14:15 Kempton

Sunday 20 October 2019

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Matchbook Best Value Exchange Juvenile Hurdle

Off time: 14:15 | Winning time: 3m 46.30s

Artois¹⁰⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: W T Kennedy| T: Alexandra Dunn

50/1

Won a 1m novice stakes here (AW) for Hugo Palmer last September; failed to beat a single rival in two subsequent starts (1m-1m2f); makes his hurdles debut after joining Alex Dunn in August for £12,000.

Form:

Highway To Success¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: D A Jacob| T: J & S Best| OR: 104

14/1

Galway maiden winner (7f, yielding) for Gordon Elliott; hasn't achieved a great deal in three starts over hurdles for Suzi Best - 40-1 when sixth of 14 to Nordano at Huntingdon (2m, good) latest.

Form: 676

Moonlit Sea¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Sean Houlihan⁽³⁾| T: P Phelan

40/1

Lowly-rated Flat maiden (55); 66-1 when finishing a well beaten eighth of 14 to Nordano on hurdles debut at Huntingdon (2m, good) 18 days ago; an unlikely candidate based on that evidence.

Form: 8

Motashakel¹¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams

11/1

Olympic Glory gelding; Flat winner for Kevin Prendergast (7f Leopardstown); switched to Evan Williams in August for £20,000; has the potential to make the grade as a hurdler as a half-brother to the 2m-2m5f winner River Frost.

Form:

Paseo¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: L P Aspell| T: O Sherwood

6/5

Raced once on the Flat for Amanda Perrett prior to joining Oliver Sherwood for 22,000gns; kept on strongly from well off the pace to finish a promising 18-1 third to Nordano on hurdles debut at Huntingdon (2m, good); sets the standard?

Form: 3

Prefontaine^b¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.⁽³⁾| T: J & A O'Neill

9/2

Useful on the Flat for Roger Varian but can also be described as enigmatic; veered left and unseated his rider on hurdles debut (Huntingdon) and despite getting around at Fontwell (2m1f+) a few days later, he didn't offer too much future promise.

Form: U2

Production²²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Tom Cannon| T: A King

3/1

Winner of a 1m2f Class 4 handicap at Redcar in June (for Richard Hannon); raced keenly on hurdles/stable debut at Market Rasen (2m+, good) where but for a mistake at the last, he would've probably finished third to Half Bolly; chance.

Form: 4

Rafiot¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Joshua Moore| T: G & J Moore

18/1

Driven out to score by a neck on Flat debut in a 1m2f AW maiden at Cagnes-sur-mer (for C.Ferland); bought for €22,000 in July 2019; hampered and unseated rider on debut for Gary Moore at Ascot (Flat) 16 days ago.

Form:

Non-Runners

Paricolor⁴

Weight: 10-12| Age: 3

T: D Pipe J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Paseo (6/5), Production (3/1), Prefontaine (9/2), Paricolor (5/1), Motashakel (11/1), Highway To Success (14/1), Rafiot (18/1), Moonlit Sea (40/1), Artois (50/1)

It's very early days over hurdles for these juveniles, but that said you'd already be firmly against the somewhat enigmatic Prefontaine. David Pipe's Paricolor probably showed improvement for wind surgery when finishing runner-up at Wetherby on Wednesday and is worthy of a positive mention, while Production will have no doubt have taken plenty from his hurdles debut at Market Rasen. However, very similar comments apply to the Oliver Sherwood-trained PASEO who was an eye-catching third at Huntingdon, and surely has the measure of the likes of Highway To Success and Moonlit Sea on that limited evidence.