wetherbyracing.co.uk Juvenile Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:37 | Winning time: 4m 11.22s

Red Command³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Tom Midgley⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss Tracy Waggott

150/1

Poor maiden on Flat and jumped none too fluently prior to pulling up on Sedgefield hurdling debut.

Form: P

Spartan Army^t¹⁵⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Adrian Heskin| T: A King

5/6

Fairly useful on Flat, stays 10.5f, improved when winning maiden at Down Royal in June. Subsequently sold out of Joseph Patrick O'Brien's yard for 170,000 gns. Very interesting hurdling debutant.

Form:

Wakey Wakey²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: T D Easterby

4/1

Fair maiden on Flat who offered something to work on when third of 7 on his recent hurdling debut at Sedgefield (16.8f). Entitled to do better.

Form: 3

Wholeofthemoon⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: B S Hughes| T: R Hughes| BF

15/8

Fairly useful/consistent maiden on Flat (stays 1½m), good second last time. Should be capable of making his presence felt in a race of this nature over hurdles.

Form:

Famille Verte¹¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 10-9| J: Emma Smith-Chaston⁽⁵⁾| T: Micky Hammond

100/1

Modest maiden on Flat. Left Roger Varian for only 2,500 in August so easy to look elsewhere.

Form:

Non-Runners

Robin Goodfellow²⁰

Weight: 11-2| Age: 3

T: Miss Tracy Waggott J: Ross Chapman

Forecasts

Spartan Army (5/6), Wholeofthemoon (15/8), Wakey Wakey (4/1), Robin Goodfellow (50/1), Famille Verte (100/1), Red Command (150/1)

SPARTAN ARMY is a progressive, lightly-raced winner on the Flat who was sold for 170,000 gns in July, so hopes will be high he can make up into a useful juvenile hurdler at the very least. Wholeofthemoon also showed a decent level of ability on the level and is selected to provide the main threat ahead of Wakey Wakey.