15:20 Sedgefield

Tuesday 19 April 2022

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Manpower - Gemma Ackerman Leaving Today Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 15:20 | Winning time: 4m 59.7s

Dis Donc^p¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 12-1| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 101

28/1

Capitalised on the drop into selling company in 4-runner affair at Wetherby (19.7f, soft) 19 days ago, digging deep. Not sure to be in the same form.

Form: 344541

Thatbeatsbanagher^p²²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: R P McLernon| T: B Haslam| OR: 98| C| D

8/1

Course winner in February who was not disgraced when fifth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Hexham (20.1f, good to soft, 10/1) 22 days ago. Should remain competitive.

Form: 5P4145

Franks Fancy²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr Lyall Hodgins⁽⁷⁾| T: C Grant| OR: 94| D

11/1

Kelso novice winner who arrives out of sorts, only ninth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Musselburgh (23.8f, good) 25 days ago.

Form: 346959

Calliope¹¹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Danny McMenamin| T: Mrs Dianne Sayer| OR: 93WS

14/1

Ran no sort of race at Kelso (18.1f, heavy) when last seen in December, but she's usually reliable, so is the type to bounce back after a break/wind operation.

Form: 344647

Annies Prayer⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Sean Quinlan| T: J Candlish| OR: 89| BF

5/1

Maiden who had been shaping up quite well prior to a poor run at Wetherby in January. Well backed and disappointed for a second successive start at Carlisle, so has something to prove at present. Up in trip.

Form: 324380

Goldrapper²⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: Tom Midgley⁽⁵⁾| T: H Hogarth| OR: 85

13/2

Creditable sixth of 11 in handicap hurdle (40/1) at Market Rasen (18.6f, good to soft) 20 days ago, possibly still needing the run. Not ruled out from easing mark.

Form: 3PP8-06

Rumble B^t,v¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Alain Cawley| T: Justin Landy| OR: 84

11/1

Remains a maiden after 20 NH runs and was again below form at Wetherby (24.1f, soft) 19 days ago. Visor back on.

Form: 604306

Punta Prima^p1⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 83

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules who ran best race over hurdles when third of 6 in 17f novice at Carlisle 40 days ago. Makes handicap debut up in trip fitted with first-time cheekpieces.

Form: 50653

Adherence^p²⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-8| J: Ben Jones| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 80

2/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2019 but stepped up on stable debut when second of 13 in handicap hurdle at Newton Abbot (21.6f, soft, 12/1) 25 days ago. Player up 3 lb.

Form: P6-7532

Arcanja^p,t⁷⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-4| J: Nathan Moscrop| T: R Menzies| OR: 76

12/1

Runner-up twice in bumpers last season. Disappointing so far over hurdles, though suffered a tack issue when pulled up over C&D last time. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 252-P5P

Redesdale Angel³³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Craig Nichol| T: S Corbett| OR: 83

50/1

Well beaten in bumpers and similarly little in the way of promise in maiden/novice hurdles. Improvement needed now handicapping.

Form: 784646

Forecasts

Adherence (2/1), Annies Prayer (5/1), Goldrapper (13/2), Thatbeatsbanagher (8/1), Franks Fancy (11/1), Punta Prima (11/1), Rumble B (11/1), Arcanja (12/1), Calliope (14/1), Dis Donc (28/1), Redesdale Angel (50/1)

ADHERENCE stepped up on his stable debut when runner-up at Newton Abbot 25 days ago and remains well treated on old form following a 3 lb rise, so he gets the nod to go one better. Calliope appeals as the type to bounce back after a break, while Goldrapper possibly still needed the run last time and is another to consider from an easing mark.