13:30 Perth

Friday 28 April 2023

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Lengthen The Odds At BetVictor Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:30 | Winning time: 3m 58.9s

Ginger Mail^p1⁴⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Danny McMenamin| T: N W Alexander| OR: 119| D

11/4

Made winning reapperaance in 2m Ayr handicap in October and mostly creditable efforts in defeat since, running particularly well when second back at Ayr last month. Cheekpieces on first time. Big player.

Form: 1-13522

Inca Prince^v1⁷⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: Ruth Jefferson| OR: 118| D

7/1

Free-going front-runner who won a pair of Musselburgh juveniles at the start of 2022. It's largely been a struggle since but his latest Catterick run wasn't devoid of promise and he's back on a winning mark. First-time visor replaces cheekpieces.

Form: 51P-065

Enemy Coast Ahead^p,t⁵⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Thomas Reilly⁽⁷⁾| T: K Scott| OR: 112| D

33/1

Landed a hat-trick of novice events in summer 2020 for Olly Murphy. Sold for just £3,000 and has offered little in 3 outings for current yard. Mark in freefall but can only be watched.

Form: 642-968

Letterston Lady⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: S Bowen| T: P & M Bowen| OR: 110| D

11/4

Dual bumper scorer who made a winning hurdling debut in straightforward style at Worcester (2m) in October. Below that level twice since but he might have needed latest outing after 4 months off and he brings unexposed potential to this handicap debut.

Form: 211154

Cuban Cigar^p,t³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: P W Wadge⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 108| D

9/2

Consistent sort who reacted positively to refitted cheekpieces (retained) when deservedly getting his head back in front at Musselburgh (17.5f) last month. Likely to give another good account.

Form: 234331

Inferno Sacree^b¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Tom Buckley⁽³⁾| T: N J Hawke| OR: 103| D

10/3

Free-going front runner who has notched up a Plumpton hat-trick this year. WInning run came to a halt at Ffos Las 19 days ago but could bounce back for yard which won this race in 2022.

Form: 631114

Non-Runners

Glentruan¹

Weight: 11-13| Age: 8

T: P Neville J: Alan Doyle

Well Planted²¹⁸

Weight: 11-8| Age: 6

T: R M Smith J: B S Hughes

Forecasts

Letterston Lady (11/4), Ginger Mail (11/4), Inferno Sacree (10/3), Cuban Cigar (9/2), Inca Prince (7/1), Glentruan (8/1), Well Planted (10/1), Enemy Coast Ahead (33/1)

GINGER MAIL has had a solid campaign and he won't need to pull out much more for first-time cheekpieces to get his head back in front. The reliable Cuban Cigar bagged a nice prize at Musselburgh last month and is likely to go well again, while Letterston Lady might have needed last month's comeback run at Market Rasen and is an interesting one for handicaps.