13:35 Taunton

Thursday 9 December 2021

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Stables Business Park Novices' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:35 | Winning time: 4m 6.72s

Midnight Callisto^t⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Ben Godfrey⁽⁵⁾| T: A J Honeyball| OR: 100

9/2

Fairly useful bumper winner who has proved rather expensive to follow over hurdles. Back to form when fourth at Southwell 9 days ago, and may well build on that if her jumping holds up.

Form: 3448-64

Folly Gate^t⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: P J Brennan| T: Mrs J Williams| OR: 99

3/1

Fair maiden hurdler who produced his best effort on form when second over C&D 43 days ago, albeit not finding a great deal for pressure. Paddy Brennan is likely to have a positive effect on him.

Form: P755-42

Diamon Des Flos^h³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams| OR: 96

9/1

Promise in bumper/over hudles, not knocked about when eighth in novice at Chepstow on return. Interesting handicap debutant, particularly if the market speaks in his favour.

Form: 955-8

Lime Drop⁷^{(ex 7)}

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: R Patrick| T: H D Daly| OR: 87| D

11/8

Progressive mare who tanked round and easily went clear when completing a double at Leicester a week ago. Type to do better still, so should land the hat-trick if the race doesn't come too soon.

Form: 949-611

Musical^h,t²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Lorcan Williams| T: Mrs S Leech| OR: 91

100/1

Well held in a bumper/novice hurdles, and he must learn to settle if he's to make a bigger impact in handicaps.

Form: 3-870

Toad Of Toad Hall²⁸⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: J E Moore| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 90

80/1

Has looked limited on the whole over hurdles and hasn't been seen for 9 months, so hard to make a meaningful case for.

Form: 004P0-

One Last Glance⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Kieren Buckley⁽⁵⁾| T: T R Gretton| OR: 89

20/1

Mere glimmers of ability in maiden/novice company and needs to raise his game a couple of notches now pitched into a handicap. Engaged 2.00 Lingfield Wednesday.

Form: 88-6

Vanderbilt^p²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Fergus Gillard⁽³⁾| T: Mark Gillard| OR: 86

8/1

Remains a maiden after 31 NH runs. 40/1, good fourth of 11 in novice hurdle at this C&D (good) 28 days ago. Running consistently well, but clearly hard to win with.

Form: P53424

Letsbe Avenue²⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Sean Houlihan⁽³⁾| T: W G M Turner| OR: 86

33/1

Modest hurdler returning fro 8 months off. Doesn't appear to have much in hand and partnered by an inexperienced jockey.

Form: 026F83-

Gaelic Thunder²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: Lily Pinchin⁽⁵⁾| T: C Honour| OR: 80

100/1

No promise in bumpers and similar story over hurdles so far.

Form: 6006-0P

The Imposter^v1³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: David Noonan| T: N J Hawke| OR: 79

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden hurdler who is hard to make a case for.

Form: 8486-80

Sam Haze²²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: Conor Ring⁽³⁾| T: P C Dando| OR: 76

66/1

Down the field sole outing in bumpers and little impact in 3 outings over hurdles. Might fare a bit better now handicapping, but hard to place much faith in.

Form: 6P9-6

Non-Runners

Pink Jazz¹⁵

Weight: 11-11| Age: 4

T: S Curran J: Non Runner

Deep Inferno²

Weight: 10-7| Age: 5

T: L Hurley J: Miss H C Tucker

Forecasts

Lime Drop (11/8), Folly Gate (3/1), Midnight Callisto (9/2), Vanderbilt (8/1), Diamon Des Flos (9/1), Pink Jazz (14/1), One Last Glance (20/1), Letsbe Avenue (33/1), The Imposter (50/1), Sam Haze (66/1), Deep Inferno (66/1), Toad Of Toad Hall (80/1), Gaelic Thunder (100/1), Musical (100/1)

LIME DROP had plenty to spare at Leicester a week ago, so he's an obvious choice to defy the penalty up against more exposed types. Folly Gate arrives in form and has Paddy Brennan taking over for the first time, so he's feared most, with Midnight Callisto hard to rule out having returned to form last time.