14:00 Sedgefield

Tuesday 3 October 2023

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Paxtons No1 CaseIH Dealer In UK&Ireland Juvenile Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:02 | Winning time: 4m 6.23s

Beauty Blaze³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: P D Niven

50/1

Looked badly in need of the experience when pulled up in juvenile hurdle at Cartmel (17.2f, soft) on debut 36 days ago, behind some way out.

Form: P

Child Of Lir^p¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Nathan Moscrop| T: R Menzies

28/1

Modest performer on Flat (stays 1¼m) who picked up the pieces in a strongly-run affair to get off the mark at Newcastle earlier in the month. Well held in a race run very differently back there last time and now tackles hurdles for the first time. Cheekpieces retained.

Form:

Eagle Prince⁴⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Henry Brooke| T: B Ellison

10/1

Fair handicapper on Flat, stays 9.5f, respectable effort last time. Makes hurdles debut and not without hope if taking to this discipline.

Form:

Helianthus²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Thomas Dowson| T: P A Kirby

250/1

Of no account on Flat so easily passed over on hurdle debut.

Form:

Ironopolis^p³

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Ross Chapman| T: R Menzies

11/1

Fair on Flat (stays 1½m) but possibly better on AW than turf. Shaped as if in need of the experience when last of 3 on Perth hurdle debut but went backwards at Market Rasen 3 days ago.

Form: 37

Latin Verse^p1⁶⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Harry Reed| T: M F Harris

7/2

Closely related to fair hurdler Patient Dream. Fair performer on Flat, stays 1½m, looked hard ride last time. Sold out of Ralph Beckett's yard for 18,000 gns in August.

Form:

Thats Jet^t³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Craig Nichol| T: D Bourke

5/2

Modest maiden on the Flat who has already surpassed that form over hurdles, running to a fair level in a first-time tongue strap when second in 13-runner event at KIllarney (17f, soft) 39 days ago. Has since left Ross O'Sullivan and sets the standard.

Form: 542

Think Climate^h1³³

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Tom Cannon| T: James Owen

9/1

Fairly useful at best on Flat (unproven beyond 7f), well held in handicap last time (sole start for Michael Bell). Has joined an upwardly-mobile yard ahead of hurdle debut but stamina for this game very much in question. Hooded.

Form:

Noble Hilltop

Age: 3| Weight: 10-9| J: Ben Harvey⁽³⁾| T: J C McConnell

11/1

Churchill filly. Dam 6f/1m winner. Yard has an excellent record with its runners in the UK, so needs keeping a close eye on in the betting.

Form:

The Mayor Porky

Age: 3| Weight: 10-9| J: Danny McMenamin| T: A Keatley

22/1

Ribchester filly. Half-sister to 5 winners, including fairly useful hurdle winner around 2m Young Merlin. Dam 2-y-o 7f winner. Makes some appeal on paper so can't be dismissed.

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Weigh Anchor²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-9| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr

10/3

Fair form on Flat, stays 11.5f, runner-up all 3 starts in 2023. Should be up to making her presence felt in a race of this nature over hurdles.

Form:

Forecasts

Thats Jet (5/2), Weigh Anchor (10/3), Latin Verse (7/2), Think Climate (9/1), Eagle Prince (10/1), Ironopolis (11/1), Noble Hilltop (11/1), The Mayor Porky (22/1), Child Of Lir (28/1), Beauty Blaze (50/1), Helianthus (250/1)

THATS JET is exposed as a modest maiden on the level but has taken well to hurdling and, having pulled a long way clear with a promising sort on his final outing for Ross O'Sullivan at Killarney, there's no real urge to take him on. Weigh Anchor has shown a fair level of form on the Flat and ought to be up to making her presence felt in a race like this over hurdles, while Noble Hill Top is a debutante who represents a yard that does very well with its runners in the UK.