17:50 Chepstow

Friday 28 April 2023

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Braceys Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:54 | Winning time: 3m 55.00s

Alfie Sharp²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Bryan Carver| T: R Mitford-Slade

150/1

Offered little on hurdles debut at Wincanton earlier this month.

Form: 6

Chankaya³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean Houlihan| T: M Hunt

18/1

Remains with one standout effort on the Flat for Hugo Palmer and no impact on only 2 starts for his current yard, off a further 22 months before finishing well held at Warwick on hurdling debut 37 days ago.

Form: 9

Good Friday Fairy¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Ben Jones| T: Ben Clarke

8/11

Improved from debut effort over hurdles when second of 9 in novice over C&D (good to soft) 18 days ago. Likely contender.

Form: FF9P2

Haafbourd^t³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: C Brace| T: Mrs E Bishop

66/1

Signs of ability when third in small-field Fakenham bumper in November but not in anything like the same form at Taunton last month and showed nothing on Huntingdon hurdles debut.

Form: 37P

Harry Gulliver²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Kielan Woods| T: A M Hales

100/1

Well behind in bumper (22/1) at Stratford on NH debut last month and best watched on first crack at hurdling.

Form: 7

Harrys Game^h1

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Rex Dingle| T: J Scott

6/1

Phenomena gelding. Dam 7f winner. Wears hood. Market check advised on NH debut.

Form:

Megascope¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Harry Kimber⁽³⁾| T: Sheila Lewis

100/1

Well held in bumper (50/1) at Huntingdon (15.8f, good to soft) on NH debut 12 days ago. Makes hurdles bow.

Form: 7

Parsons Stone^h¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Lorcan Williams| T: R Stephens

33/1

Showed a bit more, in first-time hood, when seventh of 13 in bumper (66/1) at Taunton (16.5f, good to soft) 15 days ago. Warrants respect on hurdles bow.

Form: 4-77

Prince Nino^b,t¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Paul O'Brien| T: Harry Derham| OR: 87| BF

13/2

Returned to form, in first-time blinkers, when fourth of 10 in novice hurdle (5/2) at Wincanton (15.2f, soft) 12 days ago. Claims if building on that.

Form: 085P64

Stiletto^t⁸⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: G Sheehan| T: Kieran Burke

11/2

Below par on Flat this year but capable of fair form at best and is worth monitoring in the market on hurdles debut.

Form:

Time To Smile³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: M G Nolan| T: J W Mullins

125/1

No signs of ability in a couple of outings thus far.

Form: P0

Try The Money¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Nick Scholfield| T: Henry Oliver

40/1

Held back by inexperience when well beaten over C&D on NH debut 18 days ago.

Form: 5

Uggy Uggy Uggy³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Bradley Harris⁽⁷⁾| T: M F Harris

11/1

Far from disgraced when ninth of 13 in bumper at Taunton (16.5f, good to soft) on NH debut 39 days ago. More required to figure on hurdles bow here, however.

Form: 9

Tango For Sally^h¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Alan Johns| T: M Hunt

150/1

Offered little in a Wincanton bumper on debut back in November and well behind when departing on debut in this sphere at Taunton recently.

Form: 8F

Non-Runners

Galactic Glow⁴⁶

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: J Tickle J: David Noonan

Hunters Song¹⁸

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: G Brown J: David Bass

Forecasts

Good Friday Fairy (8/11), Hunters Song (7/2), Stiletto (11/2), Harrys Game (6/1), Prince Nino (13/2), Uggy Uggy Uggy (11/1), Chankaya (18/1), Parsons Stone (33/1), Try The Money (40/1), Galactic Glow (50/1), Haafbourd (66/1), Harry Gulliver (100/1), Megascope (100/1), Time To Smile (125/1), Alfie Sharp (150/1), Tango For Sally (150/1)

HUNTERS SONG finished with running left on his yard debut here earlier this month and is taken to get off the mark. Good Friday Fairy and Prince Nino are also respected.