19:40 Hexham

Monday 2 September 2019

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Off time: 19:40 | Winning time: 3m 58.30s

Connerys Hill

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Alison Clarke⁽⁷⁾| T: Kenny Johnson

66/1

Fifth foal from a maiden point-to-point scorer who is a half-sister to the Cheltenham Foxhunter winner Tammys Hill; future is likely to lie over fences.

Form:

Darry Desbois^v⁷¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: R D Day| T: M Todhunter

25/1

Hasn't set the pulses racing in bumpers or over hurdles to date; wore a first-time visor when sixth of 14 (100-1) over C&D in June.

Form: 0/0P-6

Duc De Grissay⁴⁹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Rachel McDonald⁽⁵⁾| T: A M Thomson

40/1

Bought for £4,000 in May 2018; runner-up to a now northern-based pointer for Donnchadh Doyle at Courtown (3m, soft) in April 2018; stablemate of Unite The Cans.

Form: P4P2/

Emerald Rocket^b1¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: R Johnson| T: O Murphy| OR: 116| BF

9/4

Still seeking his first success over obstacles (2,2,3,2,2,2); isn't the most battle hardy, so it's no surprise to see blinkers now applied; that said; has a leading form-based chance in an otherwise weak maiden hurdle.

Form: 2-23222

Footloose^t³⁰⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden

4/1

Cost £26,000 as a three-year-old; 16-1 when fourth of 12 (beaten 17½L) on debut in a Bangor bumper last October; off since and now tackles hurdles for the first time.

Form: 4-

Gennady¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: B S Hughes| T: K Dalgleish| BF

4/1

Cost £37,000 in December 2018; bumped into a Nigel Twiston-Davies trained winner on debut for current connections (in a Stratford bumper); is swiftly switched to hurdles and could prove capable of playing a leading role.

Form: 4-2

Raashdy⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Jonathan England| T: S England

9/4

Modest on the Flat (rated in the 50's), although is a six-time AW winner; held no real chance with the 9L winner Wooster on hurdles debut at Cartmel (2m1f, good to soft) last week.

Form: 2

Unite The Clans²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Callum Bewley| T: A M Thomson

50/1

Won once on the Flat for the Irish handler John Patrick Shanahan (Windsor) before plummeting in the weights for Keith Dalgleish; goes hurdling for a trainer who is also responsible for Duc De Grissay.

Form:

Wherewouldugetit⁷⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Nathan Moscrop⁽³⁾| T: Sara Ender

66/1

Bought for a whopping £90,000 after winning a 3m 4yo maiden at Dromahane in November 2018; modest in three starts for Andrew McNamara and moved onto pastures new for a mere £6,500 in July 2019; debut for Sara Ender.

Form: 10-60

Misscarlett¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: R P McLernon| T: P A Kirby

12/1

Low-grade Flat handicapper (rated 43); third of six (beaten almost 10L) by a stablemate of Gennady on hurdles debut at Perth 16 days ago - runner-up a winner on the Flat at Hamilton since.

Form: 3

Forecasts

Raashdy (9/4), Emerald Rocket (9/4), Footloose (4/1), Gennady (4/1), Misscarlett (12/1), Darry Desbois (25/1), Duc De Grissay (40/1), Unite The Clans (50/1), Wherewouldugetit (66/1), Connerys Hill (66/1)

Emerald Rocket has had plenty of chances and in truth hasn't appeared to be the most willing of conveyances at times, but in newly-applied blinkers he sets the standard for the others to aim towards. Viable alternatives are thin on the ground with the likes of Raashdy and Misscarlett of limited ability on the level. However, hurdling debutant GENNADY does fit the bill as a possible future winner in the Straightline Bloodstock silks. Time may tell that he bumped into a useful horse in the shape of the Nigel Twiston-Davies trained Took The Lot at Stratford (bumper).