15:20 Nottingham

Wednesday 28 October 2020

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MansionBet Best Odds Guaranteed Novice Stakes

Off time: 15:21 | Winning time: 3m 15.85s

(7)

Push The Tempo^h¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: R Kingscote| T: R Stephens

9/4

Fairly useful jumps winner, making GB/IRE Flat debut. 5/1, fourth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Chepstow (19.4f, good to firm) 18 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Interesting newcomer to this code.

Form:

(9)

Shall We Go Now^t²⁵¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: J Fanning| T: H Fry

11/1

Fair hurdler who was below form when last seen but shaped with encouragement on his sole Flat outing back in 2018. Can't be completely dismissed.

Form: 2/

(3)

Welsh Rarebit⁴⁴⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Victor Santos⁽⁷⁾| T: L Egerton

150/1

Once-raced maiden on Flat. Last of 6 in minor event (100/1) at this course (10.2f, soft) on flat debut, doing too much too soon. Off 14 months. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 6-

(5)

Cadeau D'Or²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Rob Hornby| T: A M Balding| OR: 82

7/4

Promising sort. Third of 5 in minor event at Ascot (12f, soft, 3/1) 26 days ago. Should progress further, so makes some appeal.

Form: 5-33

(4)

Tinnahalla³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: W Buick| T: J A Osborne| OR: 75

10/3

Fairly useful gelding. Creditable second of 8 in minor event at Ripon (12f, soft, 4/1) 32 days ago. Likely to be thereabouts.

Form: 5224-22

(2)

Appletart⁸⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Joey Haynes| T: S Hodgson

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. First run since leaving Ed Walker when thirteenth of 14 in minor event (200/1) at Windsor (10f, good to firm) 86 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 0-0

(8)

Little Tipsy¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: J Mitchell| T: A West

150/1

Once-raced maiden on Flat. 40/1, fifth of 8 in juvenile hurdle at Kempton (16f, good) 10 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Poor on last Flat outing.

Form: 9-

(1)

Tao Te Ching^b⁵¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 75

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 7/1 and blinkered for 1st time, last of 6 in handicap at Windsor (11.4f, good) 51 days ago, finding little. Up in trip. Not straightforward and arrives with a bit to prove.

Form: 64356

Non-Runners

(6)

Ispahan¹⁹

Weight: 9-0| Age: 3

T: D M Simcock J: J P Spencer

Forecasts

Cadeau D'Or (7/4), Push The Tempo (9/4), Ispahan (11/4), Tinnahalla (10/3), Tao Te Ching (11/2), Shall We Go Now (11/1), Little Tipsy (150/1), Welsh Rarebit (150/1), Appletart (200/1)

ISPAHAN has already showed plenty of ability and, given things didn't go his way when fourth in a handicap at York last time, he remains with improvement in him, so he's an obvious choice to open his account back in novice company. Push The Tempo has been in good order over hurdles and might pose the biggest threat to the selection, though Cadeau d'Or is hard to rule out.