16:30 Ffos Las

Thursday 1 October 2020

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Pennant Walters Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:30 | Winning time: 5m 2.57s

Dancing In The Sky^t⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Cillin Leonard⁽⁷⁾| T: Dr R D P Newland| OR: 110| D

6/5

Fairly useful 20f chase winner who landed handicap at Perth (20.1f, soft) 7 days ago. Back hurdling now off lower mark so he's firmly in the mix.

Form: 433-1F1

Cave Top^p²²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: Ross Turner⁽⁵⁾| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 109| D

33/1

13/2, below-form fourth of 8 in handicap chase at Huntingdon (19.9f, heavy). Off 7 months and back over hurdles with lots to prove.

Form: PPPP24-

Mere Anarchy^v²⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: C Gethings| T: R Stephens| OR: 105

13/2

Fair but untrustworthy hurdler who arrives on back of 14f Salisbury handicap win on Flat 20 days ago. Figures on decent mark but can't be trusted.

Form: 3/2353P-

Iona Lad^v1²¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Charlie Price⁽⁵⁾| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 103

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 14/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Musselburgh (19.8f, heavy) when last seen on track 7 months ago. Visor on now with questions to answer.

Form: 3P/52P-

Dalaman^t¹⁹⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: S Bowen| T: Miss R Curtis| OR: 103| D

14/1

Winless last season and looked none too easy a ride when respectable fourth at Taunton final run 6 months ago. Others preferred.

Form: 3PP/444-

Volcano²⁰⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Ben Jones⁽³⁾| T: Sheila Lewis| OR: 103

13/2

Fourteen runs since last win in 2017, and turned in below-par fifth of 9 in handicap at Taunton (19f) 6 months ago. Hard to warm to.

Form: 2/708P5-

Grania O'Malley²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Conor Ring⁽³⁾| T: Evan Williams| OR: 101| C

50/1

Out of sorts at present, remote fifth of 7 in handicap hurdle at Southwell (20.4f) 28 days ago. Easily opposed.

Form: P4-8085

Arty Campbell^b³⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 11-2| J: Robert Williams⁽³⁾| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 100| D

18/1

In good form on the Flat but didn't find as much as seemed likely when only fair fourth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Newton Abbot (21.6f, good) 30 days ago. Needs bit more.

Form: 12/398-4

Fool To Cry^p¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: J Farrelly| OR: 100| D

6/1

Cashed in on reduced mark when landing 20f handicap at Hexham 16 days ago. Up 6 lb but still enters calculations.

Form: 34/9P-51

Giga White²²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams| OR: 98

28/1

In good form over hurdles/fences until failing to complete on his last two outings, badly hampered before unseating rider at Uttoxeter 22 days ago. Not written off.

Form: 8-U42FU

Uno Mas¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: Jack Tudor⁽⁵⁾| T: Christian Williams| OR: 87| D

9/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2019, and below-par sixth of 8 in handicap at Newton Abbot (26.5f) 12 days ago. Back down in trip but others more persuasive.

Form: 57-96P6

Non-Runners

Vinnie's Getaway¹⁹⁸

Weight: 11-13| Age: 6

T: O Murphy J: Lewis Stones

Jack Thunder²³

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: C J Mann J: Harry Bannister

Norab⁶¹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 9

T: B J Llewellyn J: Sean Houlihan

Shareef Star⁴³

Weight: 10-9| Age: 5

T: P & M Bowen J: James Bowen

Forecasts

Dancing In The Sky (6/5), Fool To Cry (6/1), Mere Anarchy (13/2), Volcano (13/2), Vinnie's Getaway (7/1), Jack Thunder (8/1), Uno Mas (9/1), Norab (12/1), Dalaman (14/1), Shareef Star (14/1), Arty Campbell (18/1), Giga White (28/1), Cave Top (33/1), Grania O'Malley (50/1), Iona Lad (50/1)

A case can be made for a few here but DANCING IN THE SKY looks the most solid option given he arrives in winning form over fences and can race off a lower mark reverted to hurdles. Shareef Star has the potential to make his presence felt, while Vinnie's Getaway and Fool To Cry are also well worth a second look in an open handicap.