12:07 Taunton

Thursday 10 December 2020

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Kings College Taunton Selling Hurdle

Off time: 12:07 | Winning time: 4m 16.09s

Chef De Troupe^p1¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Charlie Hammond⁽³⁾| T: Dr R D P Newland| OR: 126| BF| D

11/10

Improved to win handicap at Perth and claimer at Huntingdon (both 2m). Sent off odds-on to complete the hat-trick at Leicester a fortnight ago but was disappointing behind Paricolor.

Form: 2-44113

Paricolor^b,t¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Fergus Gillard⁽⁵⁾| T: D Pipe| OR: 119| D

10/11

Well placed to win a brace of selling contests at Leicester last month, latterly taking advantage of a below-par Chef de Troupe a fortnight ago. Looks the way to go again.

Form: F56511

Dark Storm^t1²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Harry Kimber⁽⁷⁾| T: W G M Turner| OR: 93

40/1

Modest in bumpers and hasn't fared much better in 4 runs over hurdles. Cheekpieces enlisted for handicap debut last time replaced with a tongue tie.

Form: 0-67556

Berboru^p¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-5| J: Paul O'Brien⁽³⁾| T: F Brennan| OR: 80

50/1

Maiden who looks to have lost her way.

Form: P-7U960

Keepscalling¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: K Brogan⁽⁷⁾| T: Alexandra Dunn

20/1

Showed some ability when fourth in a Ludlow bumper (15.7f) in October. Acquired for just £3,000 by new yard thereafter and failed to repeat opening hurdles effort at Lingfield a fortnight ago.

Form: P-439

Valentines Jewel⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: M G Nolan| T: Alexandra Dunn

250/1

Well held in a point and looks to possesses more temperament than ability.

Form: 7RP

Non-Runners

Espion De Saflo³⁴

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: G & J Moore J: J E Moore

Larch Hill²⁸

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: N & W Twiston-Davies J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Paricolor (10/11), Chef De Troupe (11/10), Espion De Saflo (8/1), Larch Hill (10/1), Keepscalling (20/1), Dark Storm (40/1), Berboru (50/1), Valentines Jewel (250/1)

This will likely develop into a match between PARICOLOR and Chef de Troupe. The latter was disappointing when failing to land the odds behind the former at Leicester a fortnight ago and David Pipe's 4-y-o now looks a safer conveyance to come out on top again.