20:10 Worcester

Wednesday 17 August 2022

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Cazoo Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 20:10 | Winning time: 5m 47.1s

Go Fox⁴⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: J M Quinlan| T: N B King| OR: 104

14/1

Flat winner who opened his account in this sphere at Perth in September. Hasn't really fired since, though, only seventh on debut for another new stable at Market Rasen last time. Goes up in trip, now.

Form: P/3176-7

Envol De La Cour^h,t⁵⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-13| J: Luca Morgan⁽³⁾| T: M Scudamore| OR: 103

3/1

Free-going sort who bounced back to capitalise on a reduced mark at Southwell a couple of months ago. Patient tactics appeared to suit that day, and he's still on a good mark.

Form: 3445-71

Mr Craftsman⁶⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Lucy Gardner| T: Mrs S Gardner| OR: 101

18/1

Maiden pointer who showed more at the second attempt over hurdles when fourth in a novice at this course. Now makes early switch to handicaps after a couple of months off.

Form: 858-244

Kapitaliste^t,v³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Philip Armson⁽⁵⁾| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 96

7/2

Latest win in hurdle at Newton Abbot in May. 11/2, creditable second of 11 in handicap hurdle at this course (20f, good) 34 days ago. Arrives in top form and looks sure to go well again.

Form: 0-11332

Sheila Nash²²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: D A Jacob| T: H Whittington| OR: 94| CD

13/8

Confirmed her return to form when landing a 14-runner handicap hurdle (12/1) at this C&D (good) 22 days ago. Still lightly raced in handicaps and should go well again.

Form: 05P3-31

Golden Glory^p,t²¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: Sean Houlihan| T: R Stephens| OR: 84

17/2

Modest operator who was pulled up when last seen at Exeter 7 months ago. Returns on a handy mark, though, so worth a market check.

Form: 708/4UP-

Emmas Dilemma^t,v⁴⁸⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 10-2| J: M Goldstein| T: H James| OR: 77

40/1

Modest hurdler who hasn't been seen for 16 months and looks firmly up against it.

Form: 5P7515/

Merchant House^b1⁶⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-2| J: David Noonan| T: R G Hawker| OR: 74

18/1

Bumper winner in 2019 but well held both starts over hurdles for Stuart Kittow the following year and debut for this yard (after another absence) was underwhelming. Now switched to handicaps with blinkers on.

Form: 4PP80/9

Non-Runners

Balkotic³⁴

Weight: 11-0| Age: 6

T: Micky Hammond J: Miss Becky Smith

Forecasts

Sheila Nash (13/8), Envol De La Cour (3/1), Kapitaliste (7/2), Balkotic (7/1), Golden Glory (17/2), Go Fox (14/1), Mr Craftsman (18/1), Merchant House (18/1), Emmas Dilemma (40/1)

SHEILA NASH arrives on the back of a C&D success and isn't fully exposed, so she gets the marginal vote ahead of Kapitaliste, who has been running consistently well lately. Envol de La Cour is another one for the shortlist.