15:15 Southwell

Sunday 19 July 2020

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Support The ARC Racing Club Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 15:17 | Winning time: 5m 36.80s

Ginistrelli^h1,t¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Aidan Coleman| T: O Murphy

11/8

Profited from the sad fatal fall of Dusty's Choice when making a winning hurdles debut at Uttoxeter (2m, good) 13 days ago; hood now added to his tongue-tie; sets the standard despite an incurred penalty; very tough to beat.

Form: 1

Bitofblinding^t1¹²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: David Bass| T: H Chisman

80/1

Has competed in point-to-points since his last start under rules at Fontwell (2m1½f, good) in May 2019; is now under the wing of the Gloucestershire trainer Harry Chisman; far safer to look elsewhere.

Form: 88/PP3U-

Lord Springfield^t1²²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Nathan Moscrop⁽³⁾| T: Sara Ender| OR: 110

10/1

Offered glimpses of promise over hurdles for Donald McCain in late 2018 (commonly on soft ground), but didn't kick on positively over fences; sports a tongue-tie back over the smaller obstacles on debut for Sara Ender.

Form: 1635/D4-

Some Boy Mccoy²⁷⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: David England| T: O Murphy| OR: 109

8/1

Stablemate of the penalised Ginistrelli; hasn't exactly excelled in handicap company, including when a distant fourth to Skeaping in a conditional jockeys' selling handicap at Fakenham (2m, good) last October.

Form: 248/F64-

Chinese Alphabet^p³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Charlie Hammond⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| BF

20/1

18-race Flat maiden (53-rated); went closest when beaten ¾L by Lauberhorn Rocket in a Class 6 handicap at Chelmsford (1m5½f) last month; turns his hand to hurdling at a reasonably realistic level; place claims with a clear round.

Form:

Rubytwo²⁰³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: Danny McMenamin⁽³⁾| T: N G Richards| OR: 105| BF

11/8

Expensive to follow over hurdles (0-10), but if fully tuned up and ready to do herself justice off a 203-day absence ought to prove more than capable of playing a prominent role in this company; is the main danger to Ginistrelli.

Form: 34/7225-

Two Thirty Yeat¹²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: Thomas Dowson| T: P A Kirby

66/1

Yeats mare (cost €2,200 as a foal); has shown precious little in the way of ability to date, including when a tailed-off last of six on hurdles debut at Newcastle (2m, soft); look elsewhere confidently.

Form: 7056-

Non-Runners

Champagne Vintage²⁵⁹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 7

T: J R Jenkins J: Adam Wedge

Forecasts

Rubytwo (11/8), Ginistrelli (11/8), Some Boy Mccoy (8/1), Lord Springfield (10/1), Chinese Alphabet (20/1), Two Thirty Yeat (66/1), Bitofblinding (80/1), Champagne Vintage (100/1)

On bare form, only Rubytwo can remotely threaten the penalised Uttoxeter scorer GINISTRELLI. Olly Murphy has come flying out of the traps since the resumption of jumps racing, and with Richard Johnson no doubt keen to recapture his crown from Brian Hughes, this hooded four-year-old should prove capable of shouldering an incurred penalty in a weak and very winnable novices' hurdle.