12:30 Market Rasen

Sunday 26 December 2021

All11:5512:3013:0513:4014:1514:5015:25

Rand Farm Park Silver Jubilee Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 12:32 | Winning time: 4m 13.84s

Lydford^t²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Bridget Andrews| T: D Skelton| OR: 119

9/4

Useful 12f handicapper on Flat for Roger Varian and built on promising hurdling bow when comfortably off the mark at Southwell 26 days ago. Type to do better still, so respected despite the penalty.

Form: 21

Algesiras³²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Thomas Willmott⁽⁵⁾| T: J Parkinson & S Smith

22/1

Half-brother to ungenuine but fairly useful hurdler Castletown. Held in a couple of races over hurdles (trained by Tom Lacey first time then sold cheaply) and hard to fancy.

Form: 4-95

Bells Of Stamford⁵³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Charlie Price⁽³⁾| T: Tim Vaughan

66/1

Presenting gelding who didn't offer a great deal of encouragement when down the field in a bumper at Chepstow 53 days ago. Up against it switched to hurdling.

Form: 0

Charlie's Glance^t³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: J Martin⁽⁷⁾| T: Andrew Martin

4/7

Well-related Newbury bumper winner who shaped with encouragement amidst inexperience when making his seasonal/hurdling debut in a novice there a month ago. Open to improvement.

Form: 19-4

Deposit⁴⁵⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: J M Quinlan| T: Miss A Murphy

11/1

Fair stayer on the Flat. Sold from David Simcock 10,000 gns after final (2020) start. Switches to hurdling with a long absence to overcome, so others make more appeal.

Form:

Noahthirtytwored^b1,t1⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Lee Edwards| T: A West

66/1

Yet to show any ability in various disciplines.

Form: 70-3P

Radetzky March^h¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Harry Bannister| T: L Morgan

50/1

Showed some promise in a couple of spring bumpers but is yet to beat a rival over hurdles.

Form: P/F4-590

Secret Trix¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Fergus Gregory| T: O Murphy

12/1

Bred more for stamina than speed and shaped in kind when third in a Fakenham bumper on debut. Similar story on hurdling bow at Uttoxeter recently, so unlikely to peak until tried over further.

Form: 36

Non-Runners

Duke Of Rockingham³¹

Weight: 10-12| Age: 5

T: O Murphy J: Fergus Gregory

Courtly Love³⁰⁶

Weight: 10-5| Age: 8

T: O Signy J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Charlie's Glance (4/7), Duke Of Rockingham (15/8), Lydford (9/4), Deposit (11/1), Secret Trix (12/1), Algesiras (22/1), Radetzky March (50/1), Bells Of Stamford (66/1), Noahthirtytwored (66/1), Courtly Love (66/1)

DUKE OF ROCKINGHAM was left with too much to do before powering home to finish a narrow second on hurdling debut and, with improvement on the cards, he's an obvious selection to go one better at the likely expense of Lydford, who opened his account in this sphere at Southwell last time. Charlie's Glance should build on a promising fourth at Newbury so he also warrants respect.