16:35 Uttoxeter

Saturday 4 May 2019

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bet365 Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:38 | Winning time: 5m 0.10s

Myplaceatmidnight²²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Bryony Frost| T: N B King| OR: 135| BF

2/1

Winner of a novice hurdle over an extended 2m4f at Plumpton (soft) in March. Faller upped to an extended 3m subsequently and is interesting dropping in trip.

Form: 41321F-

Sir Ivan^t¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: S Bowen| T: H Fry| OR: 135| C

3/1

Course winner was returning from a break when runner-up over an extended 2m2f at Exeter (good-to-soft) in March. Held in a competitive handicap at Cheltenham (3m, good) subsequently and drop in trip is in his favour.

Form: P1F/P28-

Theatrebar^t³⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 11-6| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR: 129| D

11/4

Returned to winning ways with a success over an extended 2m3f at Wetherby (good) at the end of March. Raised 5lb for that victory and is one to note for a top stable.

Form: 660851-

Forecast^h,t⁴⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: R Johnson| T: M Keighley| OR: 125| D

13/2

Good fourth in a 3m handicap hurdle at Cheltenham (good-to-soft) in January. Struggled over this C&D in a heavy ground contest on his only subsequent start.

Form: 231040-

Dieu Vivant^p1²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: P J Brennan| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 122

16/1

Winner over hurdles and fences in France but finished well beaten in a handicap hurdle over an extended 2m5f at Wincanton (good) on stable debut last month. Cheekpieces tried for the first time.

Form: 1F6460-

Curious Carlos^v1¹⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 10-11| J: James Bowen| T: P & M Bowen| OR: 120| C| D

16/1

Course winner and successful in eight of his 37 starts to date most recently in a good ground novice chase at Perth 2m) in June last year. Struggled back over hurdles at that venue last time out and visor tried for the first time.

Form: 159476-

Fionn Mac Cul⁸⁷⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 120

25/1

Dual heavy ground novice hurdle winner in early 2016 but absent since pulling up on chase debut at Carlisle (2m5f, soft) in December of that year. Others make more appeal on return from a long absence.

Form: 36131P/

Non-Runners

Silver Kayf⁵⁸

Weight: 11-9| Age: 7

T: K Bailey & M Nicholls J: David Bass

Satoshi¹³

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: J Farrelly J: Tom Cannon

Forecasts

Myplaceatmidnight (2/1), Theatrebar (11/4), Sir Ivan (3/1), Silver Kayf (6/1), Forecast (13/2), Curious Carlos (16/1), Dieu Vivant (16/1), Satoshi (16/1), Fionn Mac Cul (25/1)

SIR IVAN represents a good yard and with the drop in trip here in his favour he can register a victory in this handicap hurdle. The selection can get the better of top weight Myplaceatmidnight while third can go to the veteran Theatrebar who was a winner last time out.