16:07 Lingfield

Thursday 22 October 2020

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Visit attheraces.com Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2)

Off time: 16:11 | Winning time: 4m 55.93s

Ardbruce²³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: James Best| T: J W Mullins

300/1

Well held in a bumper/completed starts over hurdles. Will be better off in handicaps.

Form: 9P54-

Bear Ghylls²²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Matt Griffiths| T: Nicky Martin

2/1

Looked something well out of the ordinary when belying odds of 33/1 to make a winning bumper debut at Warwick in March. Excellent hurdling recruit for yard that know the time of day.

Form: 1-

Bold Pimpernel^h1²²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Paul O'Brien⁽³⁾| T: C E Longsdon

150/1

£15,000 5-y-o, Elusive Pimpernel gelding. Dam unraced out of unraced half-sister to top-class staying hurdler Baracouda. Placed both starts in Irish points this year (Mar 7, latest). Wears hood.

Form: P/23-

Frenchy Du Large²⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: R T Dunne| T: Miss V Williams

25/1

Placed on each of his 4 starts in bumpers (fair form) and appeals as the type to make his mark in this sphere but this is a tough starting point.

Form: 22/23-

Getalead¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Bryan Carver⁽⁵⁾| T: Ella Pickard

10/1

Surpassed last winter's bumper form when a head-second at Perth on return in September. Ran a long way below that level on Fontwell hurdle debut but is bred for the NH game so should do better.

Form: 685-25

Henry Gondoff³⁶¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: R P McLernon| T: J & A O'Neill

20/1

Great Pretender gelding. Half-brother to a point bumper winner. 2 lengths clear when unseating rider soon after last on sole start in Irish points (Oct 2019). Market for clues.

Form: U-

I Like Him³⁰¹

40/1

Fair ex-French hurdler. Sound start in Britain when third in Warwick juvenile but failed to build on that when beaten at short odds at Fontwell on Boxing Day. Had wind op since.

Form: 848333-

In The Detail³¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: J J Burke| T: P R Webber

125/1

€32,000 3-y-o, Milan gelding. Dam maiden on Flat/over hurdles. Placed on second of 2 starts in Irish points (Dec 8).

Form: P/3-

Jakamani⁶⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: M Bradstock

125/1

Some promise in bumpers (fair form) but looks best watched on this switch to hurdling in a warm-looking heat.

Form: 7/24

Kap Auteuil²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Max Kendrick⁽³⁾| T: T Lawes

250/1

Shaped with encouragement when runner-up on debut in bumpers for David Arbuthnot, but looks more of a handicap project over hurdles on early evidence.

Form: 2/65-9

Longshanks⁵⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: M G Nolan| T: P Hobbs & J White

50/1

£10,000 3-y-o, Scorpion gelding. Third sole start in points (Apr 2019) but switches to Rules after a lay-off in a warm-looking contest.

Form: 3/

Make Me A Believer^t1³⁷⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: T Scudamore| T: D Pipe

14/1

Half-brother to useful bumper winner King Roland and opened his Rules account right away in 12-runner bumper at Chepstow (2m) a year ago. Off since but is still a good hurdling prospect.

Form: F/1-

Premiumaccess²⁷⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: R M Power| T: C L Tizzard

17/2

£70,000 buy on the back of success in points and shaped like a stayer in the making in a pair of hurdle starts last winter, fifth of 12 in Fontwell maiden final outing. Open to further improvement.

Form: 2/3185-

Red Rookie²²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Adam Wedge| T: Miss E C Lavelle

9/4

Only third in a point but careered away in taking fashion to make a winning bumper debut at Exeter. Followed up in fine style at Uttoxeter and is an exciting recruit to hurdling.

Form: 3/11-

Take Your Time³¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Bryony Frost| T: P F Nicholls

6/1

€7,000 3-y-o, £55,000 5-y-o, Dubai Destination gelding. Won point on debut in December and has since transferred to Paul Nicholls, so must be respected.

Form: 1-

Voyage De Retour²⁸⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: J McGrath| T: N J Henderson

12/1

Winning pointer who shaped promisingly after 21 months off when third of 15 in a Ludlow maiden hurdle (21.2f) in January. Off a further 9 months but is open to improvement.

Form: 4516/3-

Forecasts

Bear Ghylls (2/1), Red Rookie (9/4), Take Your Time (6/1), Premiumaccess (17/2), Getalead (10/1), Voyage De Retour (12/1), Make Me A Believer (14/1), Henry Gondoff (20/1), Frenchy Du Large (25/1), I Like Him (40/1), Longshanks (50/1), In The Detail (125/1), Jakamani (125/1), Bold Pimpernel (150/1), Kap Auteuil (250/1), Ardbruce (300/1)

A potentially informative maiden hurdle with the selection BEAR GHYLLS, who looked something well out of the ordinary when drawing right away from a good-looking field on his bumper debut at Warwick in March. Red Rookie also impressed in bumpers last season and has to be feared, while Premiumaccess is the pick of those with hurdling experience.