14:10 Hereford

Friday 25 March 2022

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Boo La Croux Miss Drag UK Juvenile Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:11 | Winning time: 4m 0.1s

Bashful²²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Fergus Gregory| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero

8/1

Fairly useful Flat winner for Andrew Balding, but both hurdling outings for his current yard have lacked encouragement.

Form: P4

Chadlington Lad²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Kielan Woods| T: B Pauling| OR: 97

9/4

Fair form in a pair 7f maidens on Flat for Ben Haslam and left previous hurdling form behind when runner-up in a juvenile at Newbury 3 weeks ago. Solid claims.

Form: U062

Greystoke¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Tom Cannon| T: A King

7/4

Fairly useful on the Flat at up to 1¼m (fourth at Kempton recently). Likely to leave low-key hurdling debut in November behind, so warrants consideration.

Form: 7

Lion Face^p³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Adam Wedge| T: L Morgan| D

11/2

Fair but rather lazy stayer on the Flat for Roger Charlton. Keeping on and likely to have ben placed had he not come down at Market Rasen on his first go in this sphere. Not discounted.3

Form: F

Mickydee¹⁹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: J E Moore| T: D Faulkner

33/1

Fair Flat winner for Richard Hannon, albeit below form on latest outing at Leicester 6 months ago. Likely to have an educational start to hurdling.

Form:

Rakish Paddy⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: James Davies| T: Mrs N S Evans

80/1

Poor maiden on the Flat and hasn't shown enough over hurdles as yet to warrant interest in this.

Form: 35

Top Brass¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: W Greatrex

15/2

Flat winner for John Gosden and bettered hurdling debut when fourth in a juvenile at Stratford 11 days ago, albeit running to only a modest level. Needs to improve again.

Form: P4

Vignoni⁷⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Harry Bannister| T: P G Murphy

12/1

Showed some aptitude for hurdling on first outing since leaving Henry Candy after 6 months off when third at Catterick, albeit running to a barely modest level of form. Sixth in a Flat maiden 78 days ago, but looks a player if he can improve back in this sphere.

Form: 3

Infinite Beauty¹²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽³⁾| T: C Hobson

150/1

Just modest form for James Tate and well beaten in 3 runs (Flat handicap and 2 juvenile hurdles) for this yard.

Form: P6

Forecasts

Greystoke (7/4), Chadlington Lad (9/4), Lion Face (11/2), Top Brass (15/2), Bashful (8/1), Vignoni (12/1), Mickydee (33/1), Rakish Paddy (80/1), Infinite Beauty (150/1)

GREYSTOKE was a touch disappointing on his hurdling debut last November but he's in good hands and ran with credit back on the Flat recently, so he's worth another chance to show what he's capable of in this discipline. Chadlington Lad is a danger after a recent improved showing, while Vignoni also has some potential.