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Saturday 22 April 2023

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Kate Hinkins 40th Birthday Celebration Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:16 | Winning time: 4m 40.44s

Hidor De Bersy^p1¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Caoilin Quinn⁽⁵⁾| T: T Symonds| OR: 110

18/1

Back hurdling when below-par fourth of 7 in handicap hurdle (4/1) at Ludlow (15.8f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Back up in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 2P-2P74

Vandemere³⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: Craig Nichol| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 107| BF

4/1

Promising sort. Evens, good third of 9 in novice hurdle at Hexham (20.1f, heavy) 37 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut with more to offer. Solid claims.

Form: 31/23

Hardy Boy^p²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Luca Morgan| T: B Pauling| OR: 106| D

9/2

Arrives in good form, fourth of 8 in handicap hurdle at Huntingdon (19.6f, heavy) 25 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 1-70824

Zafar^p⁷⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Abbie McCain⁽⁵⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 102| D

15/2

Off 9 weeks before encouraging tenth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Musselburgh (19.8f, good to soft) 76 days ago, headway when unable to recover from a bad mistake 4 out. Weighted to go well.

Form: 224-630

Tullyhogue Fort⁵⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr P O'Neill⁽⁷⁾| T: John F O'Neill| OR: 100

28/1

Scored at Listowel in September. Only twelfth of 18 in handicap hurdle (20/1) at Thurles (16.3f, good to soft) 58 days ago so not easy to make a case for.

Form: 641430

Prison Break^t⁶⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: David Noonan| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 100| D

40/1

Had wind op and tongue strap on for 1st time when only eighth of 12 in handicap hurdle (25/1) at Taunton (19f, good) 60 days ago. More needed.

Form: 3164P8

Sinndarella⁷⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Chris Ward⁽³⁾| T: Sarah Hollinshead| OR: 98

12/1

Respectable fourth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Hereford (19.7f, good to soft) 76 days ago. Something to find on form.

Form: 21-4354

Iceman Dennis²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Theo Gillard| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 97

22/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, fell 5th in handicap hurdle at this course (16.7f, soft) 28 days ago. Others remain more persuasive.

Form: U4347F

Taragrace⁵³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Charlie Maggs⁽¹⁰⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 97

6/1

Back to form when fourth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Catterick (19.3f, good) 53 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 3-225P4

Jipekaa Machin^p1,t⁵⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Peter Kavanagh⁽⁵⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 106

25/1

Winner at Sedgefield in November. Blinkered for 1st time, only sixth of 8 in handicap hurdle at Sedgefield (19.8f, good to soft, 6/1) 58 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Uphill task.

Form: 331546

Heva Rose³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 95

25/1

Arrives out of sorts, only seventh of 10 in handicap hurdle at Warwick (19f, soft) 31 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 5/3P-407

Ghasham^p,t²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: S Bowen| T: Ian Williams| OR: 103

8/1

Lightly-raced sort. 4/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, career best when winning 6-runner handicap hurdle at Market Rasen (20.6f, soft) 24 days ago. In the mix despite taking a 6 lb rise.

Form: 66741

Bravethewaves^t²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: Henry Brooke| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 92

11/2

Good third of 8 in handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter (15.8f, heavy) 21 days ago. Up in trip and not ruled out.

Form: 7683-43

Non-Runners

Thankyourluckystar³²

Weight: 11-13| Age: 7

T: A Ralph J: Jay Tidball

Rockinastorm³⁰

Weight: 11-7| Age: 6

T: H D Daly J: R Patrick

Irish Sovereign³⁸²

Weight: 10-11| Age: 8

T: T Davidson J: Harry Reed

Forecasts

Vandemere (4/1), Hardy Boy (9/2), Bravethewaves (11/2), Taragrace (6/1), Thankyourluckystar (7/1), Zafar (15/2), Ghasham (8/1), Sinndarella (12/1), Rockinastorm (14/1), Hidor De Bersy (18/1), Irish Sovereign (20/1), Iceman Dennis (22/1), Jipekaa Machin (25/1), Heva Rose (25/1), Tullyhogue Fort (28/1), Prison Break (40/1)

Not so competitive as the numbers suggest and ZAFAR is taken to capitalise on a handy-looking mark having caught the eye despite finishing only tenth at Musselburgh last time. Vandemere is much less exposed and feared most on his first venture into handicaps ahead of Market Rasen scorer Ghasham.