15:50 Sedgefield

Tuesday 19 April 2022

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Manpower - Gemma Ackerman Leaving Today Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 15:50 | Winning time: 5m 9.1s

Cyrus Keep²³¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Peter Kavanagh⁽⁵⁾| T: Ruth Jefferson| OR: 99WS

14/1

Right back on track when bagging Hexham handicap last June, but is unreliable and ran poorly next 2 starts. Off 7 months.

Form: P3P-187

Hurricane Dylan^p,t²⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 11-10| J: Joe Anderson⁽⁷⁾| T: J T Stimpson| OR: 97| C

13/8

Course winner who ran another solid race when second of 11 in handicap hurdle at Stratford (22f, good to soft) 24 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 5P5232

Fightfortheroses^p²²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Alain Cawley| T: B Haslam| OR: 93| C

13/2

Course winner in January who bounced back to form after a couple of lesser efforts when fourth at Hexham (20.1f) 22 days ago. More needed for win purposes, though.

Form: 531804

Guidedbythescience²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Tom Midgley⁽⁵⁾| T: G Boanas| OR: 92WS

6/1

Promising signs on hurdles debut/second start for this yard here in January. Has failed to build on that since, including on handicap debut at Hexham last time, but it remains early days. Has had a breathing operation.

Form: 464466

Phoenix Strike³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: R P McLernon| T: B Haslam| OR: 89

5/1

Lightly-raced maiden who ran another good race when third of 10 in handicap hurdle at Newcastle (16.2f, good) 39 days ago. Significantly up in trip and not taken lightly.

Form: 47033

Akkapenko^p,t⁴⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Ben Jones| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 86| C

13/2

Course winner who ran no sort of race on first run since leaving Dai Burchell when seventh of 10 in handicap hurdle at Taunton (19f, heavy) 47 days ago. Has fallen to last winning mark and tongue tie now refitted.

Form: 510807

Up With The Play^v¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: Mr Paddy Barlow⁽⁷⁾| T: V Thompson| OR: 81

12/1

Poor maiden who ran no sort of race at Newcastle (23.7f, good) 10 days ago, never travelling well and beaten long way out. Others more persuasive on the back of that.

Form: 557349

Zen Master²⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 10-2| J: Jack Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: M E Sowersby| OR: 75| CD

25/1

Latest win in chase here in October. Broke blood vessel when pulled up in handicap chase at this course (19.3f, good to soft, 16/1) 26 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 414F5P

Non-Runners

Miraculous Getaway²⁰

Weight: 10-11| Age: 7

T: S England J: Jonathan England

Mash Potato¹⁵

Weight: 10-5| Age: 12

T: H Burns J: Callum Bewley

Forecasts

Hurricane Dylan (13/8), Phoenix Strike (5/1), Guidedbythescience (6/1), Miraculous Getaway (6/1), Fightfortheroses (13/2), Akkapenko (13/2), Up With The Play (12/1), Cyrus Keep (14/1), Zen Master (25/1), Mash Potato (66/1)

HURRICAN DYLAN is a veteran in good form, finding only an unexposed one too good at Stratford last time, so he receives the vote. It's still early days for Guidedbythescience and she may improve for a breathing operation, while Phoenix Strike is likely to be thereabouts if seeing out this longer trip.