15:45 Ludlow

Wednesday 5 February 2020

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Two C's Antiques Fillies' Juvenile Hurdle

Off time: 15:46 | Winning time: 4m 7.3s

Gelboe De Chanay⁵⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: B J Geraghty| T: P Hobbs & J White| BF

10/3

Won on sole start in France last spring and was sent off 2/5 on first run for this yard at Fontwell in December but looked held when falling at the last. Clearly thought capable of better and should play a major role.

Form: 1-F

Bolt N Brown²³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Mr Eddie Edge⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Gay Kelleway

25/1

16 race maiden on the Flat with a rating of just 55. Stays 2m in that sphere. Rare runner over jumps for in-form trainer and needs this switch to hurdles to bring improvement.

Form:

Dorah^t1²⁰⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls

7/4

1m4f good to firm ground winner for Archie Watson last summer but finished lame when last seen. Now hurdling for top yard and her rating of 82 makes her of plenty interest on this switch to hurdles.

Form:

Gilka⁷⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton

7/2

Appreciated the step up to 1m7f when getting off the mark in the third of her bumper runs when trained in France in November on heavy ground. Has now moved to Dan Skelton and very interesting making her debut over hurdles.

Form: 41

Operatic Export^h1²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Charlie Hammond⁽³⁾| T: Dr R D P Newland

25/1

Won on debut in Ireland as a two-year-old but failed to progress on the Flat and although she showed something to work on when fifth at Aintree on first run over obstacles, she ran poorly here last month and something to prove now.

Form: 50

Red Archangel¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: R Spencer| OR: 120

17/2

Improved in each of her three runs over hurdles and did well to finish on the heels of the leaders at Doncaster last time despite her jumping been indifferent. More to come if she can brush up her jumping.

Form: 965

Storm Girl¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Lee Edwards| T: S-J Davies

100/1

No sign of ability on the Flat at huge prices where she is rated just 42 and needs hurdles to make a huge difference.

Form:

Tronada⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Tom Cannon| T: A King

9/2

Regressive maiden on the Flat last summer but showed something to work on when fourth on hurdling debut in a race that has thrown up a few winners and could take a step forward.

Form: 4

Forecasts

Dorah (7/4), Gelboe De Chanay (10/3), Gilka (7/2), Tronada (9/2), Red Archangel (17/2), Bolt N Brown (25/1), Operatic Export (25/1), Storm Girl (100/1)

A race where the market should reveal plenty with Dorah and Gilka both making hurdles debut for top yards, and while they may not have to be anything special to take this, slight preference at this stage is for GELBOE DE CHANAY who hopefully can leave his Fontwell run behind him.