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Saturday 7 October 2023

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Off time: 15:26 | Winning time: 4m 55.98s

Baltray²⁸³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: Miss E C Lavelle

10/3

Offered something to work on when third in a Limerick bumper only outing for D. Hassett in December. Has since joined Emma Lavelle.

Form: 3-

Bentley's Return¹⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Rex Dingle| T: C Gordon

7/2

Showed fair form when reaching the frame on 3 of his 4 bumper starts last season and longer trip will suit now hurdling.

Form: 5423-

Cape Vidal^t¹⁸⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: A J Honeyball

11/4

Disappointing twice after his successful bumper debut but got his career back on track sent hurdling when second in a Plumpton maiden (20.5, soft) in April. Should improve and has leading claims on return.

Form: 13982-

Courtney Silver⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Jay Tidball⁽⁵⁾| T: A Carson| C

18/1

Modest form at best in bumpers and matched that form when causing a surprise in 8-runner novice here (17.7f) in August, asserting late on. Will surely prove vulnerable under a penalty, though.

Form: 669P-1

Crookbarrow¹⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: James Best| T: Cynthia Woods

300/1

Well held on only start in bumpers (under Rules) and made an inauspicious start over hurdles when pulled up here in May. Easily passed over.

Form: 29-P

Ipso Falco⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Tom Cannon| T: C Gordon

40/1

Well beaten in bumpers and has fared little better both starts over hurdles.

Form: 8-795

Double Powerful²²³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: R P McLernon| T: N P Mulholland

20/1

€1,500 3-y-o, £42,000 4-y-o, Ocovango gelding. Dam unraced. Third sole start in Irish points (Feb 26). Market should point the way on Rules debut.

Form: 3-

Elpologreg¹³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Daniel Sansom⁽³⁾| T: J W Mullins

80/1

Modest form on the first of 3 starts in bumpers and ran to a similar level when third on Stratford hurdle debut in May. More required.

Form: 509-3

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Non-Runners

Doc McCoy²⁰⁰

Weight: 11-0| Age: 5

T: Jamie Snowden J: G Sheehan

Forecasts

Doc McCoy (9/4), Cape Vidal (11/4), Baltray (10/3), Bentley's Return (7/2), Courtney Silver (18/1), Double Powerful (20/1), Ipso Falco (40/1), Elpologreg (80/1), Crookbarrow (300/1)

DOC MCCOY showed plenty in a trio of bumpers last season and, with the step up in trip sure to suit, he's taken to make a successful hurdling debut for a yard that has started the autumn well. Cape Vidal got his career back on track sent hurdling when runner-up at Plumpton in April and is open to improvement, with Bentley's Return another interesting contender.