15:05 Plumpton

Monday 2 November 2020

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Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:06 | Winning time: 3m 48.0s

Medalla De Oro^h¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr Jamie Neild⁽¹⁰⁾| T: H Whittington| OR: 124| D

11/2

Fairly useful Flat winner who made a bright start to hurdling, following a successful debut with a trio of seconds. Opening mark looks pretty stiff based on what he's achieved, though.

Form: 1-222

Harefield¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Tom Cannon| T: C Gordon| OR: 124| D

9/4

Becoming well treated and last couple of efforts have contained more encouragement, so warrants consideration dropping into a weaker grade of handicap.

Form: 15P-654

Cawthorne Lad²⁵⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: Nick Scholfield| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 120| D

12/1

Modest Flat winner but already looks a better hurdler, scoring at Catterick and excellent third at Market Rasen 8 months ago. This is tougher debuting for new yard but he's not totally dismissed.

Form: 23133-

Distingo¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: N F Houlihan⁽⁷⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 120| CD

6/1

Ended last season under a cloud and returned with an uninspiring display at Fontwell 12 days ago. Bit to prove.

Form: 0F/650-P

Nautical Star¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: W T Kennedy| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 118

50/1

Left previous hurdles form behind when splitting a pair of subsequent winners in a Ludlow novice last December but has posted a couple of dismal efforts since.

Form: 4626-P

Meteorite²³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: James Nixon⁽⁵⁾| T: T Symonds| OR: 117

11/2

Appeared to improve following a wind op last season, signing that campaign off on a winning note at Sedgefield (16.8f, soft). However, 8 lb higher mark to overcome in this stronger race.

Form: 3/74621-

The Twisler^p¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Harry Reed⁽³⁾| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 116| D

6/1

Returned to form after a break when capitalising on a reduced mark in 6-runner handicap hurdle at Fakenham last time. Scored readily and still feasibly treated on old form.

Form: 6725-51

First Quest^p,t²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: R T Dunne| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 110| CD

17/2

Was bang there when falling at the last at Kempton (16f) on debut for new yard last season but didn't shaped with much encouragement when down the field at Huntingdon 11 months later.

Form: 419/2F-0

Jumping Jack^p,t1¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: David Noonan| T: P Butler| OR: 109| CD

200/1

Fair hurdler at one point but recent Flat exploits for this stable suggest he doesn't retain all that much ability.

Form: 22174/6-

Officer Drivel²⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-2| J: Brendan Powell| T: J & S Best| OR: 100| D

16/1

Poor on Flat nowadays and, while runner-up at Uttoxeter last month, he was firmly put in his place, likely to find at least one too good.

Form: 0437/82

Non-Runners

Constancio¹⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: D McCain Jnr J: Non Runner

Valentino Dancer¹¹

Weight: 11-9| Age: 5

T: O Murphy J: David England

St Gallen¹⁰

Weight: 11-9| Age: 7

T: O Murphy J: Aidan Coleman

Brambledown²⁰

Weight: 10-12| Age: 4

T: G & J Moore J: Joshua Moore

Forecasts

Harefield (9/4), Constancio (4/1), Meteorite (11/2), Medalla De Oro (11/2), The Twisler (6/1), Distingo (6/1), First Quest (17/2), Cawthorne Lad (12/1), St Gallen (12/1), Officer Drivel (16/1), Brambledown (20/1), Valentino Dancer (20/1), Nautical Star (50/1), Jumping Jack (200/1)

THE TWISLER scored with a bit in hand at Fakenham recently and makes plenty of appeal faced with only a small rise in a race that lacks depth. Cawthorne Lad, who has joined a new stable, could pose the main threat if tuned up, while St Gallen shouldn't be ruled out after a couple of excusable runs.