16:50 Southwell

Tuesday 8 June 2021

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Sherwood Forest Days Out Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:50 | Winning time: 4m 3.9s

Leroy Brown²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 106| BF| D

25/1

Won bumper on debut in 2019 but not added to that success and failed to justify support on return from 8 months off at Ffos Las recently.

Form: P3/262-4

Coral^t¹¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: P J Brennan| T: F O'Brien| OR: 105

11/2

Fairly useful hurdler/chaser in France but no impact in 4 starts over fences for Alastair Ralph and plenty to prove on debut for new connections back over the smaller obstacles here.

Form: 25/544P-

Begin The Luck¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: R T Dunne| T: Mrs Caroline Bailey| OR: 104| BF| CD

13/2

Landed back-to-back handicaps over C&D in spring and must enter calculations despite slightly disappointing third at Fakenham (16f, good to soft) since.

Form: 6721-13

To Fly Free^b1,t³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Fergus Gillard⁽³⁾| T: D Pipe| OR: 104| D

18/1

Winner of hurdle at Fakenham in October and looked back to that sort of form before unseating rider late on at Newton Abbot (18.5f, good) 34 days ago. Blinkers now applied for first time.

Form: 33140-U

Orchard Grove^t³³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Brendan Powell| T: Kerry Lee| OR: 97| BF

9/2

Runner-up in Kilbeggan handicap on final start for Shark Hanlon. Better with each start for new yard, latest when third of 9 in handicap hurdle at Worcester (16f, good to soft) 33 days ago. Respected.

Form: 92481-3

G'day Aussie^t⁴⁷¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Lee Edwards| T: Dave Roberts| OR: 96| D

40/1

Not scored over timber since 2018 and likely best watched on return from 15-month absence.

Form: 342342/

Phoebus Lescribaa²⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-3| J: Lorcan Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: R Dickin| OR: 96

11/1

Returning from 6 months off when good second over C&D (good to soft) last month. 3 lb rise fair and merits consideration.

Form: 44563-2

Just Marvin¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: Harry Bannister| T: A M Hales| OR: 94| D

14/1

Ran up to best, on return from 6-month absence, when third of 13 in handicap hurdle at Market Rasen (16.6f, good to soft, 14/1) 19 days ago. Remains to be seen if he can build on that, however.

Form: 1445P-3

Zamarkhan²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Ryan Mania| T: A M Thomson| OR: 93

11/2

Creditable second of 12 in handicap hurdle at Perth (16.2f, good) 2 days ago. Can race off same mark here but is becoming frustrating.

Form: F422-22

Conundrum^p,t²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Henry Brooke| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 93

40/1

Showed improved form back in this sphere when winning Sedgefield handicap in March. Below that level both starts since, fading approaching 2 out when well beaten ninth at Uttoxeter last month.

Form: 96618-9

Seaborough⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Aaron Anderson⁽⁷⁾| T: D Shaw| OR: 92

9/1

Returned to best, on debut for new yard, when third of 11 in handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter (15.8f, good) 9 days ago. Can race off same mark and holds strong claims.

Form: P0655-3

Gerard Mentor^t1⁵⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: C Gethings| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls| OR: 90WS

25/1

Ran with promise when runner-up in a Hereford bumper in October. Has disappointed since, however, and remains to be seen if wind operation/tongue strap have positive effect on handicap debut here.

Form: 28076-

Lady Babs^p³²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: C J Todd⁽³⁾| T: A Crook| OR: 89

11/1

Career best when winning 9-runner handicap hurdle at Market Rasen (16.6f, good, 16/1) 32 days ago, just holding on. This looks tougher, though.

Form: 3/F790-1

Fraterculus^t,v1²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Harry Skelton| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 93

22/1

Remains winless, and he arrives out of sorts, only thirteenth of 15 in handicap (66/1) at Worcester 27 days ago. Visored for first time now.

Form: 32290-0

Wisecracker^p,t¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-2| J: Page Fuller| T: B I Case| OR: 81| D

16/1

Back to winning ways in 8-runner handicap hurdle at Ludlow (15.8f, good to soft, 9/1) 15 days ago, just holding on. Overall record is off-putting, though.

Form: 2375-41

Forecasts

Orchard Grove (9/2), Coral (11/2), Zamarkhan (11/2), Begin The Luck (13/2), Seaborough (9/1), Phoebus Lescribaa (11/1), Lady Babs (11/1), Just Marvin (14/1), Wisecracker (16/1), To Fly Free (18/1), Fraterculus (22/1), Leroy Brown (25/1), Gerard Mentor (25/1), G'day Aussie (40/1), Conundrum (40/1)

SEABOROUGH is attractively handicapped and made an encouraging debut for Derek Shaw at Uttoxeter last month. He can land the spoils. Phoebus Lescribaa and Orchard Grove top the list of dangers.