15:30 Wetherby

Saturday 4 November 2023

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Never Ordinary At bet365 Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:35 | Winning time: 5m 7.63s

Albert's Back²⁰⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 12-1| J: James Bowen| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 131| C

6/1

4-time course winner. Latest win in hurdle here in March. Below form sixth of 20 in handicap hurdle (40/1) at Aintree (16.5f, good to soft). Off 6 months. Claims if he's tuned up, so worthy of a market check.

Form: P/25416-

Rafferty's Return¹⁹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Ross Chapman| T: R Menzies| OR: 126| CD

11/2

Scored over C&D on Boxing Day last year and shaped well on occasions subsequently, going off too hard at Perth last time. One to consider.

Form: 912454-

Alvaniy^h1⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Brian Hayes| T: W P Mullins| OR: 126| BF

11/2

Placed on both starts in bumpers for Paul Gammell and built on his hurdling debut promise when readily off the mark in 15-runner maiden at Galway in September. Disappointing next time but remains with potential.

Form: 32-514

Informateur⁶¹⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: Peter Kavanagh⁽³⁾| T: J Parkinson & S Smith| OR: 124| D

100/1

Good effort over fences when last seen but that was 20 months ago, so he's liable to be using this as a prep' run.

Form: 15PP32/

Haafapiece²³²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-5| J: Alex Edwards| T: Mrs P Sly| OR: 121| CD

12/1

Not at best when last seen but reliable in the main and goes well at this track, so not a forlorn hope back from 7 months off.

Form: 587243-

Windtothelightning¹⁹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Henry Brooke| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 120| D

4/1

£35,000 purchase out of the pointing field who has made a bright start over hurdles, completing a hat-trick (straightforward task) in novice at Ayr in March. Good third in a competitive event at Cheltenham 6 months ago and still looks ahead of her mark on return.

Form: 2/31113-

Decorated^t²¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: G Sheehan| T: O Signy| OR: 118| DWS

3/1

Bumper winner who progressed well over hurdles last term, making all (over 19f) in Sedgefield novice and Taunton handicap (tongue tied). This longer trip should suit too so he rates a big player on his seasonal return on the back of a wind op.

Form: 6/25211-

Tiger Jet¹⁵⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: H Cobden| T: B Ellison| OR: 117

9/1

Career best when winning 15-runner 3m Haydock handicap in April but he's appeared to be in the grip of the handicapper since and might need this first run in 5 months.

Form: 3761-68

Grasse D'oliverie^t²⁰⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: Harry Bannister| T: A M Hales| OR: 111

14/1

Bounced back to capitalise on a handy mark at Market Rasen 6 months ago and not handicapped out of things if she's tuned up on return.

Form: 76F/951-

Non-Runners

Foster'sisland²²⁴

Weight: 11-13| Age: 8

T: Micky Hammond J: Emma Smith-Chaston

Diger Daudaie⁹⁸²

Weight: 10-13| Age: 10

T: Henry Oliver J: Harriet Tucker

Forecasts

Decorated (3/1), Windtothelightning (4/1), Rafferty's Return (11/2), Alvaniy (11/2), Albert's Back (6/1), Tiger Jet (9/1), Foster'sisland (10/1), Haafapiece (12/1), Grasse D'oliverie (14/1), Diger Daudaie (33/1), Informateur (100/1)

WINDTOTHELIGHTNING was progressive last season and ran with credit when last seen at Cheltenham. That form has a solid look to it and she's worth chancing to make a successful return for all that Decorated looks open to further improvement. Alvaniy is also worthy of consideration.