14:20 Hexham

Friday 2 October 2020

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Racing Partnership Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:20 | Winning time: 4m 20.44s

Artic Quest⁴⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Miss Becky Smith⁽³⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 98

5/1

Modest maiden hurdler at best in Ireland, but made a positive start for new stable runner-up at Cartmel 40 days ago, travelling best. Worth chancing to go one better in a weak race.

Form: 8P0/65-2

Burdigala⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Joe Colliver| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 97

20/1

Form: 017/6-76

Sultans Pride²²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: B S Hughes| T: G Boanas| OR: 96

11/2

Ran at least respectably on all 3 outings earlier this term but still needs to do more to defy his current mark back from 7 months off.

Form: 757/345-

Farm The Rock^p,t¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: T J O'Brien| T: J Coulson| OR: 93| D

10/3

Out of sorts for Katy Price towards the end of last season but took step back in right direction when fourth in C&D handicap on second outing for current stable. Player if he can build on that.

Form: P009-P4

Seapoint^p²¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Danny Cook| T: Miss J E Foster| OR: 93| BF

18/1

Finally got off the mark back in headgear at Newcastle in January but followed out it with a tame display a couple of months later. Likely to need this reappearance, too.

Form: 37321P-

Fair Exchange^p²⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 10-6| J: Henry Brooke| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 80

25/1

Unreliable sort who went backwards from his debut for this yard. Plenty to prove.

Form: PP-855P

Lawtop Legend^p²⁷⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-4| J: Jonathon Bewley⁽³⁾| T: G Bewley| OR: 78| CD

8/1

Mostly out of sorts last term and liable to need this first run in 9 months.

Form: 448489-

Grand Enterprise^p,t³⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 10-4| J: Sean Quinlan| T: H Hogarth| OR: 78

4/1

Limited hurdler who has turned in respectable efforts the last twice but lacks the ability to defy even his basement mark.

Form: 287-726

Molly Whuppie¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-1| J: Amie Waugh⁽⁵⁾| T: Paula Smith| OR: 75

10/1

Has an iffy profile but returned to form at a huge price when runner-up at this course 17 days ago. Unproven at the trip and far from certain to be in the same form.

Form: 2/P0-072

Permission Granted^t1²¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: Lucy Alexander| T: R Dobbin| OR: 72

12/1

Poor maiden hurdler who makes limited appeal returning from 7 months off.

Form: 3850/47-

Non-Runners

Leostar¹⁷

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: A C Whillans J: Non Runner

Dorothy's Flame²¹³

Weight: 10-0| Age: 8

T: J C Haynes J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Farm The Rock (10/3), Grand Enterprise (4/1), Leostar (4/1), Artic Quest (5/1), Sultans Pride (11/2), Lawtop Legend (8/1), Molly Whuppie (10/1), Permission Granted (12/1), Seapoint (18/1), Burdigala (20/1), Fair Exchange (25/1), Dorothy's Flame (50/1)

ARCTIC QUEST faltered with the race at his mercy when runner-up at Cartmel on his debut for Micky Hammond but he's liable to strip fitter for that outing, so he's worth a chance to confirm that encouragement remembering how easily he travelled. Farm The Rock is one to note on just his third outing for his current stable.