15:35 Stratford

Saturday 5 September 2020

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Watch On Racing TV Conditional Jockeys' Selling Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:35 | Winning time: 4m 14.8s

Flat To The Max^b,t¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Bryan Carver| T: T J FitzGerald| OR: 120

9/1

Hurdle winner for Gordon Elliott in 2018 but below form both starts on the Flat this summer and fared no better back over hurdles from a stiff looking mark at Cartmel 13 days ago. Tongue tie on.

Form: U916P/5

Chef De Troupe⁴⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Cillin Leonard⁽⁸⁾| T: Dr R D P Newland| OR: 115

9/4

Useful on Flat in France and landed a brace of modest handicaps with ease last summer. Has yet to add to his tally but looked as good as ever when fourth at Uttoxeter on reappearance.

Form: 11022-4

Skeaping^p,t²²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: N F Houlihan⁽³⁾| T: P W Middleton| OR: 113| C

10/1

Four wins last term, latest in seller here in October. Ran poorly back on the at Southwell in January but can be a factor now returning to hurdling in refitted tongue tie/cheekpieces.

Form: 113233-

Leroy Brown³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Jordan Nailor⁽³⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 110| BF

10/3

Bumper winner who returned with a good second over hurdles at Uttoxeter in July. Strong in the betting but proved a disappointment at Southwell since, so has a bit to prove now switching to handicaps.

Form: 13P3-26

Dariya^p,t²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: Tom Buckley⁽⁶⁾| T: C E Longsdon| OR: 102

9/4

Took a step back in the right direction when fifth at Uttoxeter (2m, good) in July, but was well held on the back of a wind operation at Southwell the following month. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 3273-57

Black Prince^t,v1¹⁸⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: Lily Pinchin⁽³⁾| T: M Keighley| OR: 97

12/1

Failed to go on in three runs over hurdles. Off 6 months since poor run on Flat so lots to prove on handicap debut.

Form: 2P3/

Salazar¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Shane Quinlan| T: S-J Davies| OR: 75

50/1

Poor maiden hurdler who has offered little both starts back this term. Hard to make a case for.

Form: P800-F7

Epsom Day^t³⁶⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Charlie Hammond| T: B R Summers| OR: 74

150/1

Little show in 4 novice hurdles last year so can only be watched on this switch to handicaps after 12 months off.

Form: 0/FPP-

Non-Runners

Road To Reward¹

Weight: 10-2| Age: 5

T: D McCain Jnr J: Lorcan Murtagh

Forecasts

Dariya (9/4), Chef De Troupe (9/4), Leroy Brown (10/3), Flat To The Max (9/1), Skeaping (10/1), Black Prince (12/1), Road To Reward (25/1), Salazar (50/1), Epsom Day (150/1)

CHEF DE TROUPE probaly doesn't have much in hand from his current mark but he looked as good as ever when fourth at Uttoxeter on his reappearance and is taken to make the most of this drop in grade. Skeaping won 4 times last term and should be up to making his presence felt on this return to action with the tongue tie/cheekpieces refitted. Dariya has claims on the pick of her form.