16:00 Bangor-on-Dee

Saturday 15 May 2021

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Racing Welfare Supporting Racing's Workforce Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 5m 9.58s

Chives²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: James Bowen| T: N J Henderson| OR: 100

5/1

Third in novice hurdles at Ludlow (2m5f) and Kempton (16f) 26 days ago. Back up in trip for handicap debut and likely to do better.

Form: 633-

Zee Man^p,t⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: S Bowen| T: O Murphy| OR: 95

6/1

Modest 2m5f winner over fences but below-par fourth of 6 at Market Rasen (23.9f, good to firm) 41 days ago. Tongue strap back on returned to hurdling and can't be discounted for in-form yard.

Form: 9/12FF4-

Bird On The Wire^t²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Theo Gillard⁽⁵⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 91

15/2

16/1, made early error when pulled up in handicap chase here 28 days ago. Switches to hurdles now and not taken lightly.

Form: B6426P-

Cesar Du Gouet^p²⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: Charlie Price⁽⁵⁾| T: L Horsfall| OR: 90

11/1

It's now thirteen runs since last win in 2019, and only seventh of 8 in novice hurdle at Ludlow (15.8f, good) 24 days ago. Up in trip with work to do.

Form: 269557-

Global Agreement¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: M F Harris| OR: 98

8/1

6/1, modest fourth of 6 in novice hurdle at Fakenham (20f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Remains a maiden, and not easy to make a case for.

Form: 4P320-4

Say The Word^b,t1²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: J J Burke| T: T R George| OR: 82

10/3

5/1, below-form eighth of 13 in handicap hurdle at this C&D (good) 28 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Seems to be going the wrong way at present.

Form: 755P68-

The Imposter⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: David Noonan| T: N J Hawke| OR: 89

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden hurdler. Arrives fit from a recent run on the Flat but still hard to warm to.

Form: 8486-

Altumanina²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: C J Todd⁽³⁾| T: S Allwood| OR: 75

5/1

16/1, creditable fourth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Exeter (18.5f, good to firm) 29 days ago. Others remain better treated at these weights.

Form: 3/P8P44-

Nuriel^p,t²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Ross Turner⁽⁵⁾| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 81

18/1

Modest maiden hurdler. 50/1 and cheekpieces on, went in snatches when fair fourth of 7 in handicap at Taunton (19f, good to firm) 24 days ago. More is needed if he's to open his account.

Form: 76504-

Non-Runners

Special Brute¹⁴⁴

Weight: 11-8| Age: 6

T: J Candlish J: Sean Quinlan

Valentine's Turf³⁷

Weight: 10-11| Age: 6

T: B J Llewellyn J: Lewis Stones

Dynamic Kate⁵³

Weight: 10-5| Age: 5

T: N P Mulholland J: J E Moore

Forecasts

Say The Word (10/3), Valentine's Turf (4/1), Chives (5/1), Altumanina (5/1), Zee Man (6/1), Special Brute (7/1), Bird On The Wire (15/2), Global Agreement (8/1), Cesar Du Gouet (11/1), Nuriel (18/1), The Imposter (20/1), Dynamic Kate (20/1)

DYNAMIC KATE showed plenty of improvement on her handicap bow when fourth at Taunton and can build on that run here off a 2 lb lower mark. Valentine's Turf rates a big danger now his stamina is drawn out more, while it would come as no surprise to see handicap-debutant Chives take a step foward here too in an open handicap.