12:55 Market Rasen

Saturday 16 January 2021

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MansionBet Watch & Bet Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 12:56 | Winning time: 4m 57.2s

Art Approval⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: C Brace⁽³⁾| T: F O'Brien| OR: 118

4/11

Fair 14f French Flat maiden who has shown fairly useful form over hurdles for new yard, hindered by error 3 out when seventh in 2m handicap at Cheltenham in November. More to offer and big player.

Form: 227

Bring The Bacon^h³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: David Noonan| T: T R Gretton

18/1

Modest form in 2 hurdle runs, never involved after mistake first in Plumpton novice (15.9f) 33 days ago.

Form: 35-46

Diakosaint⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Thomas Dowson| T: P A Kirby

10/1

£31,000 3-y-o, Saint Des Saints gelding. Dam, half-sister to useful hurdler/fairly useful chaser (2¼m-21f winner in France) Dulce Leo. Off mark in Irish points at third attempt last time (Dec 5).

Form: P41

Grand Lord³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: C Gethings| T: S Edmunds

6/1

Showed clear ability in bumpers, but has run to only a modest level both hurdle starts, tenth of 17 in 21f Warwick novice last time.

Form: 36-040

Locallink⁶³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Charlie Hammond⁽³⁾| T: Steph Hollinshead

80/1

Brother to very smart hurdler/useful chaser Summerville Boy. Won sole start in Irish points but went with no promise completed start over hurdles.

Form: 1-U8

Shutthegate¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: J E Moore| T: J L Spearing| OR: 100

12/1

Positives to draw from all 3 hurdle runs spread out over 10 months and remains capable of better, but handicaps will be more his bag.

Form: 0/95-5

Non-Runners

Across The Line¹⁷

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: D Skelton J: William Marshall

Grandads Cottage⁵⁰

Weight: 11-2| Age: 6

T: O Murphy J: Non Runner

Martello Sky²⁷

Weight: 11-1| Age: 5

T: L Wadham J: Bryony Frost

Gale Force One⁴⁹

Weight: 10-9| Age: 5

T: N G Richards J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Art Approval (4/11), Martello Sky (15/8), Across The Line (3/1), Grand Lord (6/1), Grandads Cottage (8/1), Diakosaint (10/1), Shutthegate (12/1), Bring The Bacon (18/1), Gale Force One (25/1), Locallink (80/1)

MARTELLO SKY was well on top from a subsequent winner on her Fakenham hurdling debut, so she looks the way to go with further improvement likely. Art Approval made a mistake at a crucial stage in a competitive Cheltenham handicap in November, so needs marking up on that run, with Across The Line next on the list.