14:10 Hereford

Tuesday 24 October 2023

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Vickers.Bet EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:16 | Winning time: 3m 51.61s

All The Glory^p⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 114| D

5/1

Dual winner in 2m novice hurdles already this season. Not so good the last twice though and probably vulnerable in this deeper contest.

Form: 32-1122

Favour And Fortune²²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Tom Cannon| T: A King| D

8/15

Easy winner of Southwell and Warwick bumpers last term. No impact in the Champion Bumper final start but very much a useful jumping prospect.

Form: 110-

Gower Prince^h1³⁸¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

80/1

Well held in bumpers for Matt Sheppard (showed a bit on debut). Needs to improve plenty for switch to hurdling for new yard after a year off.

Form: 4/00-

Pallaton

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Benjamin Poste| T: R Potter

200/1

Kalanisi gelding. Half-brother to poor hurdler Unwanted Attention. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/fair chaser (stayed 2½m) Balapour.

Form:

Rock Of The Nation^t1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: K Brogan| T: J & A O'NeillWS

25/1

€80,000 3-y-o, Soldier of Fortune gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including useful hurdler/smart chaser Keeper Hill and useful hurdler Dargiannini. Wears tongue strap/had already had a breathing op. Likely newcomer on paper.

Form:

Specialagent Mcgee²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: James Bowen| T: Nicky Martin

200/1

Little impact in Ffos Las bumper and Bangor maiden hurdle 8 months apart (gelded/had wind op in between).

Form: 9-7

Three Cliffs Bay¹⁹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Isabel Williams⁽³⁾| T: Evan Williams

66/1

Well backed and looked set to finish second until falling late on debut in Chepstow bumper last Christmas. Not so good twice after and needs more now hurdling on return.

Form: F37-

Flight Of Freedom¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Joe Anderson⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss E C Lavelle| D

5/2

Fair in bumpers and matched that form to run out a comprehensive winner on hurdling debut after 6 months off at Warwick (2m) 3 weeks ago. Has more to offer and leading claims.

Form: 265-1

Tedley²¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Jordan Nailor| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

100/1

Well beaten in Doncaster and Newbury bumpers last season.

Form: 90-

Non-Runners

Orbys River¹⁷⁰

Weight: 10-7| Age: 5

T: S Allwood J: R T Dunne

Forecasts

Favour And Fortune (8/15), Flight Of Freedom (5/2), All The Glory (5/1), Rock Of The Nation (25/1), Three Cliffs Bay (66/1), Gower Prince (80/1), Tedley (100/1), Orbys River (100/1), Specialagent Mcgee (200/1), Pallaton (200/1)

FAVOUR AND FORTUNE looks a useful prospect for hurdling and the dual bumper winner can make a successful start in this sphere. Flight of Freedom created a good impression when scoring first time up over hurdles at Warwick recently and should improve. All The Glory is probably vulnerable again and stablemate Rock of The Nation could be a bigger threat if ready to roll.