16:45 Taunton

Monday 4 February 2019

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Ladies Day 4th April Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 4m 57.60s

Silver Quay¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Bryony Frost| T: J D Frost| OR: 100| CD

5/2

Easy winner over C&D last time, opening his account over hurdles in doing so. Handicapper has added 10lb but likely goes well once more.

Form: 505431

Sky Full Of Stars⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Harry Reed| T: C Gordon| OR: 100

4/1

Recent Fontwell success over fences came off this mark and returning to this sphere shouldn't present too much trouble. Can go well.

Form: 2-36211

Ormskirk²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Mitchell Bastyan| T: J Farrelly| OR: 99

25/1

Unable to get a serious blow in so far in two runs for new handler, others holding clearer credentials again now.

Form: 510F09

Lady Wethered²⁴⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Sean Houlihan| T: Miss L Blackford| OR: 98

66/1

Made the frame at 150/1 in 2m4f heavy-ground maiden at Wincanton in April, though not come close to matching that form in either run since. Back from a break.

Form: 04/3-P0

Winged Express⁷⁶⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: Jordan Nailor⁽³⁾| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 96| C

16/1

Last spotted finishing fourth over fences all the way back on New Year's Eve 2016. Would be quite a feat to reappear with winning effort, market should reveal more.

Form: 3122R4/

Presenting Lucina⁵⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁶⁾| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 94

50/1

Hasn't achieved much so far in hurdles career, reverts to handicapping and will need to take big step forward to be in the firing line.

Form: 3446/6-P

Boutan⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: G Harris| OR: 86

8/1

Now 0-13 over hurdles, though better effort when staying on into third over 2m at Warwick last month. Didn't get very far at Uttoxeter since (unseated), so may be capable of a challenge if getting around.

Form: 6026-3U

Cloud Hopper^p,t1²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: Page Fuller⁽³⁾| T: Jamie Snowden| OR: 84

40/1

Unplaced in six starts over timber, including being pulled up both runs so far in handicaps. Tongue tie added here.

Form: 8806-PP

The Boola Bee^h¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: Tom Buckley⁽⁸⁾| T: N J Hawke| OR: 83

20/1

Point-to-point winner, remains a maiden under rules and while showing glimpses of promise at time, he's not one for maximum faith.

Form: 0933PP

Time For Champers^h¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-9| J: R Patrick| T: Mrs N S Evans| OR: 83

16/1

14-race maiden over timber, has his quirks at times and was well-held in midfield last month over 2m1f (good to soft) at Exeter, this is deeper.

Form: P6/2-R67

Flanagans Field^b²¹

Age: 11| Weight: 10-9| J: C Brace⁽⁵⁾| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 83| D

10/1

Best effort in some time came at Uttoxeter over 2m o New Year's Eve when around 6L down in third spot. Not as good at Fontwell since however.

Form: 30-5637

Touch Screen³⁰⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-8| J: Edward Austin⁽⁵⁾| T: Mark Gillard| OR: 82

40/1

Chase winner at Lingfield in November 2017, couple of unseats in that sphere before the end of last season. Coming back from more than 300 days off now and may need the run.

Form: 14U93U-

Blue April^b³⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: Rex Dingle| T: J Scott| OR: 82| BF

3/1

Pair of solid since returning from 7-month absence, latest when sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter in December. Goes up in distance and should be in the mix.

Form: 926-026

Just Spot⁶⁰

Age: 12| Weight: 10-7| J: Lorcan Williams| T: K Bishop| OR: 81| D

66/1

Mare isn't getting any younger and signs in her two runs this season of decline must rank as a concern here.

Form: 7036-RP

Equleus^t⁵⁸⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-6| J: Harry Teal| T: Mrs K Stephens| OR: 80

100/1

No wins and few positives in eight previous starts over timber, best effort coming over 2m on good ground at Ffos Las in spring of 2017. Long absence to overcome here.

Form: 02/0060-

Ruby Russet^b,t²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-3| J: Angus Cheleda⁽⁸⁾| T: C L Tizzard| OR: 77

20/1

Long way behind Sky Full Of Stars at Fontwell latest, remains a maiden after 19 attempts under rules. Hard to build a case.

Form: 0425P9

Non-Runners

Cool Macavity⁵³

Weight: 11-8| Age: 11

T: Alexandra Dunn J: Charlie Hammond

Forecasts

Silver Quay (5/2), Blue April (3/1), Sky Full Of Stars (4/1), Boutan (8/1), Flanagans Field (10/1), Time For Champers (16/1), Winged Express (16/1), Ruby Russet (20/1), The Boola Bee (20/1), Ormskirk (25/1), Cool Macavity (25/1), Touch Screen (40/1), Cloud Hopper (40/1), Presenting Lucina (50/1), Just Spot (66/1), Lady Wethered (66/1), Equleus (100/1)

SKY FULL OF STARS has made a fine start to 2019 by winning twice at Fontwell, firstly over hurdles and then a chase. The latter was achieved off the same mark he holds in this sphere and so he's fancied to complete the hat-trick. Fellow top-weight Silver Quay is the most obvious danger having improved to win over C&D last time, though a 10lb rise might make things tougher despite this looking a weak finale. Blue April might fancy place money going up in trip while similar can be said of the mare, Boutan, who ran well at Warwick over Christmas before unseating nine days ago at Uttoxeter.