18:20 Wincanton

Thursday 9 May 2019

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SJH Carpets Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 18:20 | Winning time: 5m 13.3s

Fortia¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Bryony Frost| T: Miss E C Lavelle| OR: 98

7/2

Almost won a Worcester novice hurdle last September but that was a very weak affair, and she's not progressed at all. Plenty to prove after another moderate effort at Plumpton last time, and easy enough to look elsewhere.

Form: 423070-

Ali The Hunter²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Tom Cannon| T: J Farrelly| OR: 87

9/1

No win and just a couple of places to show for her 14 starts so far, but caught the eye at Warwick last time, staying on nicely under minimal pressure to finish sixth. May have her quirks but this is a weak event, and she could take a hand.

Form: 3/305P6-

Mighty Missile^p,t¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Patrick Cowley⁽⁵⁾| T: B Barr| OR: 84| C

10/3

Fallen a long way in the handicap but you can argue it was a better effort at Newton Abbot last time (beaten under 10 lengths), the wind operation seemingly helping. Chances if he gets this trip, which isn't a given.

Form: 09P0/65-

Willyegolassiego^p,t²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: T Scudamore| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 83

2/1

Winner of just one of her 15 hurdles starts (four on the Flat, though), exposed as moderate but not beaten far at Fontwell last time and she travelled better than a few there. Place chances once again here,

Form: P28455-

Sapphire Noire³¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: Tom Buckley⁽⁷⁾| T: N J Hawke| OR: 80

7/1

Made all to win a moderate point-to-point last June but form under Rules is nothing to write home about, and having not been seen out for the best part of a year, likely to need the run anyway.

Form: PP/2P1P-

Bare Necessities^b,t³⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-3| J: M Goldstein| T: S Lycett| OR: 75

14/1

Mark falling through the floor after a series of dreadful efforts and and there's very little to recommend his chance here.

Form: PP/80P6-

Bit Spicy^b,t1⁸⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁷⁾| T: R Woodman| OR: 64

50/1

Has shown little but it wasn't terrible at Plumpton last time out, only beaten 10l, and possible the combination of longer trip and first-time tongue-tie on here might help the situation further. Out the handicap again, but not totally written off.

Form: 46PR/06-

Non-Runners

Press Gang¹⁴

Weight: 11-10| Age: 6

T: H Fry J: S Bowen

Eddy²

Weight: 11-3| Age: 10

T: Mrs S Gardner J: Chester Williams

Forecasts

Willyegolassiego (2/1), Mighty Missile (10/3), Fortia (7/2), Press Gang (5/1), Sapphire Noire (7/1), Eddy (7/1), Ali The Hunter (9/1), Bare Necessities (14/1), Bit Spicy (50/1)

This looks no stringer than the first division and it's a race up for grabs. In the hope the rain comes and slows things up a bit, EDDY is given a chance to put Tuesday's poor effort behind him and get back on track. He only went off a 7-1 chance there, and better was clearly expected. Willyegolassiego and All The Hunter look a likely pair for the places but for the more adventurous, Bit Spicy might give you a run for your money at a big price.