16:05 Hexham

Thursday 18 March 2021

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Hexham Racecourse Holiday Home & Caravan Park Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:05 | Winning time: 6m 33.94s

Court Baloo^p²⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Ross Chapman| T: A C Whillans| OR: 100| CD

13/2

Scored over C&D in September but that is very much a stand-out effort this season, labouring home turn at Kelso last month.

Form: 1P7777

Galuppi¹⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: Alison Clarke⁽⁷⁾| T: Kenny Johnson| OR: 96

18/1

Limited and ungenuine hurdler in Ireland who showed a bit back over hurdles when second of 11 in handicap (125/1) at Newcastle (16.2f, soft) 19 days ago. Task is to back that up here.

Form: 1R4P82

Achill Road Boy^p¹¹

Age: 12| Weight: 11-7| J: Sam Coltherd⁽³⁾| T: W Coltherd| OR: 95| C| D

4/1

Veteran who was touched off over C&D in November. Below form over fences next 2 starts but took another step back in the right direction over timber at Sedgefield (27f) 11 days ago. Respected.

Form: 72U844

Little Saint^p,t²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Aaron Anderson⁽⁷⁾| T: Sean Conway| OR: 85

7/2

Some decent bits and pieces of form to his name, but again below par at Sedgefield last time and hurdles record stands at 0-19.

Form: 634474

A Ladies Milan^p,t⁷⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: Blair Campbell⁽³⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 85

10/3

Appeared to improve when placed on second start over fences here in September and ran one of this season's better races when third on New Year's Day. Not sure to be in the same form here, however.

Form: P-53793

Kildrum⁸²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-9| J: Sean Quinlan| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 83

5/1

Just poor form at best over fences in Ireland and showed nothing when pulled up on yard debut at Wetherby on Boxing Day. Lots to prove.

Form: 209FF-P

Orlas' Abbey^p1¹⁰⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: Nathan Moscrop⁽³⁾| T: S Corbett| OR: 77

22/1

Yet to show much in four starts over hurdles, 250/1, fourth of 8 in novice hurdle at Sedgefield (19.8f, heavy) 104 days ago. Cheekpieces on for handicap bow but hard to make a case for.

Form: 0-P9P4

Kilcaragh Boy^t⁹⁰

Age: 12| Weight: 10-1| J: Philip Armson⁽⁷⁾| T: R J Armson| OR: 75| C

15/2

Veteran ended a long losing run at here in October but well below form on both starts since. Must bounce back to feature.

Form: 359-15P

Non-Runners

Dubh Des Champs¹⁶

Weight: 11-7| Age: 9

T: P A Kirby J: Danny McMenamin

Betterlatethanneva¹⁰⁶

Weight: 10-0| Age: 10

T: G Howell J: Tabitha Worsley

Forecasts

A Ladies Milan (10/3), Little Saint (7/2), Achill Road Boy (4/1), Dubh Des Champs (4/1), Kildrum (5/1), Court Baloo (13/2), Kilcaragh Boy (15/2), Galuppi (18/1), Orlas' Abbey (22/1), Betterlatethanneva (66/1)

This is wide open but preference is for Philip Kirby's DUBH DES CHAMPS, who ran one of his better races after 3 months off when fourth at Catterick earlier this month and is entitled to come on from that here. Achill Road Boy was just touched off over C&D in November and he rates as the main threat on paper, ahead of Galuppi and A Ladies Milan.