17:20 Wincanton

Saturday 18 February 2023

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JenningsBet Andover Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:20 | Winning time: 5m 21.5s

De Wanted Warrior^t1⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 12-1| J: Bryony Frost| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 111

12/1

Bred to stay well and left debut form well behind when third in Chepstow novice. Poor effort since, though, leaving him with a bit to prove on handicap debut.

Form: 037

Copshill Lad^t³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-1| J: Bradley Harris⁽⁷⁾| T: M F Harris| OR: 111| BF

5/1

Runner-up sole outing in Irish point and went one better when readily winning a Stratford bumper in May. Tongue tied and offered plenty to work on starting out over hurdles when third at Exeter. Disappointed since but looks of interest now tackling handicaps.

Form: 2-134

Super Duper Sam^t1¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-13| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 109

6/1

Bumper winner who has shown fair form over hurdles. Disappointing last time, though, and hard to make a strong case for despite the first-time tongue strap.

Form: 245-2F9

Hititi^t¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Harry Kimber⁽³⁾| T: R Walford| OR: 108

5/2

Ended last season over hurdles on a high, winning handicaps at Fontwell and Exeter. Fair efforts over fences lately and warrants respect back in this discipline.

Form: 11-U434

Electric Annie¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr George Hiscock⁽⁷⁾| T: R Walford| OR: 102| CD

9/1

Dual winner over hurdles (at up to 21.3f) last season and fair encouraging start over fences on return at Kempton in November. Respectable effort in that sphere last time.

Form: 115-2P3

Caspers Court²⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: Ben Godfrey⁽³⁾| T: K Woollacott| OR: 96

7/1

Won at Fontwell in June who but found good run of form coming to a halt there last time.

Form: 132365

Wearapinkribbon^p⁵⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-5| J: Paul O'Brien| T: Mrs H R J Nelmes| OR: 87| D

22/1

Fairly useful ex-Irish winning hurdler but hasn't done much for present connections.

Form: 5P6P05

Per Vino Veritas^b¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-4| J: Sean Houlihan| T: J Tizzard| OR: 86

33/1

Modest maiden who hasn't been firing of late. Others more persuasive.

Form: 640-7P9

Hard Frost^p,t¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Tristan Durrell⁽⁵⁾| T: Harry Derham| OR: 82

9/2

Showed fair from on the first of 2 starts in bumpers and improved on previous hurdling efforts when second at Fontwell 12 days ago. Not discounted.

Form: 848-902

Non-Runners

William Ewart⁸⁷

Weight: 10-2| Age: 6

T: Christian Williams J: Ellis Collier

Forecasts

Hititi (5/2), Hard Frost (9/2), Copshill Lad (5/1), Super Duper Sam (6/1), William Ewart (6/1), Caspers Court (7/1), Electric Annie (9/1), De Wanted Warrior (12/1), Wearapinkribbon (22/1), Per Vino Veritas (33/1)

COPSHILL LAD didn't come up to expectations at Catterick last time but he shaped well on his hurdling debut prior to that and his bumper win gives him scope for improvement, so he's worth chancing on handicap debut. Hititi has been in good form over fences and looks the main danger ahead of Electric Annie.