14:30 Newcastle

Friday 11 March 2022

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Cazoo Search Drive Smile Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:31 | Winning time: 3m 55.7s

Andre Le Notre¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Quinlan| T: Miss P Robson| BF

20/1

€40,000 Champs Elysees gelding who showed promise amidst greenness when fourth in a Musselburgh bumper on debut 19 days ago, not knocked about. Could improve now making a quick switch to hurdling.

Form: 4

Burrows Hall⁸⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Ryan Mania| T: J Parkinson & S Smith

11/1

Hunter's Light half-brother to 3 winners, including useful hurdlers Burrows Edge and Burrows Park. Minor promise in a couple of bumpers last year but bred to do better now hurdling.

Form: 36

Choral Work³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Aidan Coleman| T: O Murphy| OR: 116| D

15/8

Winner on the Flat for William Haggas in 2020 and built on a promising hurdling debut (for Ellmarie Holden) after 4 months when landing a 16.5f novice at Taunton 31 days ago. More to come.

Form: 21

Cliffs Of Dooneen²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Craig Nichol| T: R Dobbin| D

28/1

Useful on Flat (stays 2m) but made an inauspicious start over hurdles fitted with a tongue strap when tailed off at Kelso (heavy) 3 weeks ago.

Form: 5

Fingal's Hill³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Thomas Dowson| T: P Atkinson| OR: 106| D

5/2

Fair bumper winner who showed improved form over hurdles when second in 6-runner maiden here (20.3f) 38 days ago. That was an ordinary race, but he has each-way claims at least back down in trip.

Form: 10-0972

Galahad Threepwood¹¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Kielan Woods| T: B Pauling

2/1

Fairly useful on Flat, stays 1¾m, made frame at Wolverhampton when last seen in November. Has left Mick Channon and possesses the ability and stamina to be a big factor on hurdles debut.

Form:

Kopa Kilana¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Nathan Moscrop| T: R Menzies| D

50/1

Overcame inexperience to make winning start in a Musselburgh bumper in October. Badly in need of the experience when well beaten on Catterick hurdles debut 4 months on but should do better.

Form: 14

Ring Pretender⁶¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: D R Fox| T: W Coltherd

80/1

£22,000 3-y-o, Great Pretender mare. Half-sister to French 17f hurdle winner Reel Blood. Dam lightly raced on Flat. Looked in need of the run when fourth of 5 in a bumper at Ayr on debut in January.

Form: 4

Cornell¹⁵⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: Callum Bewley| T: J J Davies

200/1

Poor form at best on the Flat so easily passed over on this switch to hurdling.

Form:

Non-Runners

Rory And Me³⁸

Weight: 11-0| Age: 7

T: Micky Hammond J: Alain Cawley

Forecasts

Choral Work (15/8), Galahad Threepwood (2/1), Fingal's Hill (5/2), Rory And Me (15/2), Burrows Hall (11/1), Andre Le Notre (20/1), Cliffs Of Dooneen (28/1), Kopa Kilana (50/1), Ring Pretender (80/1), Cornell (200/1)

CHORAL WORK ran out a comfortable winner at Taunton last month, and with further improvement on the cards, she looks up to defying a penalty. Galahad Threepwood has shown fairly useful form on the level, so should be up to making his presence felt in a race of this nature over hurdles, with Andre Le Notre another to consider having offered something to work on in a Musselburgh bumper recently.