13:25 Taunton

Thursday 8 April 2021

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Invest Southwest Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:25 | Winning time: 3m 56.83s

Delta River⁸⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Caoilin Quinn⁽⁷⁾| T: K Davis

66/1

Fair maiden at up to 1m on the Flat for Richard Hannon.

Form:

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Gaelic Thunder¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Bryan Carver⁽³⁾| T: C Honour

150/1

Well held in bumpers/C&D novice hurdle.

Form: 600

Gamalou D'alene³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

50/1

Just modest form in bumper/2 Ludlow hurdles. Probably wants further.

Form: 550

Man Of The Sea^p,t¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: James Best| T: N P Mulholland

22/1

Well held on hurdles debut over C&D recently and likely to have stamina doubts in this sphere (best up to 7.5f on Flat, and only modest, too).

Form: 8

Top Power^h⁵²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Kieren Buckley⁽⁷⁾| T: N J Hawke

12/1

Fairly useful maiden on Flat at 3 yrs (stays 1½m). Sold from Andrew Balding only 1,000 gns since last seen but no surprise if he were up to making an impact in this sphere for new yard.

Form:

Tulin^t²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Lorcan Williams⁽³⁾| T: P F Nicholls| CD

4/11

Fair Flat winner in France and belied market weakness when making successful start over hurdles for yard in C&D event 3 weeks ago, seeing things out well. Open to improvement and hard to oppose.

Form: 1

Castel Gandolfo^t1⁵⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: P J Brennan| T: F O'Brien| OR: 112

5/2

Fair ex-Irish maiden on the Flat who shaped with promise when placed both starts over hurdles in November. Well held in jumpers' bumper after 11 weeks off last time and tongue tie goes on.

Form: 238

Monete⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: R T Dunne| T: Nick Mitchell

33/1

Some eye-catching Flat form in Germany after just 2 runs in 2020 but offered little sent hurdling at Ludlow last week.

Form: 5

Forecasts

Tulin (4/11), Castel Gandolfo (5/2), Top Power (12/1), Man Of The Sea (22/1), Monete (33/1), Gamalou D'alene (50/1), Delta River (66/1), Gaelic Thunder (150/1)

TULIN created a good impression when making a winning start over hurdles here last month and could be hard to beat in a thin novice if improving on that performance. Top Power is of some interest now jumping despite a long absence, while Castel Gandolfo could yet shine in this sphere.