13:30 Hexham

Monday 11 April 2022

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Thornton Firkin 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:30 | Winning time: 4m 10.64s

Hatos⁹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Rex Dingle| T: A J Honeyball| D

11/8

Made winning hurdling bow in 2m maiden at Chepstow (16f, heavy) in January, strong at the finish. Further improvement likely and holds obvious claims.

Form: 231

Hidor De Bersy³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Aidan Coleman| T: T Symonds| OR: 116| D

11/8

Huntingdon bumper winner who made it third time lucky over hurdles with plenty in hand at Fakenham (16f) on New Year's Day. Creditable second at Ludlow (15.8f) since and looks sure to make presence felt again.

Form: 1-2312

Amerdale

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Thomas Willmott⁽⁵⁾| T: J Parkinson & S Smith

28/1

Schiaparelli gelding. Brother to bumper winner/fair 2m hurdle winner Aire Valley Lad, stays 3m. Dam 2½m/2¾m hurdle winner. Market check advised on debut.

Form:

Baron Briggs^t²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Ryan Mania| T: A M Thomson

100/1

Half-brother to 3 winners, including fairly useful hurdler My Immortal and fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser Sandhurst Lad. However, never in the hunt either start thus far and likely to need more time.

Form: 85

Clear White Light³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Edward Austin⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss S E Forster

11/1

Showed plenty of ability in pair of bumpers for Micky Hammond last spring and back to that sort of form for current yard when fourth at Carlisle last month. Tries hurdling now.

Form: 42-94

Eden Mill¹²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Craig Nichol| T: D W Whillans

125/1

Just poor form thus far in bumpers and likely best watched on hurdles debut.

Form: 47

Lou Trek^t¹¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: B S Hughes| T: G Hanmer| OR: 97

8/1

Winning pointer who showed ability in bumpers for Patrick G. Kelly in 2019. However, stopped quickly on yard debut over hurdles at Uttoxeter in December.

Form: 27090/P

Wandering West²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: M Walford

10/1

Offered something to work on when sixth of 11 in novice hurdle (20/1) at Wetherby (19.7f, good to soft) on NH debut 20 days ago. Could play a part if building on that.

Form: 46

Forecasts

Hatos (11/8), Hidor De Bersy (11/8), Lou Trek (8/1), Wandering West (10/1), Clear White Light (11/1), Amerdale (28/1), Baron Briggs (100/1), Eden Mill (125/1)

HATOS justified support when making a winning hurdles bow at Chepstow in January and likely has more to offer yet. He can score again. Hidor de Bersy looks the obvious danger with Wandering West best of the remainder.