14:40 Newcastle

Saturday 28 November 2020

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Watch Off The Fence On attheraces.com EBF 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:41 | Winning time: 3m 56.77s

Bollingerandkrug³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: D R Fox| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell

20/1

Related to a couple of useful winners and showed clear ability in bumper/maiden hurdle. Probably needs further to fulfil potential, though.

Form: 3-4

Ewood Park²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Aidan Coleman| T: O Murphy

7/1

Showed plenty to work on when fourth in Newton Abbot bumper and sure to have been placed on hurdling bow but for unseating at the last at Wetherby. Has best chance on form.

Form: 4U

Fearless Fracas^t³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Danny Cook| T: T R George

4/1

£175,000 4-y-o, Fracas gelding. Tongue strap on, ninth of 14 in bumper at Cheltenham (16.4f, soft, 22/1) on NH debut 35 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: PF1/9

Fostered Phil^h⁵⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Rachel McDonald⁽⁵⁾| T: J Ewart| BFWS

4/1

Showed fair form when placed all 3 starts in bumpers and ran to a similar level sent hurdling after 19 months off when runner-up at Hexham. Failed to land the odds there since but early days still.

Form: 232/25

Largy Mouth³⁹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Quinlan| T: B Ellison

17/2

Showed plenty of ability when second in bumper at Ayr for Stuart Crawford (sold for £40,000) on debut and similar for when fourth of this yard at Fakenham. Off 13 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 24-

Myburg¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Ryan Mania| T: J Parkinson & S Smith

200/1

Well held in bumper and maiden/novice hurdle.

Form: 506

Platinumcard^h1²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Craig Nichol| T: K Dalgleish

40/1

€23,000 3-y-o, Golden Lariat gelding. No chance with the winner but beat the rest easily enough starting out in bumper at Hexham. Pulled too hard next time. Makes hurdles debut. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 27

Presentandcounting³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 122| D

5/4

Landed AW bumper here in February and shown plenty when placed both starts over hurdles this season. Big player.

Form: 31/31-23

Shanbally Rose¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: C O'Farrell| T: R Dobbin

80/1

Third sole start in Irish points (Dec 2018). Eighth of 12 in novice hurdle at this course (20.3f, good to soft, 17/2) on NH debut 15 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 3/8

Super Sundial²²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: J Walton

300/1

Once-raced maiden. Pulled up in novice hurdle at Hexham (16.2f, heavy, 200/1) on NH debut 22 days ago, pulled up 2 out.

Form: P

Forecasts

Presentandcounting (5/4), Fostered Phil (4/1), Fearless Fracas (4/1), Ewood Park (7/1), Largy Mouth (17/2), Bollingerandkrug (20/1), Platinumcard (40/1), Shanbally Rose (80/1), Myburg (200/1), Super Sundial (300/1)

EWOOD PARK was sure to have been placed but for unseating at the last on hurdles debut at Wetherby and looks the one to beat on that form. Presentandcounting has been placed on both his starts in maiden hurdles and is next best ahead of Fostered Phil.