12:00 Cartmel

Monday 18 July 2022

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Happy Birthday Anthea Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 12:00 | Winning time: 4m 23.95s

Blame The Farrier^h²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Callum Bewley| T: D Thompson

66/1

Half-brother to 5 winners, but hasn't achieved much in a handful of 2 bumpers and big step forward required now switched to hurdles.

Form: 56-7

Grand Soufle¹⁰⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Charlotte Jones⁽³⁾| T: James Moffatt

7/1

Runner-up on latest start between the flags in April, but he's 0-7 in that sphere and probably best watched starting out under Rules here.

Form: 8/34542-

Iberia^t²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: K Brogan| T: G Hanmer| OR: 109

6/4

Useful Flat winner who posted best effort to date over hurdles when third in 2m Limerick juvenile hurdle last spring. However, no show in two runs on the level, and back in this sphere tried in cheekpieces over C&D last month, since joining present yard.

Form: 9913/0

Nechako²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: William Shanahan⁽⁷⁾| T: James Moffatt| OR: 91

10/1

Out of his depth in a Grade 2 novice hurdle at Naas on Rules debut for John Joseph Hanlon in February. Second (albeit a distant one) in a C&D novice last month and probably failed to stay 2¾m back here next time.

Form: P/4-25

Rains Of Castamere^t1¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: T B Lyons⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs A Duffield

16/1

Four-time winner on the level, but well beaten in that sphere recently and he hasn't shown much in two starts over hurdles to date.

Form: 7/4-

So Be It^t1³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: D R Fox| T: W Young Jnr

66/1

Maiden pointer who was pulled up on last month's hurdles debut for new connections at Hexham.

Form: F4346/P

Star Vantage^h²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: C O'Farrell| T: G Bewley

9/2

Runner-up on two of his three starts in bumpers, most recently chasing home Fenna's Loss, who has subsequently scored in this sphere, in a first-time hood at Hexham (16.2f, good to soft). Big player on hurdles debut granted a clean round of jumping.

Form: 29-2

Propagation¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Danny McMenamin| T: Mrs Dianne Sayer

22/1

Some fair pieces of form at up to 1m on the Flat for Charles Hills last year. Little impact in four starts for current yard, though, and his stamina is hardly assured now switched to hurdles.

Form:

Red Amapola³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: G Sheehan| T: Mrs A Duffield

40/1

Modest maiden on Flat and hurdles debut at Perth was hardly encouraging.

Form: 7

Saywhatyouwant^t⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 107WS

11/4

Fair maiden on the Flat and performed with credit on two of her four starts over hurdles for Gordon Elliott. Proved a let-down on debut for new yard over C&D, but since undergone a wind op and she's probably worth another chance.

Form: 0305-3

Forecasts

Iberia (6/4), Saywhatyouwant (11/4), Star Vantage (9/2), Grand Soufle (7/1), Nechako (10/1), Rains Of Castamere (16/1), Propagation (22/1), Red Amapola (40/1), So Be It (66/1), Blame The Farrier (66/1)

The form of STAR VANTAGE's latest second in a Hexham bumper was boosted when the winner followed up in a maiden hurdle at Uttoxeter, and George Bewley's representative is taken to follow suit by making a winning hurdles debut in this maiden. Given that Iberia has some pretty searching questions to answer having offered little since joining the Gary Hanmer yard, Saywhatyouwant is likely to emerge as the main danger.