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Thursday 16 February 2023

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Audley Chaucer Solicitors Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:15 | Winning time: 4m 8.80s

Flamelco^h1²¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-1| J: Caoilin Quinn⁽³⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 121

22/1

71/10, fifth of 12 in minor event hurdle at Clairefontaine (17.9f, soft). Off 7 months. First run for yard after leaving P. & C. Peltier. Wears hood. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Worth monitoring in the betting.

Form: 428-25

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Swinging London^t⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Lewis Stones| T: O Murphy| OR: 116| D

28/1

Scored at Fakenham in February before excellent sixth in Fred Winter at Cheltenham following month. Lost his way since but will probably strip fitter for his latest outing at Fontwell.

Form: 316P-P6

Mayhem Mya⁴⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Finn Lambert| T: C Honour| OR: 115| D

13/2

Dual-bumper winner who confirmed hurdling debut promise when wide-margin winner at Chepstow (2m) in January last year. Not at best this season but was better than the result last time. Drop in trip should suit.

Form: 4130-U4

Beau Balko⁵⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Angus Cheleda⁽³⁾| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 114| D

4/1

Successful on his sole Flat start in France and got off the mark over hurdles at the second attempt when dictating at Hereford in November. Disappointing at Taunton since but remains with potential after a break.

Form: 215

Kannapolis^b³⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Ben Bromley⁽³⁾| T: T Lawes| OR: 112| D

40/1

Winner of a 3-runner handicap at Huntingdon in March but has failed by a long way to reproduce that level of form in subsequent starts. Others preferred.

Form: 10-4P79

Gingerbred¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Jack Martin⁽⁸⁾| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 109

10/3

Confirmed previous encouragement when winning a handicap at Exeter last time and there's every chance he will go well again.

Form: R595F1

Presuming Ed^h¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Ben Ffrench-Davis⁽³⁾| T: A West| OR: 108| D

22/1

Fair hurdler who scored at Ludlow in November but needs to bounce back from a poor effort.

Form: 2U-4125

Ray's The One¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Tom Buckley| T: M Pattinson| OR: 106

28/1

Fair hurdler who scored at Fontwell in December and has run respectably on the Flat since last seen in this sphere. Not discounted.

Form: 75-6413

Jilaijone^t¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Philip Armson⁽³⁾| T: D Pipe| OR: 117

4/1

Fair ex-French hurdler who made a winning start for his new yard in 18f juvenile at Fontwell. Two good efforts since and looks well worthy of respect.

Form: 53132

Ferdinand Star¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Toby Wynne| T: D Pipe| OR: 104

66/1

Fair maiden hurdler in Ireland for Patrick Magee, finishing second in 2m Tramore maiden on final start over there in October. Low-key start for this yard, though.

Form: 639279

Freddy Robinson¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: N F Houlihan| T: B Ellison| OR: 105| D

4/1

Fair maiden on Flat who built on his hurdle debut fourth at Newcastle when seeing off 5 rivals in a Musselburgh Class 2 in December. Solid effort under a penalty next time and makes plenty of appeal.

Form: 414

Forecasts

Gingerbred (10/3), Beau Balko (4/1), Jilaijone (4/1), Freddy Robinson (4/1), Mayhem Mya (13/2), Presuming Ed (22/1), Flamelco (22/1), Swinging London (28/1), Ray's The One (28/1), Kannapolis (40/1), Ferdinand Star (66/1)

BEAU BALKO disappointed last time but the form of his previous win has worked out well and he's preferred to Freddy Robinson, who is also unexposed. Gingerbred also merits respect.