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Tuesday 2 November 2021

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Betway Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:25 | Winning time: 4m 8.90s

Advantura

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: T J O'Brien| T: P Hobbs & J White

16/1

Watar gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Hold The Note, stays 3m, and fairly useful hurdler Supakalanistic. Worth a market check on NH debut.

Form:

Brief Times^h¹⁵⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N P Mulholland

6/1

Doyen gelding who looked a handy prospect when making a winning bumper debut at Ffos Las (15.8f) in May, impressing with his sweep into contention. Exciting jumping prospect.

Form: 3-1

Fishermans Cove

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Alan Johns| T: V R A Dartnall

25/1

Getaway brother to bumper winner/useful chaser Sojourn (3m-3¼m winner). Dam unraced half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 25f) Exmoor Ranger. Likely best watched on debut.

Form:

Gaelic Thunder²⁰⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Bryan Carver⁽³⁾| T: C Honour

250/1

Well held in bumpers and similar story both starts over hurdles last season.

Form: 6006-

Huflower²⁵³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: H Cobden| T: P F NichollsWS

2/1

4-y-o who improved on opening exploits when landing bumpers at Pornichet/Angers for A. Fouassier in France last winter. Starts out over hurdles for top yard and well worth a look. Has had wind op.

Form: 11-

Jump Over The Moon

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Harry Reed| T: N P Mulholland

66/1

Yeats gelding. Dam (b75), placed in points, sister to untrustworthy but fairly useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 2½m) Moon Over Miami and fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (stays 3m) Roi de Dubai.

Form:

Leading Swoop¹⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Ben Godfrey⁽⁵⁾| T: R Walford

150/1

£10,000 5-y-o: half-brother to 3 winners, including fair hurdlers One Back For Luck (3m winner) and Ballyquin Queen (21f winner). Unplaced in 4 Irish points, last of 6 finishers last time (May 9).

Form: P64-6

Piaff Bubbles²³³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Stan Sheppard| T: T Lacey

3/1

Placed on the second of 2 starts in bumpers last season. Half-brother to a useful hurdler and could come into his own now jumping.

Form: 63-

Reilly²⁶⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Harry Skelton| T: D SkeltonWS

5/1

€85,000 Milan gelding who shaped with promise without being seen to best effect when 17 lengths second in a Warwick bumper in February, caught further back than ideal. Interesting now hurdling.

Form: 2-

Sherborne²⁶⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Brendan Powell| T: C L Tizzard| BF

7/1

Made an encouraging start to his career when second in a Hereford bumper in November. Disappointed at Warwick in February but appeals as the type to make his mark over jumps. Market should guide.

Form: 24-

St Estephe¹⁶⁴

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

400/1

Fair maiden on Flat who didn't offer a great deal in 2 hurdle starts during May. Low-grade handicaps may be his bag in due course.

Form: 66

Supasunrise²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Jordan Nailor⁽³⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

25/1

Mores Wells gelding. Sent off at 25/1 and possibly needed the run when seventh of 9 in a Chepstow novice (2m) early last month. This should reveal more.

Form: 7

Glorious Isolation

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: Rex Dingle| T: A J Honeyball

40/1

Fame And Glory mare. Dam unraced half-sister to bumper winner/very smart hurdler (stayed 3m) Voler La Vedette and useful hurdler/chaser (stay 4m) Hennessy. Appeals on paper and worth a look on debut.

Form:

Miss Marette^h²³²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: David Noonan| T: C J Down

66/1

Passing Glance mare who left opening pair of efforts in her wake when fourth in a Taunton bumper in March, running green but keeping on. Has something to build on now hurdling.

Form: 784-

Saoirse Away⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: Patrick Cowley⁽³⁾| T: B Barr

400/1

Getaway mare. Half-sister to useful hurdler Buster Dan. Runner-up on first of 3 starts in points (well held next 2 starts) and offered little on Rules/hurdles bow at Wincanton last month.

Form: 2-698

Forecasts

Huflower (2/1), Piaff Bubbles (3/1), Reilly (5/1), Brief Times (6/1), Sherborne (7/1), Advantura (16/1), Fishermans Cove (25/1), Supasunrise (25/1), Glorious Isolation (40/1), Miss Marette (66/1), Jump Over The Moon (66/1), Leading Swoop (150/1), Gaelic Thunder (250/1), St Estephe (400/1), Saoirse Away (400/1)

HUFLOWER signed off his time in France with back-to-back bumper victories and he could be the way to go now hurdling for his leading yard on the back of a wind op. Brief Times is a bright prospect judged on his Ffos Las bumper victory in May and is another to consider. Reilly and Piaff Bubbles are another pair worth a second look.