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Thursday 17 March 2022

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Off time: 16:26 | Winning time: 5m 17.2s

Wavelength²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Quinlan| T: N W Alexander| OR: 100

14/1

Fair maiden hurdler in Ireland for Gavin Cromwell. Has an unconvincing chase record and jumping lacked fluency back over hurdles on stable debut at Carlisle 24 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 0-UR876

Moonlight Glory¹⁶⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: M Walford| OR: 98

12/1

Fair winner at 16f over hurdles in Ireland and offered encouragement on occasions over fences. Debuts for an in-form stable after 165 days off, so could be worth chancing.

Form: 8-58536

Mackie Dee^h¹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-6| J: Philip Armson⁽⁷⁾| T: R J Armson| OR: 94| D

22/1

Below best for the bulk of this season and was pulled up at Sedgefield only 11 days ago, so not easy to make a case for.

Form: 9-2U44P

Henry Brown^b³⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Edward Austin⁽⁵⁾| T: H Burns| OR: 92

66/1

More miss than hit over fences for Noel Meade and didn't offer much more encouragement starting out for this stable at Sedgefield 36 days ago.

Form: 80-04P9

Loughermore^p¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: William Shanahan⁽⁷⁾| T: S Waugh| OR: 91| D

7/1

Down the weights and has looked back in some sort of form the over hurdles the last twice, sixth at Carlisle recently. Not discounted on just his second run over fences.

Form: 950946

Mah Mate Bob^b1¹⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 11-1| J: Jonathon Bewley⁽³⁾| T: G Bewley| OR: 89| C| D

13/2

Down the weights and took a step back in the right direction when fourth at Musselburgh 15 days ago. Blinkers now fitted, so could put up a bold bid from the front in a weak race.

Form: 27P874

Skyhill^t¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-1| J: B S Hughes| T: Mrs A C Hamilton| OR: 89

9/1

Saw off Gypsy Lee Rose to resume winning ways at Carlisle in February but couldn't quite back it up at the same course 17 days later. Looks vulnerable.

Form: 865415

Graystown^b,t²⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: Sam Coltherd| T: W Coltherd| OR: 88| CD

16/1

Scored here in October and, while he's generally been out of sorts subsequently, return to this track and refitting of blinkers should help. Not completely dismissed.

Form: F1PP6P

Croagh Patrick^t¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Jonathan England| T: S England| OR: 86

11/8

Point winner who didn't achieve much over hurdles but has been placed on 3 of his 4 starts over fences, well clear of the rest when second at Sedgefield 11 days ago. Strong claims.

Form: 572362

Mymilan^b¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-6| J: Ryan Mania| T: A M Thomson| OR: 80

16/1

Poor handicap chaser who can't be relied upon, so it's quite easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 47-P6U5

Westdante^p1,t⁴⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-6| J: J Kington| T: D Brooke| OR: 80

22/1

Modest form at best and pulled up both outings this season, back over hurdles at Wetherby on latest occasion. Plenty to prove with cheekpieces fitted.

Form: 5764-PP

Choctaw Brave³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-6| J: Harry Reed| T: T Reed| OR: 80

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden hurdler/chaser. Running best race when fell 4 out at Ayr a month ago, but he needs more if he's to gain his first success.

Form: 6903PF

African Glory²⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: D R Fox| T: M Todhunter| OR: 69

22/1

Limited hurdler who has been out of sort in that sphere. Hard to recommend from out of the weights on handicap debut.

Form: 02U5P8

Forecasts

Croagh Patrick (11/8), Mah Mate Bob (13/2), Loughermore (7/1), Skyhill (9/1), Moonlight Glory (12/1), Wavelength (14/1), Graystown (16/1), Mymilan (16/1), Westdante (22/1), Choctaw Brave (22/1), Mackie Dee (22/1), African Glory (22/1), Henry Brown (66/1)

Some of MOONLIGHT GLORY's Irish form suggests she could be up to defying a mark of 98, and her new stable has been amongst the winners of late, so she's worth taking a chance on. The well-treated Mah Mate Bob could take some pegging back in first-time blinkers, while the in-form Croagh Patrick is an obvious player.