19:00 Taunton

Wednesday 21 April 2021

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Porter Dodson Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 19:05 | Winning time: 4m 43.70s

Blazing Saddles³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 12-6| J: Kieren Buckley⁽⁷⁾| T: J Scott| OR: 102

3/1

Fair Flat winner who gained breakthrough success in this sphere at Stratford (16.3f, soft). Up 6 lb, but each-way shout all the same.

Form: 02-9461

Mystic Court⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: T Scudamore| T: Nick Mitchell| OR: 94

8/11

Resumes winning ways in emphatic style under Angus Cheleda in a conditions jockeys' event at Newton Abbot (21.6f, good) last week. Escapes a penalty and should prove hard to beat.

Form: 446551

Chief Brody^p²⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-10| J: Jordan Nailor⁽³⁾| T: G Harris| OR: 92

14/1

Exeter scorer in October, but has gone into his shell since and will probably find a few too good once more.

Form: 787486

Caroline's Quest^t1¹³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Alan Johns| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 84WS

28/1

Well held in novice/maiden hurdles and unseated rider at the first on handicap bow in September. Showed a bit more when fourth at Market Rasen (16.6f, heavy) and now tongue tied after a wind op.

Form: 890-F4

Mr Yeats²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Mitchell Bastyan⁽³⁾| T: M F Harris| OR: 88

11/1

Beat just one rival home in a 6-runner maiden hurdle at Fontwell (19.2f, good to firm) last month, but that wasn't a bad effort and improvement could be on the cards now pitched into a handicap.

Form: 009R75

Nuriel^p1,t⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Brendan Powell| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 85

50/1

No real impact in 4 starts over hurdles and hopes pinned on first-time cheekpieces triggering improvement here.

Form: 7650

Aluna Quartz²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: Benjamin Poste| T: Katy Price| OR: 77

50/1

Has shown nothing in a trio of novice hurdles.

Form: P80

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 10p in the pound

Non-Runners

Galurin⁸

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: A Ralph J: Bryan Carver

Forecasts

Mystic Court (8/11), Blazing Saddles (3/1), Galurin (7/1), Mr Yeats (11/1), Chief Brody (14/1), Caroline's Quest (28/1), Nuriel (50/1), Aluna Quartz (50/1)

MYSTIC COURT dotted up at Newton Abbot recently and, with no penalty to carry, he is hard to oppose. There may be better to come from Mr Yeats now that he takes the handicap path and the 4-y-o is preferred to Blazing Saddles for forecast purposes.