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Friday 29 October 2021

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Geoff Goodwin 70th Birthday Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:39 | Winning time: 4m 0.3s

Val Mome³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 12-2| J: Abbie McCain⁽⁵⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 102

25/1

Pulled up in handicap chase at Bangor (17.4f, good to soft, 12/1) on debut over fences 30 days ago. Back over hurdles with something to prove.

Form: 25503/P

Dionysis^h²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Tom Midgley⁽⁷⁾| T: M Weatherer| OR: 98

8/1

Creditable fourth of 9 in novice hurdle (25/1) at Market Rasen (16.6f, good) 13 days ago, but not fluent and tailed off when pulled up at Fakenham on Wednesday.

Form: 20354F

Falcon Sun^p,t¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: T J O'Brien| T: M Roberts| OR: 93| D

28/1

Ungenuine type. Cheekpieces on and not knocked about when sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle at this C&D (good to soft) 14 days ago. Others are preferred, though.

Form: 6P4-686

Benito²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Stan Sheppard| T: T Lacey| OR: 92

25/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 40/1, sixth of 9 in novice hurdle at Stratford (16.3f, good) 25 days ago. Much respected now making his handicap debut.

Form: 69-6

Court Jurado⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Peter Kavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 90| D

25/1

Last of 5 in handicap chase (4/1) at Plumpton (17f, good) 40 days ago. Switches to hurdles with questions to answer.

Form: 33-4645

Colonel Lesley^b1³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: B S Hughes| T: B Leavy| OR: 88| D

25/1

100/1, modest seventh of 12 in handicap hurdle at Worcester (16f, good) 35 days ago. Blinkered for 1st time with plenty to prove.

Form: 8P-7557

Karakoram^p,t⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Lewis Stones⁽⁷⁾| T: G Harris| OR: 85| D

7/2

It's now seventeen runs since last win in 2019. 11/2, creditable second of 7 in handicap hurdle at Ludlow (15.8f, good) 8 days ago though, so he can make his presence felt.

Form: 6877-42

Temur Khan²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Harry Bannister| T: A W Carroll| OR: 83

11/1

Fair winner at 13f on Flat who posted good second at Brighton 24 days ago. Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles, but he's well worth considering if translating that form back to this sphere now.

Form: 6569P-

Oceans Red^t1²²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: P J Brennan| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 82WS

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 20/1, ninth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Wetherby (16f, good to soft). Off 7 months and back after wind op with tongue strap on too. Has work to do.

Form: 3P369-

Ten Past Midnight^p⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: Patrick Cowley⁽³⁾| T: M Keighley| OR: 81

6/5

5/2, career best when winning 2m handicap hurdle at Newton Abbot (heavy) 8 days ago, always holding on. Not taken lightly off an unchanged mark.

Form: 00-4621

Court Dancer^p⁵⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams| OR: 80| CD

14/1

C&D winner in July but only eleventh of 14 in handicap at Newton Abbot (16.8f, good) 59 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 87/4P-10

Fast Deal¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Miss H C Tucker⁽⁷⁾| T: M C Chapman| OR: 74

150/1

33/1, fourth of 5 in selling hurdle at Stratford (16.3f, good) 13 days ago. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 854-684

Diamond Joel¹⁰⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽⁵⁾| T: Sarah Hollinshead| OR: 70

25/1

40/1, respectable fifth of 15 in handicap hurdle at this C&D (good) 107 days ago. More is needed from 2 lb out of the handicap though.

Form: 906-955

Forecasts

Ten Past Midnight (6/5), Karakoram (7/2), Dionysis (8/1), Temur Khan (11/1), Court Dancer (14/1), Oceans Red (22/1), Court Jurado (25/1), Diamond Joel (25/1), Val Mome (25/1), Colonel Lesley (25/1), Benito (25/1), Falcon Sun (28/1), Fast Deal (150/1)

TEMUR KHAN has been in great form on the level since he last ran over hurldes so is taken to translate that form back to this sphere and open his hurdling account now. Ten Past Midnight rates a massive threat off the same mark as when scoring at Newton Abbot recently, with Karakoram also in the mix.