16:45 Stratford

Saturday 5 September 2020

All14:2515:0015:3516:1016:4517:2017:50

Pardy's Dairies Fresh Milk Deliveries Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 3m 39.70s

Highly Prized³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Adam Wedge| T: Miss E C Lavelle| OR: 140| D

10/3

Fairly useful Flat performer in the US and boasts an excellent strike rate over hurdles. Better for return when bolting up at Southwell in late July and could have more to come.

Form: 3110-51

Dino Velvet⁵⁷

7/1

Useful winning hurdler who shaped nicely when a staying-on third at Southwell on hurdling return, then perhaps found the race coming too soon at Market Rasen next time. Given more of a break since.

Form: 6456-38

Fiesole³⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: David England| T: O Murphy| OR: 132| D

33/1

Shaped well in the Swinton Hurdle last season and ran as well as could be expected (fit from Flat) from a stiff-enough mark at Market Rasen on return. Disappointing at Southwell since, though.

Form: F1/46-75

Valentino Dancer^p⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: Fergus Gregory⁽³⁾| T: O Murphy| OR: 124| D

14/1

Fairly useful on Flat/over hurdles and back to form when a staying-on third at Market Rasen 40 days ago. Current mark demands improvement.

Form: 1215-93

St Gallen^t³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: R Johnson| T: O Murphy| OR: 123| D

7/1

Scored over hurdles on first two runs for current yard before (wind op) good efforts back on the level recently, so makes plenty of appeal back in this sphere.

Form: 95/110-1

Jamacho¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: B S Hughes| T: C E Longsdon| OR: 123| CD

15/2

Has resumed in this sphere at the top of his game, scoring twice over C&D in July and comfortably completing the hat-trick at Southwell 12 days ago. Obvious claims bidding for the 4-timer.

Form: 67/5-111

Hallings Comet³¹

Age: 11| Weight: 10-4| J: Danny McMenamin⁽³⁾| T: S Lycett| OR: 118| D

15/2

Front runner who has been narrowly touched off on both outings so far this term and can be expected to give his all once more. Others look more progressive, however.

Form: 1744-22

El Borracho¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-4| J: Henry Brooke| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 118| D

2/1

Promising sort who has landed a double at Southwell with something to spare recently and has his latest success boosted by the runner-up since. Looks ahead of this opening mark.

Form: 3211

Non-Runners

Zambella¹⁹⁶

Weight: 11-9| Age: 5

T: N & W Twiston-Davies J: D A Jacob

Forecasts

El Borracho (2/1), Highly Prized (10/3), Dino Velvet (7/1), St Gallen (7/1), Jamacho (15/2), Hallings Comet (15/2), Zambella (8/1), Valentino Dancer (14/1), Fiesole (33/1)

EL BORRACHO had something to spare when seeing off Leroy Leroy at Southwell last time and, bearing in mind that rival scored by 8 lengths in a novice earlier this week, there's every chance this progressive gelding can prove better than a mark of 118. Jamacho bids for the 4-timer, so he could provide stern opposition along with Highly Prized.