16:30 Warwick

Wednesday 19 May 2021

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Warwickshire Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:31 | Winning time: 6m 15.70s

Clondaw Promise⁶⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: R P McLernon| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 113

11/4

Found improvement when second of 14 in handicap hurdle (22/1) at Wincanton (24.7f, soft) in March. Just 1 lb higher now and must enter calculations.

Form: 4P2/092-

Antony^p³⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 11-9| J: Joshua Moore| T: G & J Moore| OR: 110

18/1

Not scored for some time and reverts to hurdling after running poorly in first-time blinkers at Southwell last month.

Form: 5/22P2P-

Jamessaintpatrick^b1⁹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: J M Quinlan| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 109| C

12/1

Sole success thus far came here back in 2019. Been rather hit and miss since, disappointing on chase debut at Hereford last time. Blinkers now tried.

Form: 17/403P-

I'm A Starman¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: James Davies| T: M G Rimell| OR: 109

3/1

Opened account at Hereford in March (21.7f) and acquitted himself well in defeat since, latest when second at this course (21f, heavy, 11/2) 11 days ago, sticking to task. Not taken lightly.

Form: 4P/515-2

Exitas²⁴⁰

Age: 13| Weight: 11-3| J: Luca Morgan⁽⁵⁾| T: P W Middleton| OR: 104| D

50/1

Struggled for form over both sets of obstacles and finished well beaten when last seen here in September.

Form: P3359/0-

Blarney Bateleur¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: N F Houlihan⁽⁵⁾| T: A Irvine| OR: 103

9/4

Much improved when striking on handicap debut at Market Rasen (20.6f) in February and upped her game further when close second at this course (21f, heavy) earlier this month. Leading contender.

Form: 88915-2

Sartene's Son^p,t³²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: G Sheehan| T: R Bevis| OR: 100

15/2

Gained breakthrough win in Bangor handicap hurdle (23f) in January. Disappointed over fences since but could do better back over the smaller obstacles here.

Form: 432/410-

Itsaboutime^h⁴³

Age: 11| Weight: 10-0| J: J E Moore| T: Mrs H R J Nelmes| OR: 84

18/1

Caused a shock when making a winning return from lengthy absence in Exeter handicap (23.1f) last month. Hard to know if he'll go the right way from that, however. 3 lb out of the weights.

Form: 86617/1-

Non-Runners

The Caller²⁷

Weight: 11-11| Age: 10

T: R Stephens J: T J O'Brien

Forecasts

Blarney Bateleur (9/4), Clondaw Promise (11/4), I'm A Starman (3/1), Sartene's Son (15/2), Jamessaintpatrick (12/1), Itsaboutime (18/1), Antony (18/1), The Caller (33/1), Exitas (50/1)

This can go to BLARNEY BATELEUR, who is going the right way and should be suited by this stiffer test of stamina. I'm A Starman and Clondaw Promise look the likeliest dangers.