14:10 Ludlow

Monday 21 November 2022

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Weatherbys Hamilton Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 6m 11.30s

Farmer's Gamble¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: Tristan Durrell⁽⁵⁾| T: D Skelton| OR: 107| BF| D

10/3

Won novice at Wincanton and handicap at Perth last season. Faced with inadequate test when sixth of 7 in handicap hurdle at Lingfield (16f, good to soft, 11/4) on return and isn't taken lightly back up in trip.

Form: 44161-6

Langley Hundred^t⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Elizabeth Gale⁽¹⁰⁾| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 103

5/4

Progressed again from a pleasing return when winning 7-runner handicap hurdle at Exeter (23.1f, good to soft) 7 days ago, keeping on well. Unpenalised here and looks the one to beat.

Form: 6543-21

Taragrace¹³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Peter Kavanagh⁽⁵⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 102

11/2

Improved to land a pair of novice handicap hurdles around 2m earlier in the year and generally held form well into the summer. Ran below form on her chase debut last time but merits respect back hurdling.

Form: 143-225

Evron^p,t¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: R Patrick| T: M Sheppard| OR: 92| D

22/1

Maiden under Rules (mostly in France) but he did win a point in late-2021. Soon beaten on first hurdles start for over 2 years at CHepstow earlier this month, so will need to leave that form well behind.

Form: 2UP-2P8

Fantomas³²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: James Turner⁽⁷⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 90| D

9/2

Fortunate to score over fences at Uttoxeter in September and seemed to be found out when last of 3 in amateurs chase here last time. Switches back to hurdles with overall record remaining patchy.

Form: 44P-P13

Cobra Commander²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Benjamin Poste| T: T Symonds| OR: 90

18/1

Showed improved form for this sort of trip when winning handicap chases at Taunton and Newton Abbot in April. Offered little on return to hurdling last time, so hard to have maximum faith in in this discipline.

Form: 7PP11-5

Black Lightning^b¹⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 10-2| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽³⁾| T: G Howell| OR: 72

50/1

Won at Market Rasen and Fontwell in the first half of 2021/22 but has badly struggled for form since and looks opposable once again.

Form: 0P-P97P

Non-Runners

Spiritus Mundi¹³

Weight: 10-5| Age: 7

T: Mrs N S Evans J: Shane Quinlan

Forecasts

Langley Hundred (5/4), Farmer's Gamble (10/3), Fantomas (9/2), Taragrace (11/2), Cobra Commander (18/1), Spiritus Mundi (20/1), Evron (22/1), Black Lightning (50/1)

LANGLEY HUNDRED is unpenalised for last week's Exeter success and rates as an obvious selection. Farmer's Gamble can pose the biggest threat back up in trip, with Taragrace making the most appeal of the reminder.