17:42 Uttoxeter

Sunday 30 May 2021

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Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:42 | Winning time: 3m 44.1s

Kingofthecotswolds^t1²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 115| D

16/1

Took well to hurdling in 2018/19, landing a Ludlow maiden. Lightly raced and disappointing on the whole in recent times, though. Tongue tied now.

Form: FP/837-7

Nikki Steel^p²⁵

Age: 11| Weight: 11-10| J: Conor Ring⁽³⁾| T: D Bourne| OR: 113| CD

14/1

Fair chaser for Dr Richard Newland and caused a surprise when making a winning debut for this yard in a Chepstow handicap hurdle back from a 22-month layoff. Tame display at Fontwell next time.

Form: 3U43/1-7

Faitque De L'Isle³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: James Davies| T: E De Giles| OR: 112

12/1

Fairly useful hurdler/fair chaser in France. Went backwards from mildly encouraging debut for this yard, so bit to prove now.

Form: 28/542P-

El Borracho^t1⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Henry Brooke| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 111| DWS

7/1

Fairly useful on Flat and impressive in winning back-to-back maiden/novice hurdles last summer. Below that level in handicaps since, but has had a wind operation since last run. Also tongue tied.

Form: 154454-

Glimpse Of Gold^t²⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: Alexander Thorne⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs S J Humphrey| OR: 111| CD

14/1

Fair hurdler who resumed winning ways after 12 weeks off and added to a good course at Fakenham in March. Disappointing since, though.

Form: P6816-5

Cheng Gong^b³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: N B King| OR: 110

14/1

Landed C&D handicap in March and good efforts at Taunton the last twice. Should remain competitive but this mark demands improvement.

Form: 771P23-

Flinteur Sacre^h²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: N de Boinville| T: N J Henderson| OR: 109| D

2/1

Brother to Sprinter Sacre and easily won Kempton bumper early in 2020. Hasn't lived up to expectations over hurdles but might be suited by a stronger gallop now handicapping.

Form: 21/40-4

Hurricane Ali²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Stan Sheppard| T: J Mackie| OR: 106| D

5/2

Firmly on the up and gained second success (both at Southwell) from last 3 outings when overcoming trouble-in-running 20 days ago. Excellent claims once again.

Form: 50412-1

Little Stevie²¹⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-3| J: Sean Quinlan| T: Mrs Stella Barclay| OR: 106| D

50/1

Pair of Market Rasen handicap chase wins last summer but out of sorts when last seen 7 months ago. Likely to need this reappearance back over timber.

Form: 211904-

Oasis Prince^p1¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Corey McGivern⁽¹⁰⁾| T: L Wadham| OR: 104

16/1

Fair 1m winner on Flat but has never really convinced with his stamina over hurdles and produced a laboured performance at Market Rasen 10 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 5443-0

Seaborough⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: Aaron Anderson⁽⁷⁾| T: D Shaw| OR: 92

25/1

Retains little ability and makes no appeal on his first run since leaving David Thompson.

Form: 9P0655-

Non-Runners

Clemento¹

Weight: 11-9| Age: 7

T: F O'Brien J: C Brace

Forecasts

Flinteur Sacre (2/1), Hurricane Ali (5/2), Clemento (13/2), El Borracho (7/1), Faitque De L'Isle (12/1), Glimpse Of Gold (14/1), Nikki Steel (14/1), Cheng Gong (14/1), Oasis Prince (16/1), Kingofthecotswolds (16/1), Seaborough (25/1), Little Stevie (50/1)

HURRICANE ALI did well to get up at Southwell having suffered interference and this progressive 5-y-o is taken to follow up after a 5 lb rise. Cheng Gong arrives in good order and should be respected, while El Borracho is an interesting contender on the back of a breathing operation.