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Saturday 26 January 2019

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Nelsons Gin Distillery Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:08 | Winning time: 4m 12.5s

Collodi¹⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 12-2| J: C Brace⁽⁵⁾| T: C R Dore| OR: 107| D

14/1

Made all to win a seller at Fakenham in October by 22L but that seems more his level these days and out of form in handicaps. Seems best on a sound surface as well now.

Form: 315785

The Crazed Moon³⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr Jason Dixon⁽⁸⁾| T: Henry Oliver| OR: 105| CD

11/4

Chasing a hat-trick after following up Bangor win when scoring over C&D last month. That form has taken a few knocks but has ground to suit and should go well off 7lb higher mark.

Form: 45-5511

Delface^p²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Kieron Edgar| T: D Pipe| OR: 105| CD

9/4

Hinted at a return to form prior to C&D win last month when winning by 6L. 6lb rise is pretty fair and if in the same form should play a prominent role.

Form: 3-66631

Wazowski⁵⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Lorcan Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 103| D

10/1

Still to be asked for effort when losing all chance with a mistake in a better race at Carlisle last time. Has run well under this claimer in the past.

Form: 423436

Mansion¹²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Hugh Nugent⁽⁶⁾| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 102

11/1

Lightly raced but stable in better form then when making handicap debut in September and very interesting to see if any money comes for him.

Form: 6P4/0

Comber Mill^t⁷²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: A Ralph| OR: 102| CD

11/1

Hasn't taken to fences and will be much happier now reverting to the smaller obstacles. Completed a hat-trick at this time last year including twice over C&D and interesting jockey booking. Certainly worth noting in market.

Form: 9-2UU7P

Blue Bullet^b1,t¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: Page Fuller⁽³⁾| T: Jamie Snowden| OR: 100

20/1

Disappointing over fences of late including when supported at Leicester on latest Happier now back over hurdles but something to prove at present..

Form: 662-4P4

Hollywood All Star^v³¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-7| J: Tom Humphries⁽⁸⁾| T: D Killahena & G McPherson| OR: 98| CD

25/1

Tailed off in a seller on return and while he should be fitter now his losing run dates back to 2015.

Form: 682P2-5

Midnight Jitterbug³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Joe Anderson⁽⁷⁾| T: M R Bosley| OR: 95

12/1

No show when returning from long lay-off at Wincanton last month and yet to run on ground this soft. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 648/33-0

Boutan¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: Rex Dingle| T: G Harris| OR: 86

9/1

One of better efforts when third at Warwick after a break and claims if able to build on that but still without a win in this sphere and others have stronger credentials.

Form: 86026-3

Non-Runners

Secret Melody¹

Weight: 11-3| Age: 6

T: S-J Davies J: Ben Godfrey

Forecasts

Delface (9/4), The Crazed Moon (11/4), Boutan (9/1), Wazowski (10/1), Mansion (11/1), Comber Mill (11/1), Midnight Jitterbug (12/1), Collodi (14/1), Blue Bullet (20/1), Secret Melody (25/1), Hollywood All Star (25/1)

Not a bad race for the grade and a chance is taken on COMBER MILL bouncing back to form now reverting to hurdles with an excellent claimer in the saddle. Mansion should have more to come and any money for him would be worth noting while The Crazed Moon needs to be taken seriously on his hat-trick bid.