14:53 Uttoxeter

Sunday 2 October 2022

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Off time: 14:55 | Winning time: 3m 49.69s

Castle Quarter^p³³

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 99

6/1

Fair Flat winner who was on the up in this sphere before an excusable showing at Newton Abbot last time. Likely to resume progress and looks the one to beat.

Form: 46-3225

James Park Woods⁸⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Ben Ffrench-Davis⁽⁷⁾| T: D J S Ffrench Davis| OR: 96

12/1

Fair performer on the Flat but has yet to fully convince over hurdles. Off 84 days since a poor display at Stratford and others make more appeal.

Form: 4367-5

Colonial Empire²²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Alan Johns| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 95

14/1

Bumper winner who has offered a glimmer of promise over hurdles to date but was pulled up on his handicap debut 7 months ago. Something to prove.

Form: 1/4449P-

Mister Allegro³³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Nick Slatter⁽⁵⁾| T: Sarah Bowen| OR: 96| D

40/1

Modest hurdler/chaser who lost his way for Anthony Honeyball and makes limited appeal starting out for a new yard.

Form: 55U865

Chef De Troupe¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Chris Ward⁽⁵⁾| T: A Forbes| OR: 92| CD

11/1

One-time fairly useful hurdler who has been out of form under both codes recently.

Form: 28P2-79

Good Impression¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Ben Jones| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 87| CD

4/1

C&D winner. Good second of 9 in handicap hurdle at Newton Abbot (16.8f, good to soft, 11/1) 16 days ago. Smooth-traveller who boasts solid claims again.

Form: 116F5-2

Blue Shark⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 81

7/1

Down the field in bumpers and has fared little better over hurdles. Has the potential to do better now handicapping, so worth monitoring in the betting.

Form: 6-76547

Encashment^p²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-6| J: Lily Pinchin⁽³⁾| T: B Pauling| OR: 77

9/4

Poor maiden handicap hurdler, but goes well at this track and arrives on the back of a good second over C&D. Not discounted.

Form: 338232

Lady P^v⁹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Lewis Dobb⁽⁷⁾| T: J Coulson| OR: 68

22/1

6-y-o mare who ran one of her better races (visored) back from 7 months off when second in 5-runner Uttoxeter seller but failed to back it up at Southwell next time. Off 3 months since.

Form: 4300-27

Luna Dora^t¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Benjamin Poste| T: T Symonds| OR: 68

10/1

No impact as yet over hurdles although some encouragement to be gleaned from her seventh over C&D 19 days ago. Type to do better over further.

Form: 0F-447

Forecasts

Encashment (9/4), Good Impression (4/1), Castle Quarter (6/1), Blue Shark (7/1), Luna Dora (10/1), Chef De Troupe (11/1), James Park Woods (12/1), Colonial Empire (14/1), Lady P (22/1), Mister Allegro (40/1)

CASTLE QUARTER shaped as if still in form last time and he'd been knocking on the door prior to that, so he gets the marginal vote over Encashment and Good Impression in a weak race. Market support for handicap debutant Blue Shark would be noteworthy.