12:55 Leicester

Sunday 28 November 2021

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Leicester Racecourse Ideal Self-Hire Wedding Venue Juvenile Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 12:55 | Winning time: 3m 52.65s

Agent Empire²³

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: O Signy

80/1

Fairly useful on Flat in Germany for H. Grewe but went with no short-term promise switched to hurdling this month.

Form: 9

Book of Secrets^t¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton

1/1

Fair on Flat, stays 1¼m, fourth of 5 in handicap last time. Sold from Amy Murphy for £20,000 (also had a wind op) and showed plenty when runner-up to a bright prospect on hurdles debut.

Form: 2

Crestwood⁵³

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Nick Scholfield| T: J Parr

50/1

Fair Flat winner, making jumps debut. 14/1, tenth of 11 in handicap at Nottingham (10.2f, soft) 53 days ago.

Form:

Cuban Cigar³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: T Scudamore| T: R Hannon

20/1

Fair on Flat, stays 1¼m, not seen to best effect last time. In good hands ahead of hurdles debut.

Form:

Krypton Gold⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Charlie Hammond| T: S Edmunds

7/1

Half-brother to very smart hurdler Aspire Tower. Modest maiden on Flat, stays 1½m, creditable effort last time, sold from Ms Sheila Lavery 4,000 gns in October.

Form:

Outback Boy^h1⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: R T Dunne| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero

80/1

Australia gelding. Dam half-sister to fairly useful hurdler Tidal Watch. Fairly useful on Flat (stays 12f) but became disappointing this summer and little aptitude for hurdling last week. Hood on.

Form: 9

Parliament Hill¹⁸²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Aidan Coleman| T: O Murphy

15/8

Dam half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (stayed 2¼m) Rainbow Dreamer. Fair maiden on Flat, stays 13f, soon back on track last time, has left John Joseph Murphy.

Form:

Sabre Jet^b1,t²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: J M Quinlan| T: Miss A Murphy

28/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Mistakes on hurdles bow at Stratford in the summer and then did too much too soon in a visor at Huntingdon.

Form: 53

Trusty Scout^h,t1⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Philip Armson⁽⁷⁾| T: D Pipe

14/1

Fair on Flat, stays 1¼m, below form sporting first-time cheekpieces on stable debut at Wolverhampton 3 weeks ago. Made mistakes but offered something to work on when fourth at Huntingdon.

Form: 4

Non-Runners

Buxted Too¹⁶

Weight: 10-12| Age: 3

T: Ian Williams J: C J Todd

Many Words²⁴

Weight: 10-12| Age: 3

T: A W Carroll J: Harry Bannister

Forecasts

Book of Secrets (1/1), Parliament Hill (15/8), Krypton Gold (7/1), Buxted Too (7/1), Trusty Scout (14/1), Cuban Cigar (20/1), Many Words (20/1), Sabre Jet (28/1), Crestwood (50/1), Outback Boy (80/1), Agent Empire (80/1)

BOOK OF SECRETS more than likely bumped into a useful juvenile starting out over hurdles at Bangor 18 days ago and this looks a suitable race for him to go one place better. Newcomers to this sphere Buxted Too and Parliament Hill could be the main threats