14:15 Market Rasen

Friday 18 June 2021

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MansionBet's Betstival Bet 10 Get 20 Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 14:15 | Winning time: 5m 33.5s

Wynford^p,t¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 12-5| J: Nathan Moscrop⁽³⁾| T: R Menzies| OR: 102| C

9/1

Good hurdler in his day but not shown a right lot for a while, including in Flat handicap for new yard a fortnight ago. Hard to fancy.

Form: 744960-

Wood Emery¹⁰⁸³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: H Hogarth| OR: 95

50/1

Won 3m handicap hurdle at Punchestown in 2017/18 for Alan Fleming. Absent since 2018/19.

Form: 0019P7/

Topkapi Star^h³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: J M Quinlan| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 98

9/2

Returned to the pick of her winning juvenile form after 6 months off when not beaten far at Huntingdon and has a fair shout if staying this longer trip.

Form: 1450-4

Southfield Torr^h¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: M Bradstock| OR: 91

18/1

Hurdles winner for Paul Nicholls but temperament seems to have got the better of him, soon done with after 5 months off at Huntingdon. Risky.

Form: 24/P90-6

Watchman^t⁶²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Mr Jason Dixon⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs N S Evans| OR: 84

11/1

Yet to win but he's shown a bit over hurdles and his mark has dipped further. Wouldn't rule out in a thin handicap.

Form: 7/76476-

Black Lightning^b³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽⁵⁾| T: G Howell| OR: 82

4/1

Hurdles winner over further for Nick Gifford and showed first form for this yard after 6 months off/wind op/without tongue tie when third at Southwell 4 weeks ago. Big player if backing that up.

Form: P/6867-3

Bizerta^t¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: C J Todd⁽³⁾| T: S Allwood| OR: 79

3/1

Good efforts in similarly-thin handicaps the last twice and capable of winning one.

Form: 0467-43

Excalibur^p⁵⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-5| J: Emma Smith-Chaston⁽⁷⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 74

11/1

Won in the mud at Sedgefield in November 2019 but largely been very little to write home about since.

Form: 00U54P-

Kilcaragh Boy^t¹³

Age: 12| Weight: 10-3| J: Philip Armson⁽⁷⁾| T: R J Armson| OR: 72

8/1

Not getting any younger and strike rate isn't getting any better, though way the race developed at Hexham a fortnight ago wouldn't have seen him to best effect.

Form: 5P36-46

Ace Time^v1¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-1| J: B S Hughes| T: J R Jenkins| OR: 70

14/1

Poor maiden on Flat and over hurdles. Visor replaces cheekpieces.

Form: 7757-09

L'Es Fremantle¹⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: Miss H C Tucker⁽⁷⁾| T: M C Chapman| OR: 64| CD

100/1

No form for a long time and hard to fancy even back at the scene of his best days.

Form: FPP9-P0

Non-Runners

Orbit Of Iolite³¹

Weight: 10-4| Age: 5

T: S A Harris J: W T Kennedy

Forecasts

Bizerta (3/1), Black Lightning (4/1), Topkapi Star (9/2), Kilcaragh Boy (8/1), Wynford (9/1), Excalibur (11/1), Watchman (11/1), Ace Time (14/1), Southfield Torr (18/1), Orbit Of Iolite (33/1), Wood Emery (50/1), L'Es Fremantle (100/1)

A real low-quality affair that could go to BIZERTA, who is still relatively unexposed and has run well in similarly-thin handicaps the last twice. Black Lightning and Topkapi Star are next on the shortlist.