14:35 Plumpton

Monday 7 December 2020

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Off time: 14:36 | Winning time: 5m 16.98s

Hereia¹³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: T Scudamore| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 112

20/1

Juvenile maiden hurdle winner in Ireland last year. A couple of good efforts for this yard but still looks high enough in the weights back from 4 months off.

Form: 4534-50

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Dante's View^p1,t²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: R Johnson| T: George Baker| OR: 112

9/1

Maiden but has a race like this in him, shaping well in Exeter handicaps the last twice. Up in trip with cheekpieces on and top conditional booked now. One to consider.

Form: 32444

Glockenspiel²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: C Gethings| T: T R George| OR: 112

16/1

Fair ex-French 9f winner on Flat for Andre Fabre. Contender on his first 2 efforts over hurdles over shorter last season for yard but well beaten in 2 handicaps 10 months apart (chase debut latest).

Form: 228-5

Sirop De Menthe¹⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-6| J: Lucy Gardner| T: Mrs S Gardner| OR: 110| C

11/4

Might have won had he not come to grief 2 out at Ffos Las 3 weeks ago (upsides, yet to be asked for effort). Mark unchanged and course form figures read 5122. Plenty going for him if all is well.

Form: 7922-5F

Thibault^t¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Tom Cannon| T: A West| OR: 109

33/1

Fair hurdles winner for Kim Bailey. Recent Flat run should have sharpened him up and probably not on a bad mark if putting best foot forward here.

Form: 24-2F53

Northern Poet³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: James Davies| T: N J Gifford| OR: 108

10/1

AW bumper winner. Promise in novice hurdles nearly 8 months apart but mistakes and well beaten on handicap debut at Ascot (19.3f) 5 weeks ago. This easier at least.

Form: 1243-39

Westbrook Bertie^p,t1¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Bryan Carver⁽³⁾| T: Mrs L Hill| OR: 108

11/2

Juvenile hurdle winner and mark has been in freefall. Showed a bit more at Warwick under this rider last time and has tongue tie fitted now.

Form: 268-764

The Granson¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: T J O'Brien| T: P Henderson| OR: 107

80/1

No show since his 2m novice chase win in Ireland in August 2019, well beaten on return at Ascot 17 days ago. Stamina to prove on top of everything else.

Form: 7/17PP-0

Kenyan Cowboy²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Max Kendrick⁽³⁾| T: N B King| OR: 106

17/2

Point winner who has shown a bit in Chepstow maiden hurdles the last twice and probably not overfaced for handicap debut. Yard quiet.

Form: 1-7943

Good News^p²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Rex Dingle⁽³⁾| T: Mrs L Richards| OR: 104

12/1

Three-time winner at Fontwell over this sort of trip. Suffered a crashing fall here 3 weeks ago and it's to be hoped that hasn't left a mark.

Form: P4-014F

Early Days^t³⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: R M Power| T: C L Tizzard| OR: 104

28/1

Lightly-raced hurdler who has shown just modest form. First run for 11 months and shapes as if she'll benefit from an even stiffer test than this.

Form: 2/7545-

Kaproyale²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Aidan Coleman| T: O Murphy| OR: 104

10/3

Showed a bit more on last month's handicap debut at Hereford (2m) but never carried a win threat and he'll need improvement up in trip/class here. Hood removed.

Form: 5893

Forecasts

Sirop De Menthe (11/4), Kaproyale (10/3), Westbrook Bertie (11/2), Kenyan Cowboy (17/2), Dante's View (9/1), Northern Poet (10/1), Good News (12/1), Glockenspiel (16/1), Hereia (20/1), Early Days (28/1), Thibault (33/1), The Granson (80/1)

SIROP DE MENTHE wouldn't be the safest conveyance but he might have won had he stood up at Ffos Las and goes from an unchanged mark back at a track where he has a good record. He gets the vote over Dante's View and Thibault.