15:40 Huntingdon

Monday 18 April 2022

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Bet At racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:41 | Winning time: 3m 39.7s

Stokes^t³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Kielan Woods| T: B Pauling| OR: 109| BF

4/1

Bumper winner back in 2020 who found just one too good on each of his first three starts over hurdles. Finishing effort left much to be desired at Doncaster last time, but drop back in trip may help and he's not without a chance.

Form: 1/2223

Jeremy The Jinn^t²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: P J Brennan| T: F O'Brien| OR: 108| CD

1/1

Bumper winner at Market Rasen on debut last spring and has progressed with each of his three starts in this sphere, bagging a C&D maiden in a first-time tongue strap last month. May have more to offer now handicapping.

Form: 16331

Sambezi^p,t1⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Jack Andrews⁽⁵⁾| T: O Signy| OR: 106| DWS

12/1

Fontwell maiden hurdle winner on final start of last term, but in nothing like the same form this time round (in this sphere and over fences) and now tried in a tongue strap.

Form: 1-F94P7

Coolnaugh Haze²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: M G Nolan| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 111| BF| D

5/1

Promise when second on sole Flat start and improved for hurdling debut to win a Plumpton maiden in January. Fair efforts switched to handicap company the last twice, but this demands a step forward.

Form: 3132

Bartholomew J²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Rex Dingle| T: S Pearce| OR: 100| D

18/1

Returned to form when doubling his tally over hurdles with a game display at Doncaster in February. However, he struggled off this mark at Southwell next time.

Form: P-53517

Touchthesoul^t⁹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: Liam Harrison⁽³⁾| T: Miss J S Davis| OR: 93WS

10/1

Dual winner on the Flat in France in 2018 and fair form when placed in a trio of maiden hurdles at Plumpton last spring. No show three starts so far this season, but claims if able to bounce back following a third wind op.

Form: 22-4PP4

Morani Kali^b1³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Harry Reed| T: Martin Smith| OR: 92

16/1

Winner on the level at Kempton in November and bettered previous hurdles form when second in a C&D novice in January. However, subsequent effort in a Sandown handicap lacked spark and now tried in blinkers.

Form: 7P24

Torrent Des Mottes^p²⁵

Age: 11| Weight: 10-0| J: Lily Pinchin⁽⁵⁾| T: J R Cornwall| OR: 72| CD

66/1

Three-time winner over fences at this course, but 0-13 over hurdles and he has a mountain to climb returned to this sphere from 11 lb out of the handicap.

Form: PP6653

Forecasts

Jeremy The Jinn (1/1), Stokes (4/1), Coolnaugh Haze (5/1), Touchthesoul (10/1), Sambezi (12/1), Morani Kali (16/1), Bartholomew J (18/1), Torrent Des Mottes (66/1)

JEREMY THE JINN did the job well when opening his hurdles account over this C&D and, with the possibility of better to come now pitched into a handicap, he looks the way to go. Stokes is not discounted back down in trip, but if Touchthesoul responds positively to another round of wind surgery he could be the one to follow Jeremy The Jinn home.