16:35 Huntingdon

Thursday 23 February 2023

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Off time: 16:35 | Winning time: 4m 1.1s

Force De Frap^p,t¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 12-1| J: Harrison Beswick⁽³⁾| T: Mrs E Bishop| OR: 101| D

15/2

Revitalised in recent months, winning 2m handicaps at Taunton and Wincanton. Shaped as if still in form last time and shouldn't be discounted.

Form: 80-6118

Mutual Respect^p,t⁵⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-13| J: James Bowen| T: Billy Aprahamian| OR: 99

11/2

Likely to have been placed had he not fallen at Chepstow on first start for this stable but seemed to find this test inadequate at Uttoxeter since.

Form: D93FF7

Ingennio^h1,t²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: R Hobson| OR: 97

4/1

Just modest in bumpers and signs of promise over hurdles. Seems a likely improver having his first try in a handicap.

Form: 3-5047

Pride Of Hawridge²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: C Gethings| T: S Edmunds| OR: 96

13/8

Fair 10f Flat winner for Rod Millman this autumn. Changed hands for 17,000 gns and, while he's not shown that much over hurdles so far, he could improve for a switch to handicaps.

Form: 964

Robin Des Mana²⁴⁸

Age: 12| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr P York⁽⁵⁾| T: P York| OR: 93| D

66/1

Caused a 40/1 surprise off a career-low mark when scoring over fences at Worcester (16.5f) last July. Creditable third at Southwell when last seen 8 months ago but hard to know if he'll be tuned up returning over hurdles.

Form: 8/761-93

Boundsy Boy^p,t²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Toby Wynne⁽⁵⁾| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 93

6/1

Modest on Flat and similar level of form in handicaps over hurdles. Ran well back on the level recently and shouldn't be dismissed.

Form: 36-84F4

Dance At Night^h²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Mr Jamie Neild⁽⁷⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 85

11/1

Fairly useful on the Flat (stays 1¼m) for Andrew Balding. Yet to offer a great deal of encouragement over hurdles, though.

Form: 8396

Girandole^b,t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: David Noonan| T: Mark Gillard| OR: 82

18/1

Modest at best on the Flat and, while he showed something in juvenile hurdles last season, his recent efforts have been uninspiring.

Form: 6-U7704

Chronos²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: Rex Dingle| T: P R Webber| OR: 82

50/1

Sub-par effort on reappearance and others make more appeal.

Form: 975P-0

Simply True⁴⁷⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-4| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: D J Jeffreys| OR: 76

33/1

Fair ex-Irish 11f Flat winner. Hasn't shown much in a handful of runs over hurdles, though, and not seen since poor effort on the level 15 months ago. Best watched unless the market hints otherwise.

Form: 7PP/75P-

Solid Fuel^h¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: James Best| T: Joanne Thomason-Murphy| OR: 71

150/1

Fair form when second in a Huntingdon bumper in May but has failed to back that up since and looks up against it again from out of the weights.

Form: 7366PP

Trudiemadlydeeply⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Brendan Powell| T: R L Llewellyn| OR: 63

25/1

Has shown little in a bumper/over hurdles.

Form: 9P00

Forecasts

Pride Of Hawridge (13/8), Ingennio (4/1), Mutual Respect (11/2), Boundsy Boy (6/1), Force De Frap (15/2), Dance At Night (11/1), Girandole (18/1), Trudiemadlydeeply (25/1), Simply True (33/1), Chronos (50/1), Robin Des Mana (66/1), Solid Fuel (150/1)

PRIDE OF HAWRIDGE hasn't set the world alight over hurdles to date but a mark of 96 looks potentially lenient based on his Flat efforts, so he's preferred to fellow handicap debutant Ingennio. Force de Frap also merits consideration.