12:45 Kempton

Monday 27 December 2021

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Ladbrokes We Play Together Introductory Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 12:45 | Winning time: 4m 3.53s

Iceo^h1¹²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 11-3| J: Bryony Le Clerc| T: P F Nicholls

9/4

From successful jumping family and won well at Dieppe on hurdling debut in the summer. Open to improvement now with top yard and likely to go well. Hooded.

Form: 1

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Illico Des Places^h1²²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 11-3| J: David Noonan| T: T Symonds

10/3

Runaway winner on hurdling debut at Chateaubriant in the spring for Francois Nicolle, posting an eye-catching Timeform rating of 125. More to come for new yard and has to be respected. Hood on.

Form: 1

Dragon's Fire³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Kielan Woods| T: A M Hales

50/1

Fair Flat winner (proven only up to 1m). Work to do on hurdles debut.

Form:

Elusive Artist¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Harry Bannister| T: A W Carroll

14/1

Fair Flat winner. Showed a bit on hurdles debut for new yard at Cheltenham earlier this month, knowing his job pretty well. Should be up to winning races in this code.

Form: 6

Fight For It¹⁹³

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: R Patrick| T: J G M O'Shea

50/1

Fairly useful maiden on Flat up to 1½m, sold from Simon & Ed Crisford 45,000 gns in July. Needs to hit the ground running on hurdles bow.

Form:

Kolisi¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: James Davies| T: D Pipe

33/1

Fairly useful on Flat (stays 1¼m) for William Haggas. New connections acquired him for 55,000 gns in October. Low-key hurdles debut in Doncaster Grade 2 recently (bad mistake 2 out and pulled up).

Form: P

Optimistic Belief²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: N F Houlihan| T: P Phelan

18/1

Fair 11f Flat winner in Ireland. Ran to only a modest level on hurdles debut for new yard at Sandown earlier this month and needs to pull out plenty more.

Form: 5

Restitution⁷⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Tom Cannon| T: A King| BF

9/2

Fairly useful on Flat, raced just 4 times (stays 2m). Got to be of interest starting out over hurdles given yard.

Form:

Rewired⁶⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: Dr R D P Newland

5/1

Fairly useful on Flat (should stay beyond 1¼m). Sold from David Menuisier 45,000 gns in October. Worth a look starting out in this sphere for new yard.

Form:

Titian¹⁶

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

17/2

Useful on the Flat (stays 1¼m) and sold from William Haggas for 155,000 gns. Got no further than the first on hurdles debut for yard at Cheltenham a fortnight ago, taking a heavy tumble.

Form: F

Forecasts

Iceo (9/4), Illico Des Places (10/3), Restitution (9/2), Rewired (5/1), Titian (17/2), Elusive Artist (14/1), Optimistic Belief (18/1), Kolisi (33/1), Dragon's Fire (50/1), Fight For It (50/1)

RESTITUTION, a lightly-raced winner on the Flat, is in the right hands to do well as a hurdler, so he could be the answer to an intriguing opener. Illico des Places and Iceo both set out for new stables having won their sole outings in France and must be strongly respected.