15:30 Doncaster

Friday 28 January 2022

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Sky Bet Extra Places Every Day Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 4m 7.99s

Yambocharlie^h⁷²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Lorcan Williams| T: S Allwood| OR: 96

4/1

Best run over hurdles when 10 lengths sixth of 15 at Warwick in November. Appeals as one who could have more to offer in handicaps. Market support worth noting for yard no stranger to success here.

Form: 3-066

Taragrace¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Theo Gillard⁽⁵⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 94

10/1

Placed on completed start in Irish points. Best run in mares' novice hurdles when fourth in 2m Bangor novice 15 days ago. Unexposed now handicapping for leading stable.

Form: 3-F7564

Clear On Top^t³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: James Bowen| T: T R George| OR: 92

8/1

No better than midfield in bumpers/novice hurdles but handicaps should provide him with a more realistic chance of success.

Form: 90-970

Les's Legacy²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Sam Coltherd| T: S Corbett| OR: 90

6/1

Clear of rest when second of 11 in handicap hurdle at Newcastle (2m, good) in December but he needs to shrug off a poor run at Musselburgh since.

Form: 59442P

No Reaction²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Fergus Gregory| T: J Coulson| OR: 88

40/1

Modest in bumpers/over hurdles. Pulled up on 2m Uttoxeter handicap debut on New Year's Eve. Hard to fancy.

Form: 05559P

Angels Landing^p¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: C J Todd⁽³⁾| T: Ian Williams| OR: 100

9/4

Fair Flat winner (at 11f) who has been placed on 3 of her 4 starts over hurdles, running her best race when second at Ludlow 18 days ago. Looks well treated on that form now moving into a handicap.

Form: 32P2

Overhaugh Street²⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: Benjamin Poste| T: E De Giles| OR: 86

22/1

Fair stayer on Flat (won another handicap in the mud at Chester in October). Won a novice claiming hurdle at Ludlow last month but found it tough switched to handicap company at Plumpton since.

Form: 3-17

Sorbonne^h⁶⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Craig Nichol| T: F P Murtagh| OR: 83

50/1

Modest handicapper on Flat (stays 1m) who has finished well held in 3 novice hurdles in the autumn. Makes handicap debut in this sphere back from short break.

Form: 609

Motahassen^t⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: Callum Bewley| T: D Carroll| OR: 78

40/1

Modest Flat winner who is related to a winning hurdler, but he has cut little ice in this sphere to date, including a Catterick handicap on New Year's Day. Also well held back on Flat since.

Form: 0860

Mind Hunter^b1¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Conor Ring⁽³⁾| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 83

9/2

Fair form on Flat for Richard Hannon. Only modest form in juveile hurdles for this yard but has the potential to be very competitve from this lowly mark. First-time blinkers replace cheekpieces.

Form: 763

Forecasts

Angels Landing (9/4), Yambocharlie (4/1), Mind Hunter (9/2), Les's Legacy (6/1), Clear On Top (8/1), Taragrace (10/1), Overhaugh Street (22/1), Motahassen (40/1), No Reaction (40/1), Sorbonne (50/1)

An opening mark of 100 looks workable for ANGELS LANDING based on her latest Ludlow second so she's preferred to fellow juvenile Mind Hunter, who also looks fairly treated from an initial mark in the low 80s. Yambocharlie is worth keeping an eye on in the market for a stable which has enjoyed handicap hurdle success here before.