West Wales Properties Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:06 | Winning time: 5m 19.10s

Air Horse One^b1,t²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: S Bowen| T: H Fry| OR: 128

6/4

Ran up a hat-trick in early 2017, but has not added to that in 15 subsequent starts, despite running some very good races. Had wind surgery prior to his reappearance at Plumpton. May have needed that and not ruled out from this mark in new headgear.

Form: 026P-05

Whoshotwho^p¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: Charlie Hammond⁽³⁾| T: Dr R D P Newland| OR: 127

10/1

All three wins have been over 2m5½f, the last two in chases at Market Rasen in the summer of 2018. Well treated here on that form and after a step back in the right direction at Hereford last time, he can't be ruled out. Acts on heavy.

Form: 3U22-95

Iron Horse^p¹⁸⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Daniel Hiskett⁽³⁾| T: R T Phillips| OR: 120| D

4/1

Broke his duck at the eighth attempt when a wide margin winner at Uttoxeter (2m4f, good to soft) last time out in May. Up 10lb for that and in a better race here. Check market for confidence, as he has yet to do his best when fresh.

Form: 599U2-1

Searching^p¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Ben Jones⁽⁵⁾| T: G Harris| OR: 116

9/2

Won at both Exeter (2m1f, good) and Hereford (2m5½f, good) last month, the latter when 9lb lower. Handicapper appears to have has his measure since then, so needs to pull out more.

Form: 231165

Dalaman²¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-5| J: Aidan Coleman| T: Miss R Curtis| OR: 107| D

9/4

Triple winner over hurdles in 2017, when with Neil Mulholland. Has largely struggled since, and has changed hands since last seen in April. Well treated from this mark, even on his C&D run from January. Interesting on stable debut.

Form: 1/FP3PP-

Non-Runners

Sirop De Menthe¹⁵

Weight: 10-6| Age: 9

T: Mrs S Gardner J: Lucy Gardner

Forecasts

Air Horse One (6/4), Dalaman (9/4), Iron Horse (4/1), Searching (9/2), Whoshotwho (10/1), Sirop De Menthe (20/1)

More questions than answers here. Air Horse One could be forgiven for needing his reappearance. He has lots of solid form to his name, and if the new headgear combination works, he could be a big player. Whoshotwho is not ruled out, but Iron Horse will need to better previous form when fresh to add to his success from May. Therefore, it could be worth chancing the well-treated DALAMAN on his reappearance and debut for Rebecca Curtis.