19:30 Southwell

Wednesday 13 April 2022

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Off The Fence On youtube.com/attheraces Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 19:31 | Winning time: 5m 13.83s

City Derby^p,t¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Jack Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: F O'Brien| OR: 107

6/1

Scored at Perth (2m, heavy) last spring. Shaped encouragingly after 6 months off when fourth of 18 in deep 2m handicap at Cheltenham and best effort since with headgear on when third at Musselburgh 19 days ago.

Form: 148773

Dock Road^b1⁶²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Luca Morgan⁽³⁾| T: B Pauling| OR: 107

11/1

Much improved from hurdles debut effort when landing a maiden at Exeter in 2020. Things didn't go plan over fences but he's on a tempting mark if return to timber sparks an upturn in fortunes. Blinkers on.

Form: 21-505P

High Tech⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Cillin Leonard⁽³⁾| T: Dr R D P Newland| OR: 105

8/1

Two-time winner on the Flat in France and placed all 3 starts over hurdles this winter. In good hands now handicapping and opening mark is perfectly fair.

Form: 223

Harde Fashion¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Charlie Price| T: D Bourne| OR: 105

66/1

Fair in bumpers for Kim Bailey and made a promising start over hurdles for new yard when narrowly denied at Stratford in October. Hasn't built on that since, though, reporedly bleeding on handicap debut.

Form: 4-24B67

Hooky Street⁶¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Joe Anderson⁽³⁾| T: R Dickin| OR: 104WS

20/1

Third on bumper debut in October and fourth first 2 starts over hurdles at up to 21f around the turn of the year. Disappointing handicap debut upped to 23f and since had a wind op.

Form: FF-344P

Stratton Oakmont⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Lorcan Williams| T: K Woollacott| OR: 104

13/2

Showed ability in bumpers and stepped up on initial hurdles efforts when third at Bangor in December. Similar form when filling the frame in a brace of handicaps since.

Form: 8-U7343

Zulu Dawn^t1¹²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: R Law-Eadie⁽¹⁰⁾| T: F O'Brien| OR: 101

16/1

Fairly useful in bumpers and best run over hurdles when second in September. Didn't looks straightforward when failing to land a gamble in November and given a break following a tame run at Fontwell. Tongue tie on.

Form: U/42238

Cossack Dancer^t1¹⁶⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Jordan Nailor⁽³⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 99WS

10/3

Promise sole start in bumpers and immediately improved for the switch to handicaps over hurdles when second in 20.2f event at Perth in April. Disappointing in October and since had a wind op ahead of this stable debut.

Form: 73562-0

Monsieur Pom Pom³²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Tom Midgley| T: A Keatley| OR: 105

16/1

Made the frame first 3 starts over hurdles in juvenile company. Prominent in the betting for handicap debut fitted with blinkers but was never a factor.

Form: 2423

Fazayte³²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Daniel Hiskett| T: R Potter| OR: 94

11/1

Shaped as if retaining all of ability on second start back this season. Bred to make a chaser but failed to deliver both outings over fences and didn't do much better back over timber latest. Has left Tom Symonds.

Form: 9-44U66

Chemical Warfare^t²³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: Peter Kavanagh| T: T Collier| OR: 87

14/1

Tongue tied and failed to see the race out on handicap debut upped to 20.4f here 3 weeks ago. Needs to leave that effort well behind.

Form: 86430

Taras Day^p,t¹³

Age: 9| Weight: 10-5| J: Lewis Dobb⁽¹⁰⁾| T: L Morgan| OR: 84| C

33/1

Made light of a 15-month absence to double career tally in handicap hurdle at Perth (3m) in April 2021. Limited impact twice since 11 months apart.

Form: 442/1-08

Gareth Cael^t³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: C J Todd| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 81| D

11/2

No show in novice hurdles but made more impact when fourth on handicap debut at Carlisle 34 days ago. Further step up in trip is worth exploring.

Form: 3-10P94

Non-Runners

Gibberwell²³

Weight: 11-3| Age: 6

T: J Coulson J: Philip Armson

Golan Cloud¹⁰¹

Weight: 10-10| Age: 9

T: J Candlish J: Lewis Stones

Dare To Begin¹²⁴

Weight: 10-7| Age: 7

T: Mrs Stella Barclay J: Charlotte Jones

Forecasts

Cossack Dancer (10/3), Gareth Cael (11/2), City Derby (6/1), Stratton Oakmont (13/2), High Tech (8/1), Golan Cloud (8/1), Dock Road (11/1), Fazayte (11/1), Chemical Warfare (14/1), Monsieur Pom Pom (16/1), Zulu Dawn (16/1), Hooky Street (20/1), Gibberwell (20/1), Taras Day (33/1), Dare To Begin (33/1), Harde Fashion (66/1)

HIGH TECH starts out in handicaps on a very fair mark so he looks the answer to a handicap of quantity over quality. City Derby can remain competitive at this level while the market may tell a tale regarding Dock Road back over hurdles for his powerful owner.