17:15 Kelso

Wednesday 20 September 2023

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Bentley Edinburgh Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 17:16 | Winning time: 4m 22.98s

Zamond^p³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 95

5/2

6/1, creditable fifth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Bangor (16.7f, good) 30 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Dropped to a handy mark and can't be discounted.

Form: 52-7635

Darkest Day^p,t⁸^{(ex 7)}

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: W Young Jnr| OR: 88| C

11/4

Has a patchy record but was very much on a going day when scoring comfortably at this course 8 days ago. Now penalised and not certain to be in the same form after a quick turnaround.

Form: 2-29491

Stand Staunch¹⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Peter Kavanagh⁽³⁾| T: Mrs A C Hamilton| OR: 91

80/1

Ran to a fair level when making the frame both completed starts over hurdles for Joseph O'Brien but has shown nothing so far for this yard. Hard to fancy after 4 months off.

Form: 24P/PP0-

Allibaba¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Thomas Dowson| T: P A Kirby| OR: 88

66/1

Fair form when placed both starts in bumpers for Willie Mullins but little show over hurdles so far, pulled up in a handicap at Southwell last time. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 68P8-PP

A Shining Moon^p²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Tom Midgley⁽³⁾| T: P T Midgley| OR: 87

5/1

Hasn't had much racing over hurdles and shaped better than the result both starts in handicaps, finishing to good effect from too far back when second at Uttoxeter on latest. Respectable effort on the Flat since, and should go well up in trip.

Form: 8/508-32

Konik King^t⁴⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Nathan Moscrop| T: S Corbett| OR: 83

15/2

Poor form over hurdles/fences and needs to up his game if he's to make a serious impact returning to the smaller obstacles.

Form: 4P7-375

Ten Ten Twenty^p,t1²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Kielan Woods| T: D J Jeffreys| OR: 79

10/3

Modest handicap hurdler who has been badly out of sorts this season. Tongue tied now, but others make more appeal.

Form: P0-7665

Wedding Stress^h¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Joe Williamson⁽⁵⁾| T: Samantha & Jacqueline Coward| OR: 64

28/1

Very limited sort who looks set for another struggle.

Form: 388-P8P

Non-Runners

Coeur Aimant²⁵

Weight: 10-6| Age: 8

T: Lizzie Quinlan J: Sean Quinlan

Forecasts

Zamond (5/2), Darkest Day (11/4), Ten Ten Twenty (10/3), Coeur Aimant (4/1), A Shining Moon (5/1), Konik King (15/2), Wedding Stress (28/1), Allibaba (66/1), Stand Staunch (80/1)

A SHINING MOON is yet to tackle further than 2m over hurdles but the way he finished last time left the impression that this distance would suit, so he's worth a chance to find improvement. Coeur Aimant is worthy of consideration along with Zamond.