16:25 Plumpton

Sunday 11 April 2021

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attheraces.com Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:25 | Winning time: 5m 4.40s

The Wire Flyer^b¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Charlie Price⁽⁵⁾| T: J L Flint| OR: 98

12/1

Capitalised on much-reduced mark to open his account at Ffos Las in February. However, shot back up the weights on the back of that and was going nowhere when brought down 3 out at Hereford recently.

Form: 60313B

Bleue Away^t1¹⁰⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Rex Dingle| T: A J Honeyball| OR: 96

14/1

Dominant winner of both her starts in points. Yet to trouble the judge in this sphere, but it's still early days and she can be expected to improve now handicapping in a first-time tongue strap.

Form: 11/5-7P8

Scrutinise^p²⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: Page Fuller| T: A Irvine| OR: 95| C

28/1

Registered third victory over hurdles when making a winning reappearance at Stratford in October. Well held the last twice, though, and needs to bounce back in a big way.

Form: 2-123P7

Just A Sip^t¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Caoilin Quinn⁽⁷⁾| T: W Greatrex| OR: 92

10/3

Step in the right direction when hitting the crossbar over C&D last month. Backed that up when again finding just one too strong at Sedgefield (19.8f, good to soft) recently and she needs considering.

Form: 6-83722

Just Once^t³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Nick Scholfield| T: Mrs I G-Leveque| OR: 91

66/1

Modest maiden on the Flat and over hurdles. Only mid-division in 2m Southwell handicap last time and this significantly longer trip now needs to spark improvement.

Form: 550688

Kentford Mallard⁴¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: M G Nolan| T: J W Mullins| OR: 90| CD

14/1

Reacted positively to cheekpieces when runner-up over 2m at Chepstow in October, but she has failed to reproduce that form in 3 subsequent appearances.

Form: F2D787

Cold Shoulder^t⁸¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR: 90WS

6/5

Winless since scoring at Ayr for Gordon Elliott in November 2018, but mark has plunged following a fruitless spell with Tim Vaughan and he's one to note in the betting on debut for new yard.

Form: 96-5U80

Kingston Mimosa^b³²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-8| J: Fergus Gillard⁽⁵⁾| T: Mark Gillard| OR: 80

16/1

Back to winning ways in 2m selling handicap hurdle at Fakenham in February. Latest effort was respectable, but others make more appeal on this occasion.

Form: 7P4156

O'Rahilly⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 10-5| J: James Davies| T: A Irvine| OR: 77| CD

5/1

Put a string of inauspicious performances behind him when belying odds of 50/1 over C&D last weekend. Escapes a penalty and should be in the thick of things once again.

Form: P3-7491

Non-Runners

Tamaris¹³

Weight: 11-9| Age: 4

T: G & J Moore J: J E Moore

Andapa⁷

Weight: 11-7| Age: 7

T: M Roberts J: Joshua Moore

Forecasts

Cold Shoulder (6/5), Just A Sip (10/3), O'Rahilly (5/1), Tamaris (5/1), The Wire Flyer (12/1), Kentford Mallard (14/1), Bleue Away (14/1), Andapa (14/1), Kingston Mimosa (16/1), Scrutinise (28/1), Just Once (66/1)

COLD SHOULDER needs to bounce back, but it's entirely possible that he'll do just that on debut for Dan Skelton having undergone another round of wind surgery since his latest start. He has slipped to an attractive mark and it will look significant if there's confidence behind him in the betting. Bleue Away is of interest now handicapping, while Just A Sip and O'Rahilly are others to consider.