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Saturday 12 November 2022

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Wainwright Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:39 | Winning time: 3m 59.53s

Bay Of Intrigue⁴⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 12-1| J: C Brace| T: F O'Brien| OR: 101

13/2

Runner-up on a couple of occasions earlier this year but made a disappointing return to action at Southwell in September, held when unseating rider at the last. Mark eases further but more required to gain that elusive first success.

Form: U7226-U

Diamond River¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Conor Ring⁽³⁾| T: G Harris| OR: 100| CD

125/1

Bumper winner who showed only modest form in a pair of novice hurdles for Nicky Henderson in late 2020. Showed nothing for his new yard after virtually 2 years off the track at Chepstow recently so it's tough to see him involved on handicap debut.

Form: 32154/0

Cawthorne^t²⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Toby Wynne⁽⁵⁾| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 100| CD

5/2

Landed hat-trick between May and July and took advantage of a relatively simple task when landing 3-runner event here last month, leading 2 out and cruising clear. In the form of his life and should give another good account back over timber.

Form: 111221

Theonlywayiswessex²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: A King| OR: 99

5/1

Fair form on Flat for this yard. Offered more than on 2 starts over hurdles last season when runner-up in Fakenham novice last month and he's one to look out for now heading into handicaps.

Form: 45-2

Ez Tiger²⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Kielan Woods| T: A M Hales| OR: 93

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden who showed promise in his qualifying runs but was unable to show what he was capable of on handicap debut at Southwell back in March, no better than sixth but threatening to make some headway when falling heavily 3 out. Market check warranted.

Form: P9F45F-

Begin The Luck^h⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Thomas Doggrell⁽⁷⁾| T: B Barr| OR: 91| BF| D

7/2

Ended time with Caroline Bailey below form but having been subject to significant market support, found just one too good at Exeter (16.7f, good to soft) earlier this month (pulled clear of the remainder). Up 4 lb for that near miss but has to remain of interest.

Form: 4P-6962

Martalmix'jac^h²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Alex Edwards⁽³⁾| T: Mrs M Rowley| OR: 90

12/1

Modest maiden hurdler who ran up to his best when runner-up in 18.5f Stratford handicap early last month. Still close up but starting to look held when coming down 2 out at Worcester 16 days later but he ought to be competitive from this slightly reduced mark.

Form: 5-4P52F

Montaqem^t³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Ellis Collier⁽⁷⁾| T: D Bourne| OR: 88

50/1

Modest maiden on Flat and needs to step up significantly on what we have seen so far over hurdles.

Form: 633P5P

Bashful^h1¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: C O'Farrell| T: I Jardine| OR: 88

8/1

Has failed to make much impression in 4 starts over hurdles so far but took advantage of a drop in grade when scoring on the level in a Redcar seller earlier this month. Different headgear tried for this switch back over timber today.

Form: P44-0

Jack The Farmer^p¹⁴⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: Mr Nathan Brennan⁽⁷⁾| T: B Lund| OR: 82

14/1

More impact when 12¼ lengths fifth of 8 at Stratford on penultimate start but failed to repeat that effort in a change of headgear at Worcester since. Easy to oppose.

Form: 74P-757

Helix²⁰⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: Jack Tudor| T: M Bradstock| OR: 80

40/1

Fair 11f Flat winner. Just minor promise over hurdles so far but a switch to handicaps failed to spark any improvement at Plumpton when last seen in April. Best watched.

Form: 6486-

Non-Runners

Fanfaron Dino²⁴⁸

Weight: 12-0| Age: 7

T: A J Honeyball J: R P McLernon

Andapa¹⁵

Weight: 10-11| Age: 8

T: M Roberts J: C Gethings

Forecasts

Cawthorne (5/2), Begin The Luck (7/2), Fanfaron Dino (9/2), Theonlywayiswessex (5/1), Bay Of Intrigue (13/2), Bashful (8/1), Ez Tiger (10/1), Andapa (10/1), Martalmix'jac (12/1), Jack The Farmer (14/1), Helix (40/1), Montaqem (50/1), Diamond River (125/1)

This can go the way of BEGIN THE LUCK, who found only one too strong having been the subject of a monster gamble at Exeter earlier this month (front pair clear). He's fancied to go a place better today and notch a third success over timber. Cawthorne is going through a fine spell at the moment so he's put forward as the main danger, with Theonlywayiswessex and Bashful another couple to consider.