15:28 Plumpton

Sunday 3 January 2021

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Off time: 15:28 | Winning time: 5m 22.85s

Cristal Spirit²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean Houlihan⁽³⁾| T: J R Boyle| OR: 102

5/4

Fair hurdler who capitalised on reduced mark to land a gamble in 9-runner event at Fontwell 26 days ago. Remains fairly treated and should go well again.

Form: 70-6081

Highway One¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: R Johnson| T: George Baker| OR: 100

17/2

Belatedly off the mark on the Flat 13 days ago and likely has a race in this sphere in her. Enters calculations.

Form: 532844

Quiet Penny^t³⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: Jamie Snowden| OR: 98

20/1

Had wind op before being pulled up in 23f handicap hurdle (10/1) at Bangor 36 days ago on first run since leaving Gillian Boanas/after 20 months off. Plenty to prove after that.

Form: 05451/P

Call Off The Dogs^b,h²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: J E Moore| T: G & J Moore| OR: 96

10/3

Confirmed encouragement of previous effort when landing 9-runner 21.8f handicap hurdle at Fontwell 26 days ago. Still relatively unexposed, so may do better still.

Form: 735-051

Sixties Secret²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: N F Houlihan⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss S West| OR: 95| CD

10/1

Both wins gained here, the latest over 20.5f on seasonal reappearance in September. She's rather in-and-out, though, and wasn't on a going day back here on last completed start (fell last time).

Form: 30-146F

Shimba Hills^p,t¹⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 10-11| J: Mrs Izzie Hill⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs L Hill| OR: 85| C

20/1

Ended last term with 20f handicap wins at Lingfield and Southwell but returned from 9 months off with a heavy defeat at Uttoxeter 16 days ago, so something to prove.

Form: P3181-0

Definite Winner⁵¹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-11| J: Mitchell Bastyan⁽³⁾| T: S Hodgson| OR: 85

14/1

Ffos Las winner in May 2019 for Katy Price and back on track when fourth at Southwell on final outing for Ryan Potter 51 days ago. Not ruled out starting for another new stable.

Form: F6-84F4

Mighty Elsa³⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: Tom Cannon| T: R T Phillips| OR: 82

50/1

Well held in a Southwell bumper and all 4 starts over hurdles, eighth at Leicester on handicap debut most recently.

Form: 0/608-8

Mr Fitzroy^t³⁴⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 10-6| J: James Davies| T: Miss J S Davis| OR: 80WS

33/1

Has been on the decline for some time now so looks one to take on returning from 11 months off.

Form: 50/P634-

Invicta Lake^b,t²⁴

Age: 14| Weight: 10-3| J: M G Nolan| T: Miss S Smith| OR: 77| CD

16/1

Veteran C&D winner who is on a feasible mark but would need to bounce back from a tame display at Warwick if he's to make any sort of impact.

Form: 543-85P

Timetobenefit^t¹⁰⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: Daniel Hiskett⁽³⁾| T: R T Phillips| OR: 70WS

33/1

Retains little ability. Has had a wind op.

Form: 84/0P-0P

Jappeloup²⁶

Age: 12| Weight: 10-0| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs D Grissell| OR: 69

40/1

Poor maiden hurdler/chaser. Showed some ability remains when fifth of 9 to Cristal Spirit in handicap at Fontwell but hard to see him featuring.

Form: FU2F/9-5

Iconic Flight²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: James Best| T: Mrs L C Jewell| OR: 59

150/1

No promise over hurdles to this point and looks up against it from well out of the weights.

Form: P-30

Non-Runners

Flintara²⁶

Weight: 11-5| Age: 6

T: R Bandey J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Cristal Spirit (5/4), Call Off The Dogs (10/3), Highway One (17/2), Sixties Secret (10/1), Flintara (10/1), Definite Winner (14/1), Invicta Lake (16/1), Shimba Hills (20/1), Quiet Penny (20/1), Mr Fitzroy (33/1), Timetobenefit (33/1), Jappeloup (40/1), Mighty Elsa (50/1), Iconic Flight (150/1)

CALL OFF THE DOGS hasn't had much racing in handicaps, so he could prove capable of defying a rise for his Fontwell success and is narrowly preferred to Cristal Spirit, who looked rejuvenated when scoring himself on the same card last month. Highway One arrives on the back of a Flat win and remains on a fair mark, so she's also on the shortlist.