13:30 Newton Abbot

Monday 26 July 2021

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St Austell Brewery Novices' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:31 | Winning time: 4m 23.5s

Secret Potion^p,t⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Lorcan Williams⁽³⁾| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 96

11/1

Won 2m Warwick handicap in May and back to form when fifth of 12 in handicap hurdle (28/1) at this course (16.8f, good to firm) 8 days ago.

Form: 68-17P5

Decoration Of War¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Alex Edwards⁽³⁾| T: M Young| OR: 95

4/1

Dual AW Flat winner and has shown a fair level of ability over hurdles, creditable third of 15 in handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter (15.8f, good) 12 days ago.

Form: 563-353

Vanderbilt^p⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Theo Gillard⁽⁵⁾| T: Mark Gillard| OR: 86| BF

5/1

Remains a maiden after 29 NH runs. Creditable fourth of 12 in handicap hurdle at this course (16.8f, good to firm, 4/1) 8 days ago. Others preferred for win purposes.

Form: 84-P534

Dolly McQueen^p1⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Liam Harrison⁽⁵⁾| T: F O'Brien| OR: 86

11/2

Winless since 2019 but she arrives in good nick, respectable sixth of 12 in handicap hurdle at this course (16.8f, good to firm) 8 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Can give a good account.

Form: 766-526

Getaman^b1⁹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-9| J: Kielan Woods| T: D J Jeffreys| OR: 79

12/1

Dual point winner who was gambled-on for his handicap debut at Kelso (20.9f, good to soft), but emptied quickly in the home straight and again well held at Taunton since. Headgear on.

Form: 1008/00-

Masterdream^p¹²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 81WS

10/3

Fair maiden on Flat for John Oxx. Best effort over hurdles for Tim Vaughan when fourth on handicap bow at Kelso. Had breathing operation since last seen and tried in headgear now. Very interesting.

Form: 8694-

Out By Six²²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: Miss H C Tucker⁽⁷⁾| T: R Potter| OR: 74

20/1

Ran well from out of the handicap when fifth of 11 hurdle at Market Rasen (16.6f, good) 22 days ago. Races off proper mark now (8 lb lower) but not sure to back that up.

Form: P9-5775

Gibraltarian^p,t⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-4| J: Charlie Price⁽⁵⁾| T: J L Flint| OR: 74

9/2

Showed her first solid form making her handicap debut when third of 12 in handicap hurdle at this course (16.8f, good to firm) 8 days ago (saddle slipped before last). May do better again.

Form: 9-893

Thebudinpundit³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: James Best| T: Mrs S Gardner| OR: 63

150/1

No form over hurdles, so hard to make any sort of case for.

Form: 05/90P-0

You Owe Me^b1³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: W T Kennedy| T: S-J Davies| OR: 66

100/1

No more than a fair maiden on the Flat but he's offered little in 5 starts over hurdles.

Form: 957-00

Non-Runners

Hazy Dream¹⁴

Weight: 11-1| Age: 5

T: C J Down J: Page Fuller

Richie Valentine¹⁵

Weight: 10-4| Age: 7

T: J G M O'Shea J: Chris Ward

Forecasts

Masterdream (10/3), Decoration Of War (4/1), Gibraltarian (9/2), Vanderbilt (5/1), Dolly McQueen (11/2), Hazy Dream (10/1), Secret Potion (11/1), Getaman (12/1), Richie Valentine (12/1), Out By Six (20/1), You Owe Me (100/1), Thebudinpundit (150/1)

It may be worth chancing MASTERDREAM, who could be on a fair mark starting out for an in-form yard. Gibraltarian was better than the bare result when a good third on her handicap bow here last week and is another to consider, while Hazy Dream pulled clear of the rest when second in a C&D novice 2 weeks ago and may do better again now handicapping.