15:05 Uttoxeter

Wednesday 14 July 2021

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Ken Boulton Memorial Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:06 | Winning time: 6m 4.1s

All Hail Caesar^v³²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Nathan Moscrop⁽³⁾| T: R Menzies| OR: 118

11/2

Successful over hurdles at Wetherby (3m) in December and followed up over fences at Hexham (3m) in June. Good second back there over timber latest and fancied to be in the mix again.

Form: 1/031-12

Wicked Willy^t⁷²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-11| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 117| D

14/1

Lightly raced in recent times but confirmed his return to form when keeping on for fourth at Kempton (21f) in May. Return to further rates a plus and this mark looks within reach.

Form: 7/P322-4

Faint Hope^t²⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: Jordan Nailor⁽³⁾| T: G Harris| OR: 115

5/1

Doubled career tally at Kempton (21f) in May and back to that sort of form when runner-up over 20f here in June, keeping on from 3 out. Assessor applies a little more pressure but not ruled out.

Form: 9P2-142

Jen's Boy^b⁵¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: N de Boinville| T: N J Henderson| OR: 112| CD

6/1

Landed back-to-back handicap hurdles in 2019 (including over C&D). Proved expensive to follow over fences subsequently, albeit shaping better than bare result at Ludlow in May. Returns to timber now.

Form: 222P-33

Always Resolute^p¹⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-6| J: R T Dunne| T: Ian Williams| OR: 112

9/2

Bagged 2m4f Newbury handicap hurdle in March. Below form next 2 starts, including on the Flat but he did at least run better than for a while when midfield over C&D in June.

Form: 89519-7

Catchmeifyoucan³³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Sean Quinlan| T: J Candlish| OR: 108| BF| D

15/2

Progressive when winning 3m handicaps at Market Rasen and Doncaster in November. Not disgraced more recently, fourth in 6-runner mares' handicap at Aintree in June and mark is easing.

Form: 117-024

Neetside^t²³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-1| J: Tom Midgley⁽⁷⁾| T: M Sheppard| OR: 107| D

11/2

Bright start for new yard, landing 8-runner mares' handicap at Worcester (23f) early last month. Shaped as if still in good form when third at Southwell (20.4f) but yet to win from a mark this high.

Form: P5-9413

Dawn Raider^t⁵⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: William Shanahan⁽⁷⁾| T: G Hanmer| OR: 105

11/1

Poor strike rate in Ireland and no real impact in trio of outings for current yard, including on the back of 7 months off at Bangor (23f) in May.

Form: 69P04-5

Terrafirma Lady⁴⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Tom Cannon| T: A King| OR: 103

10/1

Still looking for first success but ran well when second in a small field at Worcester (23f) in May. This looks tougher but she's still low-mileage from a handicapping perspective.

Form: 753P7-2

Forecasts

Always Resolute (9/2), Faint Hope (5/1), Neetside (11/2), All Hail Caesar (11/2), Jen's Boy (6/1), Catchmeifyoucan (15/2), Terrafirma Lady (10/1), Dawn Raider (11/1), Wicked Willy (14/1)

A winner over fences at Hexham in June, ALL HAIL CAESAR again ran well when runner-up over hurdles back at that venue last time, finding only a well-treated veteran too strong. He's fancied to go well again and shades the vote, with Wicked Willy and Faint Hope heading up the dangers.