13:30 Taunton
Tuesday 23 February 2021
All12:3013:0013:3014:0014:3015:0515:40
Aspen Waite Complete Business Growth Service Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)
- 4YO plus  |  Class 4  |  2m 104y  |  Heavy (Soft in places)  |  14 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 13:31Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 4m 27.8s
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Horse A-Z
Show odds
Sent off a big price prior to being pulled up in a novice at Chepstow on hurdling debut, so hard to make any sort of case for.
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No impact in a bumper at Catterick and is bred to need time and distance, so likely to have a considerate start to hurdling.
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Fair form in bumpers in 2019, but was never involved on hurdles/stable debut here in January.
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Third in a couple of bumpers in France in spring 2019 but, having joined Dan Skelton, returned from a long absence with a sketchy display of jumping in a novice at Newbury on first crack at hurdling.
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Little impact in a couple of points and a novice hurdle at Wincanton. Set to struggle again.
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Well held in a bumper at Hereford prior to showing some aptitude when a distant third in a novice at Chepstow on hurdling bow. Needs to step up markedly from that if he's to feature.
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Arcadio gelding. Half-brother to useful hurdler Palmers Hill. Dam unraced half-sister to fair hurdler Lou's Coole Girl (19f winner). Winning pointer, last of 3 finishers last time (Nov 2019).
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Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/smart chaser Drovers Lane and bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Thats My Rabbit. However, his efforts in bumpers last season were not overly inspiring.
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Much improved when third under positive tactics in a novice at Wincanton last time and boasts excellent claims of opening his account against lesser opposition in a first-time hood.
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Little show in bumpers, so hard to expect much from him now switched to hurdling.
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Placed in points and (22/1) but not much to write home about in two novice hurdles to date, pulled up at Chepstow last time. Plenty to prove.
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Placed in points but first run since leaving Mrs L. Pomfret when pulled up in novice at Newbury (20.5f, 250/1) on hurdles bow 34 days ago. Hard to fancy.
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Tailed-off last in 2 Flat maidens for Kevin Bishop in 2019. Very hard to make any sort of case for making hurdling debut after long absence.
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Modest maiden on the Flat. Hooded for 1st time when only seventh of 9 in handicap at Lingfield (11.6f) in August. Makes hurdles debut with her fitness to prove.
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Forecasts
The Widdow Maker (13/8), Frankeur (3/1), Young O'Leary (11/2), Druim Samhraidh (11/2), Lusitanien (10/1), That Ole Chestnut (14/1), Tibbie Dunbar (20/1), Kingcormac (22/1), Blackthorn Winter (50/1), Big Chief (125/1), Second Chapter (150/1), Courtly Love (200/1), Worth Knowing (300/1), Flaming Red (300/1)
THE WIDDOW MAKER upped his game when third at Wincanton last time and, in a much weaker race, he faces an excellent opportunity to get off the mark if he's able to reproduce that level of performance. Most of the others have questions to answer, but Lusitanien is open to improvement and Second Chapter has at least won between the flags.
- THE WIDDOW MAKER
- LUSITANIEN (FR)
- SECOND CHAPTER (IRE)
Prize Money
1st: £3,769.002nd: £1,107.003rd: £553.004th: £277.00
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