14:45 Wincanton

Thursday 15 October 2020

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Off time: 14:46 | Winning time: 3m 51.0s

Coby Nine⁵⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Brendan Powell| T: D G Bridgwater| OR: 103

11/4

Placed all 5 outings in handicap hurdles, shaping well before fading on return at Stratford 8 weeks ago. Now tackles fences for the first time.

Form: 923/22-2

Lake Baikal²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: R P McLernon| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 101| D

7/2

Left chase debut form well behind when scoring with plenty in hand at Perth (2m) in July. Good second at Southwell next time and possibly unsuited by a softer surface when only seventh latest.

Form: 258-127

Punkawallah¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: M G Nolan| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 100

22/1

Well held on Newton Abbot handicap hurdle debut last month and remains to be seen if this switch to fences makes any difference.

Form: 264-4U0

Getawaytonewbay^t²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Stan Sheppard| T: M Sheppard| OR: 95

4/1

Successful twice between the flags and confirmed promise of chase debut when landing 13-runner handicap at Stratford. Travelled well long way when third at Warwick latest. Likely to go well again.

Form: 85-3163

Dido⁵⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-3| J: Adam Wedge| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 94

10/1

Placed in handicap chases at Newton Abbot (21f0 and Uttoxeter (22.5f) this season. Ought to figure again if as effective over this much shorter trip.

Form: 1/323-23

Edward Blue^t²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: T J O'Brien| T: Noel Williams| OR: 91

14/1

Modest form in bumpers/novice hurdles but it certainly wouldn't be a surprise to see him fare better now switching to fences for this handicap debut.

Form: 6-75P3

En Coeur^t1¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: J McGrath| T: J W Mullins| OR: 85

28/1

Modest hurdler who probably needed the run when below par on his reappearance 13 days ago. Has a tongue strap added now switching to fences for the first time.

Form: 44P44-5

Hold Me Tight^t⁵⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: James Best| T: P Gundry| OR: 76

12/1

Yet to taste success (0-34 overall, Flat and jumps). Did put in a good shift when runner-up on Newton Abbot reappearance but not in the same form when fourth at Fontwell since.

Form: 46U8-24

Princess Midnight^t²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: H Cobden| T: C L Tizzard| OR: 74

7/1

Poor maiden hurdler but did show an aptitude for chasing when fourth over 2½m at Plumpton on recent return from 17 months off, leading long way. Down in trip. Yard won this last year. Interesting.

Form: 59375/4

Kapoupakap^h,t²²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: Bryony Frost| T: J D Frost| OR: 71

40/1

Dual point winner but has yet to seriously threaten under Rules in Britain, including in handicap chases. First outing for 220 days.

Form: 073776-

Dollar And A Dream^h,t³⁷

Age: 11| Weight: 10-0| J: Benjamin Poste| T: T R George| OR: 69| D

28/1

Winless for Michael Mullineaux and disappointing for present yard, pulling up on chase reappearance before well-held sixth in selling hurdle. 8 lb out of the handicap.

Form: 369/5-P6

Non-Runners

Bad Boy Du Pouldu¹²

Weight: 11-11| Age: 9

T: G & J Moore J: Joshua Moore

Forecasts

Coby Nine (11/4), Lake Baikal (7/2), Getawaytonewbay (4/1), Bad Boy Du Pouldu (4/1), Princess Midnight (7/1), Dido (10/1), Hold Me Tight (12/1), Edward Blue (14/1), Punkawallah (22/1), Dollar And A Dream (28/1), En Coeur (28/1), Kapoupakap (40/1)

GETAWAYTONEWBAY shaped quite well when third at Warwick last time and may prove the answer here. Princess Midnight has to race from a little out of the handicap but she led for a long way on her 2½m chase debut after an absence and is of some interest now dropping back to 2m for a trainer/jockey combination which won this last year. Bad Boy Du Pouldu also makes the shortlist.