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Thursday 21 October 2021

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St Austell Brewery Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:48 | Winning time: 4m 51.30s

Halo Des Obeaux¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 133

3/1

Promising sort who made a winning debut over hurdles in 15-runner juvenile at Auteuil (17.4f) in March. Posted good third on recent UK bow at Worcester (16f, soft) and likely has more to offer yet.

Form: 8231-3

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Doran's Bridge¹⁸⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Benjamin Poste| T: Katy Price

50/1

€17,000 3-y-o, £35,000 5-y-o, Imperial Monarch gelding. Makes Rules debut here. Won Irish Point in April and likely to be a longer-term prospect.

Form: 3/2P1-

Might I²⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Lorcan Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: H Fry| BF

10/11

Fairly useful winner of Warwick bumper in December and far from disgraced in listed event at Newbury subsequently. Must be taken seriously on hurdles debut.

Form: 15-

Nelsons Rock¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Brendan Powell| T: C L Tizzard

25/1

Dual point winner who failed to measure up to market expectations in Ffos Las bumper on Rules debut in May and made little impact on hurdles bow at Fontwell earlier this month. Work to do.

Form: P311/54

Thunder Rock²⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Adrian Heskin| T: O Murphy

3/1

Built on encouraging Rules debut when taking Exeter bumper in February and looks a good prospect for hurdling.

Form: 2/31-

Triple Trade²³²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Mitchell Bastyan⁽³⁾| T: C L Tizzard

33/1

Showed a bit when fifth of 15 in novice hurdle at Wincanton (15.3f, soft) on NH debut in March. More required on return here, however.

Form: 5-

Without A Doubt¹⁸²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Rex Dingle| T: J Scott

40/1

Well-bred type who landed a bumper for Philip Hobbs in December but was well held in a pair of hurdle outings for this yard earlier in the year and looks up against it on return.

Form: 163-

Non-Runners

Millbank Flyer²⁹⁵

Weight: 10-12| Age: 6

T: H Fry J: J J Burke

Mojito Royale¹³²

Weight: 10-12| Age: 5

T: R Mitford-Slade J: James Best

Ted's Friend²¹

Weight: 10-12| Age: 5

T: F O'Brien J: Max Kendrick

Advantura

Weight: 10-10| Age: 4

T: P Hobbs & J White J: T J O'Brien

Hazard Collonges²⁴⁸

Weight: 10-10| Age: 4

T: A King J: D A Jacob

Hidden Heroics¹⁷⁹

Weight: 10-10| Age: 4

T: D Skelton J: Bridget Andrews

Saoirse Away¹⁵²

Weight: 10-5| Age: 5

T: B Barr J: Patrick Cowley

Forecasts

Might I (10/11), Thunder Rock (3/1), Halo Des Obeaux (3/1), Ted's Friend (15/2), Millbank Flyer (8/1), Hidden Heroics (8/1), Hazard Collonges (14/1), Mojito Royale (20/1), Nelsons Rock (25/1), Advantura (25/1), Triple Trade (33/1), Without A Doubt (40/1), Doran's Bridge (50/1), Saoirse Away (100/1)

HALO DES OBEAUX can be expected to improve on his encouraging yard debut a fortnight ago and gets the nod. Harry Fry's duo Millbank Flyer and Might I head the list of dangers in an interesting contest.