14:05 Newton Abbot

Wednesday 17 May 2023

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Racing Welfare Mental Health Awareness Week Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 4m 23.56s

The Pink'n³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Daniel Sansom⁽³⁾| T: J W Mullins| OR: 119| C| D

3/1

Course winner. 11/1, good fourth of 13 in handicap at Wincanton (21.5f, soft) 31 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 4/49944-

Swinging London^p1,t⁵⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Lewis Stones⁽³⁾| T: O Murphy| OR: 116

5/1

Arrives on the back of 3 creditable placed efforts in handicap hurdles and likely to have a big say, particularly if pulling out a bit more for first-time cheekpieces.

Form: P/P6322-

Monjules^t¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Lorcan Murtagh| T: H Fry| OR: 115| BF| D

5/1

Progressive since joining this yard, winning 3 handicap hurdles last season and also second at Fontwell last month. Recent second on the Flat show's he's still in good form. Likely to go well again.

Form: P/19112-

Inferno Sacree^b¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Tom Buckley⁽³⁾| T: N J Hawke| OR: 112| D

7/2

Free-going front runner who made it 4 wins in his last 5 starts when seeing off 5 rivals at Perth last month. Should still be very competitive after a further 9 lb rise, although this trip is possibly a bit further than ideal.

Form: 311141-

The Plimsoll Line²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Rex Dingle| T: J Scott| OR: 111

9/2

Bounced back from a below-par run in the mud at Sandown when creditable fifth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Warwick (19f, good to soft, 15/2) 20 days ago.

Form: 02/12P5-

Atholl Street^t¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Nick Scholfield| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 107

66/1

Maiden/novice hurdle winner at Taunton in late 2020 but it's been a struggle since, including in 4 starts for current yard this spring.

Form: 23/FP98-

Polyphonic^h²²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Harry Reed| T: M F Harris| OR: 111| BF| D

8/1

Fairly useful 11f winner on Flat for Karl Burke who got off the mark over hurdles at the second attempt in a Fontwell juvenile in December. Good runner-up efforts in Fontwell handicap (to Monjules) and Ffos Las novice on his last 2 outings.

Form: 154522-

Fongs Way^t¹⁵⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-3| J: Bryony Frost| T: J D Frost| OR: 94

80/1

No impact in handicap hurdles in Ireland and watching brief is advised on this yard debut after 5 months off unless the betting strongly hints otherwise.

Form: 00/P47P-

Non-Runners

Fletch¹⁹

Weight: 10-13| Age: 8

T: O Murphy J: Non Runner

Forecasts

The Pink'n (3/1), Inferno Sacree (7/2), The Plimsoll Line (9/2), Monjules (5/1), Swinging London (5/1), Polyphonic (8/1), Fletch (33/1), Atholl Street (66/1), Fongs Way (80/1)

The suggestion is SWINGING LONDON in the hope that first-time cheekpieces see him pull out a little more. Monjules and Polyphonic, who are closely matched on Fontwell form at the start of the spring, and thriving front runner Inferno Sacree are others likely to have a say.