13:25 Market Rasen

Wednesday 26 February 2020

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MansionBet Proud To Support British Racing Juvenile Hurdle

Off time: 13:26 | Winning time: 4m 24.80s

Cawthorne Lad^p1³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: T D Easterby| OR: 120

10/1

Has shown a consistent level of form since introduced to hurdles; won on soft ground at Catterick (1m7½f) early in the New Year; beaten 8L by the ill-fated Tavus at Wetherby (2m, soft) subsequently; cheekpieces are applied.

Form: 2313

Nanabelle⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: D A Jacob| T: N J Henderson| OR: 137| D

30/100

Unbeaten in two starts over hurdles in France (for S. Foucher); kept on strongly under pressure to beat the Yannick Fouin-trained maiden Sandrinella by 4½L at Cagnes-Sur-Mer (2m1½f, very soft) latest; first start for Nicky Henderson.

Form: 11

Flint Hill¹⁴⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Henry Brooke| T: Ruth Jefferson

28/1

Won a 7f Carlisle nursery for Michael Dods in August 2018 (then rated 75); 0-7 thereafter (mainly over 1m2f); joined Ruth Jefferson for 9,000gns from the Newmarket Autumn Sale; hurdles debut.

Form:

I'm Brian²³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Charlie Hammond⁽³⁾| T: S-J Davies

250/1

Troublesome from the gates on a couple of occasions for Julia Fielden (0-5); joined this trainer for a knock-down £600 in July 2019; well beaten on recent comeback run at Wolverhampton (100-1); hurdles debut.

Form:

Rikoboy²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: Dr R D P Newland| OR: 123

6/1

Mixed hurdling with chasing in France (0-7); in deep on GB/stable debut at Cheltenham in December; beaten 23L when filling the frame at Doncaster (2m½f, good) three weeks ago; plenty more improvement needed.

Form: 272363

Rusper's Gift^p,t³³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Dave Crosse| T: O Signy

250/1

Modest on the Flat for Jamie Osborne (60-rated maiden; 0-6); has raced prominently without lasting the duration in two starts over hurdles (Catterick & Huntingdon) for the first season trainer Oliver Signy; look elsewhere.

Form: 09

Yellow Tiger^t¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: James Bowen| T: D Loughnane

12/1

Game Carlisle maiden winner (1m3f) for Mark Johnston; 0-4 for Ian Williams thereafter; runner-up in a Class 2 AW handicap at Wolverhampton (2m) on recent debut for David Loughnane; switches his attentions to hurdles (debut).

Form:

Non-Runners

Kalaya³⁷

Weight: 10-5| Age: 4

T: F Brennan J: Brendan Powell

Forecasts

Nanabelle (30/100), Rikoboy (6/1), Cawthorne Lad (10/1), Yellow Tiger (12/1), Flint Hill (28/1), Kalaya (33/1), Rusper's Gift (250/1), I'm Brian (250/1)

Cawthorne Lad ticks plenty of boxes with consistency an admirable asset to possess within any armoury. However, he'll need to emerge right at the very top of his game in order to trouble the Nicky Henderson-trained GB/stable debutante NANABELLE. This daughter of the French 2m-2m1f hurdle/chase winner Lias City was unbeaten in two starts over hurdles (on very soft ground) at the French coastal venue of Cagnes-Sur-Mer.