1m4f Chepstow handicap (good) in August last year. Beaten 78L at Uttoxeter (2m, good) last month and wears cheekpieces for the first time.

Form: 964070

Anton Dolin^p¹⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-8| J: Thomas Garner| T: M Mullineaux| OR: 82| D

25/1

Placed second beaten 1L in a handicap hurdle over an extended 2m2f at Market Rasen (good) in August. Disappointing since and races off a 5lb lower mark in this race.

Form: 262P70

Non-Runners

Sarpech⁵⁵¹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: Miss L V Davis J: Daniel Sansom

Aza Run²⁵

Weight: 11-1| Age: 8

T: S A Harris J: J M Quinlan

Forecasts

St John's (11/10), Sarpech (9/2), Primogeniture (5/1), Torrent Des Mottes (5/1), Micras (7/1), Flanagans Field (8/1), Murchison River (10/1), Aza Run (10/1), Anton Dolin (25/1)

ST JOHN'S showed up well on heavy going last time out and he is taken to return to the winners enclosure in this handicap hurdle. The selection can get the better of Sarpech who carries top weight on debut for a new stable while third place can go to Flanagans Field who can bounce back from a disappointing effort last time.