13:20 Uttoxeter

Friday 28 October 2022

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Roy Couchman Memorial Mares' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:22 | Winning time: 3m 55.8s

Bean Norty

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Stan Sheppard| T: T Lacey

12/1

£1,000 3-y-o, Malinas mare. Half-sister to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Bean In Trouble, stays 3¼m.

Form:

Hidden Beauty²³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: P J Brennan| T: F O'Brien| D

13/8

Looked above-average when scoring at Ffos Las on debut. Failed to match that form in listed company on subsequent starts (irregular heartbeat first occasion) but could well get back on track now hurdling.

Form: 1P8-

I Am Gonna Be¹⁹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: R Patrick| T: M Scudamore| D

7/2

Placed both completed starts in points and scored in a Newcastle bumper back in March. Not disgraced when mid-field at Cheltenham on next start and she merits respect now hurdling.

Form: 9/3F218-

Magical Maggie¹⁶⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Jay Tidball⁽⁷⁾| T: A Ralph| D

3/1

Won bumpers at Southwell and Bangor in the spring either side of being set a stiff task in an Aintree Grade 2. Leading player if able to translate her bumper form to hurdling.

Form: 10-1

Missed Vacation^t1¹⁶⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Henry Brooke| T: W GreatrexWS

125/1

Positive start to her career when a clear second at Uttoxeter on New Year's Eve but didn't show anything in 3 starts after. Has had a wind op/tongue tie fitted ahead of first crack hurdling.

Form: 260-7

Phillipstown Ellen⁶⁰⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Harry Reed| T: M F Harris

80/1

Modest form in 2 bumpers early-2021 before being pulled up on hurdles debut later that season. Best watched on return from 20-month absence.

Form: 63P/

Black Sam Vicki^h1²¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: S Bowen| T: A Ralph

50/1

Improved from her first start when third in Chepstow bumper when last seen. Hood goes on for hurdles debut.

Form: 73-

Buying Money³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: David Noonan| T: Mrs Stella Barclay

200/1

Finished only fourth on her completed start in point bumpers and achieved little in a Bangor bumper on Rules debut last month.

Form: U4-7

Chic Avenue²³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Paul O'Brien| T: Mrs P Sly

16/1

Some promise across 4 starts in bumpers, though that form ranks a notch below what some of her rivals here achieved in that sphere, so improvement is needed on hurdles debut.

Form: 3977-

Jane Du Berlais¹⁹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Callum Bewley| T: R Potter

11/1

Promise when fifth of 16 in bumper at Cheltenham (16.8f, good) on debut in April but significant step forward required to make winning hurdles start.

Form: 5-

Lady Alex²⁰²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: T J O'Brien| T: H D Daly

25/1

Green but shaped better than result when seventh of 13 in bumper at Bangor (16.7f, good to soft) on debut, meeting trouble around 3f out. Makes hurdles debut 6 months on.

Form: 7-

Valentine Getaway²²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: R P McLernon| T: J & A O'Neill

22/1

Closely related to the classy Queens Brook and offered lots to work on when fourth of 9 in novice hurdle at Warwick (16f, good) on debut 22 days ago. Should improve.

Form: 4

Non-Runners

Royale Dance²²⁸

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: D Skelton J: Bridget Andrews

Forecasts

Hidden Beauty (13/8), Magical Maggie (3/1), Royale Dance (3/1), I Am Gonna Be (7/2), Jane Du Berlais (11/1), Bean Norty (12/1), Chic Avenue (16/1), Valentine Getaway (22/1), Lady Alex (25/1), Black Sam Vicki (50/1), Phillipstown Ellen (80/1), Missed Vacation (125/1), Buying Money (200/1)

Dan Skelton's ROYALE DANCE produced a promising first effort in bumpers at Stratford and she looks open to considerable improvement now hurdling. Valentine Getaway has experience over timber and is a big player, along with dual bumper winner Magical Maggie.