12:12 Hereford

Saturday 12 December 2020

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starsports.bet 20K Owners Club Guarantee Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 12:12 | Winning time: 5m 6.36s

Optimise Prime¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Luca Morgan⁽⁷⁾| T: B Pauling| CD

5/2

Failed to meet market expectations in a Newton Abbot bumper but a caused a surprise when making a winning hurdling bow over this C&D last month. Open to improvement.

Form: 81

Cheng Gong²²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: J McGrath| T: N B King

33/1

Multiple winner on Flat and showed an aptitude for this game when fifth on hurdles debut at Ffos Las (15.8f). Failed to build on that next time. however.

Form: 55

Chief Sittingbull¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Miss S L Bowen⁽⁷⁾| T: Sarah Bowen| D

250/1

Has looked limited in a variety of events for different trainers.

Form: 97/12P-8

Eaton Collina⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: R Patrick| T: Kerry Lee

2/1

Modest in bumpers and ran to a similar level sent hurdling when second at Stratford on return, again doing good late work. Open to improvement, particularly now tackling further.

Form: 94-2

Glance From Clover¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: R T Dunne| T: A Ralph

33/1

Just modest form in bumpers and remote sixth on hurdles bow.

Form: 58-6

Lord Apparelli⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: C Gethings| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls| BF

13/2

Showed plenty in a brace of bumpers last season and left hurdles debut well behind when third at Hereford. More needed again, though.

Form: 42-63

One For You¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: T J O'Brien| T: P Hobbs & J White

4/1

Yeats gelding. Closely related to smart hurdler/high-class chaser Monalee, and showed more than previously when fourth in novice hurdle at Doncaster 15 days ago, finishing with running left.

Form: 744

Velasco^t³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Stan Sheppard| T: T Lacey| D

7/1

Won sole point. Pulled up on hurdle debut but different proposition after wind surgery when 10 lengths second to a nice prospect of Dan Skelton's at Hereford. Let down by jumping at Ayr since.

Form: 1-P2F

Non-Runners

What About Time²⁸

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: C E Longsdon J: W T Kennedy

Forecasts

Eaton Collina (2/1), What About Time (9/4), Optimise Prime (5/2), One For You (4/1), Lord Apparelli (13/2), Velasco (7/1), Glance From Clover (33/1), Cheng Gong (33/1), Chief Sittingbull (250/1)

This looks a competitive race of its type but there was plenty to like about OPTIMISE PRIME's hurdling debut success over this C&D last month, so he shades the vote over fellow penalised-winner What About Time. Eaton Collina and One For You also have the potential to get involved.