13:55 Exeter

Tuesday 11 January 2022

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Watch Race Replays At racingtv.com Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:55 | Winning time: 4m 31.6s

Bluffmeifyoucan^t²¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean Houlihan| T: Mrs S Gardner

18/1

Half-brother to 3 winners and offered plenty to work on when third in a Worcester bumper in May. Refused to settle at Newton Abbot a month later and is better judged on his debut form.

Form: 37

Dancing With Deco³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Nick Scholfield| T: A Ralph

11/8

£55,000 Milan gelding. Runner-up on second of 2 starts in Irish points and produced a promising first effort under Rules when runner-up in a Southwell bumper last month. Big player on hurdles debut.

Form: 3/22

Earth Star^h⁶⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Alan Johns| T: Jack BarberWS

8/1

€52,000 3-y-o, Presenting gelding. Promising fifth in bumper at Wincanton on debut but pulled up both starts since, including on hurdling debut last time. Has had a breathing operation.

Form: 5P-P

Langley Hundred^t³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: T J O'Brien| T: P Hobbs & J White

85/40

Well held in a Worcester bumper but shaped better sent hurdling when sixth of 18 in a C&D novice last month, not knocked about. That form is solid and he looks the one to beat with improvement likely.

Form: 76

Percy Veering³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: C Gethings| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls

50/1

€30,000 3-y-o, Sir Percy gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (stays 2½m) Dinard Rose. Looked one for the longer term when well held in a Southwell bumper last month.

Form: 0

Sarim^p¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: G Sheehan| T: W Greatrex

22/1

Fair on the Flat (stays 2m),but hasn't shown much in 2 starts over hurdles.

Form: 08

Thruthelookinglass³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: David Bass| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls

8/1

Kayf Tara gelding. Dam (h110) 21f/2¾m hurdle winner out of half-sister to useful chaser (stayed 25f) The Outlier. Well held in a C&D bumper on last month's debut but could do better now hurdling.

Form: 8

Universal Secret²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Charlie Price⁽³⁾| T: Mrs H R J Nelmes| OR: 82

125/1

Well held in 3 maiden hurdles.

Form: 960

Walk Away Now³³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Brendan Powell| T: C L Tizzard

11/1

Showed a bit more than on debut when eighth of 14 in novice hurdle at Taunton (16.5f, good to soft, 80/1) 33 days ago, not unduly punished.

Form: P8

Rays Rabble¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: James Best| T: M Hunt

250/1

Pulled up in novice hurdle at Wincanton (15.2f, soft, 100/1) on NH debut 16 days ago.

Form: P

Clarendon Cross¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Lucy Gardner| T: Mrs S Gardner

250/1

Disappointing maiden on Flat and well held in a pair of juvenile hurdles.

Form: 78

Forecasts

Dancing With Deco (11/8), Langley Hundred (85/40), Thruthelookinglass (8/1), Earth Star (8/1), Walk Away Now (11/1), Bluffmeifyoucan (18/1), Sarim (22/1), Percy Veering (50/1), Universal Secret (125/1), Clarendon Cross (250/1), Rays Rabble (250/1)

LANGLEY HUNDRED shaped with encouragement in a much stronger race than this on his hurdling debut over C&D last month, so he has to be considered the one to beat with improvement likely. Dancing With Deco produced a promising first effort under Rules in a Southwell bumper and looks the obvious threat.