14:55 Stratford

Saturday 19 October 2019

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Off time: 14:55 | Winning time: 4m 5.50s

First Quest¹⁶⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: R T Dunne| T: J R Boyle| OR: 115| D

9/4

Successful by a neck in a 15 runner 1m2f handicap at Windsor (good) in April. Disappointed at Lingfield (1m2f, good-to-firm) the following month and is interesting on his return to hurdles following a break.

Form: 86/1419-

Skeaping^b¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Luca Morgan⁽⁷⁾| T: P W Middleton| OR: 112| D

11/8

Placed three times in five starts for this stable prior to winning a selling handicap over 2m at Fakenham on Friday. Was also winner of a selling contest at Southwell in the spring and is likely to play a leading role in this contest.

Form: 33F361

Iballisticvin^v¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: N F Houlihan⁽⁷⁾| T: G & J Moore

16/1

Well beaten seventh off a mark of 53 in a 1m4f handicap at Brighton (good-to-soft) earlier this month. Probably best watched on just his second start over hurdles.

Form: 4/

Initiative^e/s1,h³²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Sean Houlihan⁽³⁾| T: R J Price

50/1

Victorious over 6f at Salisbury (good-to-firm) as a two-year-old. Failed to beat a rival home in four starts for two different stables subsequently however. Eye-shield tried for the first time on hurdles debut.

Form:

False Getaway¹⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: Bryony Frost| T: J D Frost| OR: 102

11/1

Beaten 7¼L when fourth in a maiden point-to-point at Dingley (2m4f, good) in May. Changed yards since and more needed on her return to Rules racing.

Form: 8324-34

Line Of Beauty^t1¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: Nick Scholfield| T: Jack Barber| OR: 90

4/1

12 race maiden was beaten 15L when seventh in a 2m handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter (soft) last time out. Tongue tie tried for the first time on this occasion.

Form: 4337

Takiah²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: Jamie Bargary| T: P W Hiatt

33/1

20 race maiden on the Flat and was beaten 8¾L when eighth in a 1m handicap at Leicester (good-to-firm) last month on her most recent start. Others make more appeal on jumping debut.

Form:

Yamuna River^v1²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: L P Aspell| T: C Gordon| OR: 88

18/1

21 race maiden under all codes and finished a well held 1th in a handicap hurdle at Plumpton (2m, good-to-firm) last month on her most recent start. Visor tried for the first time.

Form: 230-320

Forecasts

Skeaping (11/8), First Quest (9/4), Line Of Beauty (4/1), False Getaway (11/1), Iballisticvin (16/1), Yamuna River (18/1), Takiah (33/1), Initiative (50/1)

SKEAPING was a winner at Fakenham on Friday and he can follow-up in this contest if making a quick reappearance. The selection can see off First Quest who was the winner of a handicap hurdle at the start of this year and is making his return from a break while third place can go to Iballisticvin on his first hurdles start in over two years.