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Thursday 3 December 2020

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Best Odds Guaranteed At MansionBet Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:23 | Winning time: 4m 31.76s

Empirion⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: C Brace| T: M J Smith| OR: 111

13/2

Left previous efforts well behind when landing 14-runner maiden hurdle at Kilbeggan in August. Pulled up both starts in handicaps since so has something to prove again on British debut.

Form: UF7-1PP

Al Kherb²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Aaron Anderson⁽³⁾| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 110

20/1

Fair 2m hurdle winner but in poor form on Flat early this year and needed to see more on last month's return to action over timber.

Form: 5103/7-6

First Class Return^h¹⁴⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: R Patrick| T: O Murphy| OR: 109

7/1

Long-standing maiden when trained in Ireland but has joined a yard adept at improving new recruits, so well worth a check in the betting. Drops in trip with a hood on.

Form: 64344-0

Don Juan Du Gouet⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Archie Bellamy⁽⁸⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 108

18/1

Pair of wins for Henry Daly last autumn but a brace of heavy defeats in October for Nigel Twiston-Davies raise a fair few questions at present.

Form: 16P3-00

Hydroplane²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: C J Todd⁽³⁾| T: Ian Williams| OR: 107

7/4

Fair 12f Flat winner for Sir Mark Prescott who shaped encouragingly when mid-field in a stronger handicap than this at Cheltenham last month. Has a bigger effort in him.

Form: 84-68

Demopolis^t²⁷⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean Houlihan⁽³⁾| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 104| BF

5/1

Different proposition since tongue tied, winning handicap chase/hurdle at Ludlow in February. Mistakes crept in when only fourth at Exeter but likely has more to offer this term.

Form: P94114-

Silkstone^p¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Paul O'Brien| T: Mrs P Sly| OR: 103

15/2

Fair 1m winner on Flat. Similar level when second in 2 juvenile hurdles last winter but unable to continue the good work in more recent times.

Form: 629-404

Reverend Jacobs^v1²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Charlie Hammond| T: N Kent| OR: 101

11/1

Useful at best on Flat but has managed only fair form to this point over hurdles, dropping away at Stratford a month ago, Visor needs to sharpen him up.

Form: 843-6P8

Mcgarry⁵⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: Colm McCormack| T: P A Kirby| OR: 90

18/1

Irish point winner who has failed to make an impact under Rules so far. Can only be of interest if the market vibes are positive.

Form: 048-9P9

Caroline's Quest⁸⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-3| J: Tom Buckley| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 87

150/1

Well held in novice/maiden hurdles and unseated rider at the first on handicap bow in September.

Form: 890-F

Onenightintown^p,t²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: Aidan Macdonald⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 85

66/1

Little show over hurdles/fences in Ireland for Brian Francis Cawley and fared no better on last month's British debut.

Form: 7-06900

Non-Runners

Set In Stone²⁰

Weight: 10-13| Age: 6

T: R Menzies J: Nathan Moscrop

Forecasts

Hydroplane (7/4), Demopolis (5/1), Set In Stone (11/2), Empirion (13/2), First Class Return (7/1), Silkstone (15/2), Reverend Jacobs (11/1), Mcgarry (18/1), Don Juan Du Gouet (18/1), Al Kherb (20/1), Onenightintown (66/1), Caroline's Quest (150/1)

HYDROPLANE possesses the scope to do better over hurdles given his Flat form and, following an encouraging effort in a far better handicap than this at Cheltenham 3 weeks ago, is taken to strike. Demopolis found his feet last season and is a big danger on reappearance, with Set In Stone another to consider.