12:30 Plumpton

Monday 13 December 2021

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Tim and Aine Wedding Week Celebration Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 12:31 | Winning time: 3m 57.80s

Any Givin Sunday⁶²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-1| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill| D

12/1

Bumper winner in Ireland for Tom Taaffe who made a successful start over hurdles for new yard when seeing off 6 rivals over 2m at Huntingdon in October. Bare form nothing special but more to come.

Form: 149-1

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Stream Of Stars²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-1| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 120| D

2/1

Fairly useful 3-y-o on the Flat for John Gosden and has made a promising start over hurdles since returning from a long absence, placed twice before winning at Ludlow. Looks sure to go well again.

Form: 231

Aucunrisque²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Tom Cannon| T: C Gordon| BF| D

6/4

Useful in bumpers, winning at Stratford and better form in defeat at Cheltenham twice since (third in listed latterly). Should make mark over hurdles for yard which has won last 2 runnings of this.

Form: 2F2-143

Beat The Heat¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: Sean Houlihan⁽³⁾| T: J R Boyle

150/1

Fair Flat winner but only modest form in 2 hurdle runs last month and likely more one for handicaps after this.

Form: 75

Gold Souk^t³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: Daniel Sansom⁽³⁾| T: D Steele

100/1

Fair on Flat (stays 1½m), winning at Wolverhampton in October (below par latest). Hurdle debut. Probably best to look elsewhere.

Form:

Sami Bear³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Adam Wedge| T: C Gordon

33/1

Fair form in bumpers. Reasonable start over hurdles when fifth of 12 at Fontwell last month but Aucunrisque looks the yard first string.

Form: 835-35

Systemic^t¹¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: J E Moore| T: G & J Moore

40/1

Fairly useful but temperamental on Flat (stays 1¾m) for Hugo Palmer. Joined a respected yard on hurdle debut and one which has won this race 3 times since 2013.

Form:

Flaherty⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: N F Houlihan⁽⁵⁾| T: G & J Moore

150/1

Looks more one for handicaps based on her 2 starts in recent weeks.

Form: 99

Fred Bear²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: M Goldstein| T: Miss S West| OR: 107| D

18/1

Runner-up twice prior to making all in juvenile company at Stratford in August. Limitations exposed in defeat since and surely vulnerable again.

Form: 221635

Sonning²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Adrian Heskin| T: A King| OR: 115| D

3/1

Fairly useful on Flat (stays 1¼m) and built on a promising hurdle debut second when scoring easily at Catterick last month despite again pulling hard. Open to further progress and leading claims.

Form: 21

Forecasts

Aucunrisque (6/4), Stream Of Stars (2/1), Sonning (3/1), Any Givin Sunday (12/1), Fred Bear (18/1), Sami Bear (33/1), Systemic (40/1), Gold Souk (100/1), Beat The Heat (150/1), Flaherty (150/1)

An interesting opener. SONNING and Stream of Stars both arrive on the back of ready victories and look capable of better again, with a narrow preference for the former. Chris Gordon is seeking a hat-trick of wins in this contest and Aucunrisque has certainly achieved enough in bumpers to think he can make his presence felt here.