17:33 Stratford

Sunday 11 July 2021

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Good Luck England Bring It Home Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:33 | Winning time: 4m 29.53s

Espressino^h,t¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Charlie Hammond| T: C J Down| OR: 97| D

6/1

Won a couple of conditionals' handicap hurdles last season. Returned to form when runner-up at Worcester 11 days ago and contender if showing up here in similar form.

Form: 1U-6P82

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Translink^t⁶⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: K Brogan| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 97WS

13/2

Showed fair form in bumpers and caught the eye on his third start over hurdles when sixth of 12 at Market Rasen in May. Likely improver now handicapping after wind surgery.

Form: 2D655-6

Magical Thomas^p,t⁴²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Liam Harrison| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 92| BF| C

8/1

Course winner who returned to form when runner-up at Fontwell in May but could only manage a well-held sixth of 15 back there since.

Form: 0608-26

Wilde Water¹²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Ben Jones| T: D Burchell| OR: 89

33/1

Minor promise in a bumper/hurdles and fared no better switched to a handicap when last seen in March (final start for Graeme McPherson).

Form: 7/559P-

Shanandoa²⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-2| J: Lorcan Williams| T: D Brace| OR: 87| CD

7/2

Waited over 5 years for a first win but scored twice inside a week last month, the latter coming in conditional jockeys' event over C&D. Only another 3 lb higher and should give another good account.

Form: 0263-11

Jumping Jack^p¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Jay Tidball⁽⁷⁾| T: P Butler| OR: 85

33/1

Fair hurdler at one point but generally underwhelming for this stable.

Form: 0458P-7

Kuiper Belt^b⁶²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Jack Tudor⁽³⁾| T: Christian Williams| OR: 85

13/2

Three-time hurdles winner for Gordon Elliott earlier in his career, but yet to show any real spark for this yard. Could only consider if backed.

Form: 8006P-8

Ingenuity^b¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: Patrick Cowley| T: B Barr| OR: 81

40/1

Remains winless over hurdles, and only eighth of 9 in 2m novice selling hurdle (22/1) at Southwell 13 days ago (fourth past the post but subsequently disqualified). Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 7680-9D

Sweeping Rock^p²¹

Age: 11| Weight: 10-9| J: Katie O'Farrell| T: J L Spearing| OR: 80

9/2

One win from 32 NH runs. Twenty one runs since last win in 2017. 17/2, creditable fourth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Worcester (good to soft) 21 days ago. Others preferred for the win.

Form: 5233-74

Uae Soldier^b1¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: Alexander Thorne| T: P Butler| OR: 76

50/1

No form on Flat and just poor form over hurdles to date. Blinkered first time.

Form: 666/8-09

Richie Valentine^p,t¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-3| J: Chris Ward| T: J G M O'Shea| OR: 74

5/1

Ran his best race since his hurdle debut back in spring 2019 when second in 18.5f Newton Abbot handicap 19 days ago. No good thing to build on that given his overall record.

Form: P0/77-02

Party Potential³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: C J Todd| T: J Scott| OR: 79

50/1

Modest maiden on the Flat but hasn't even managed to attain that level over hurdles yet, finishing well held on his Newton Abbot handicap debut last month.

Form: 4P-00

Non-Runners

Mi Laddo⁷

Weight: 10-9| Age: 5

T: M F Harris J: Mitchell Bastyan

Hey Bob¹²³

Weight: 10-5| Age: 9

T: O Murphy J: Lewis Stones

Forecasts

Shanandoa (7/2), Sweeping Rock (9/2), Richie Valentine (5/1), Hey Bob (5/1), Espressino (6/1), Kuiper Belt (13/2), Translink (13/2), Mi Laddo (7/1), Magical Thomas (8/1), Wilde Water (33/1), Jumping Jack (33/1), Ingenuity (40/1), Uae Soldier (50/1), Party Potential (50/1)

HEY BOB starts out for new trainer Olly Murphy on a good mark and is worth siding with in the hope that a wind operation helps him to deliver more at the finish than was often the case for his previous yard. Translink, another who has had wind surgery since last seen, appeals as a likely improver in handicaps and can provide the chief threat ahead of hat-trick seeking Shanandoa.