14:50 Hereford

Monday 6 November 2023

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Off time: 14:52 | Winning time: 3m 53.92s

Bonttay²²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: P J Brennan| T: F O'Brien| OR: 118| D

15/8

Triple bumper winner who added 2 more wins over hurdles last season, latterly in handicap company at Kelso (2m, soft) in March. Likely she can go on to even better things this term.

Form: 1/22121-

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Kingston Sunflower¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Jack Hogan⁽³⁾| T: R J Smith| OR: 115| CD

33/1

Completed a hat-trick in novice hurdles at this sort of trip for Fergal O'Brien last autumn but pulled up on Wincanton handicap debut for new stable last month. Can only watch after that.

Form: 24111-P

Simply Red^p,t³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Charlie Maggs⁽¹⁰⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 113

11/1

Enhanced excellent Bangor record with 2 more wins there last month, the latter under today's pilot Charlie Maggs. Respectable sixth of 11 at Market Rasen (2m, good) last month but it underlines she needs more from her current mark.

Form: 5-61126

Puffin Bay^t²¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Paul O'Brien| T: Harry Derham| OR: 112| D

3/1

Made a winning start for new trainer Harry Derham at Wincanton last seen in April. Raised 5 lb for that but strong chance she'll have more to offer for this stable.

Form: 132/551-

Hiconic^t⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Kielan Woods| T: A M Hales| OR: 109| D

15/2

Took advantage of reduced mark when winning handicaps at Warwick and Worcester (both 2m) at the start of the current season and ran to similar level when runner-up the last twice. Ought to go well again.

Form: 4-11422

Addosh^t³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: C Gethings| T: S Edmunds| OR: 109| D

16/1

Now 6 lb lower than when scoring at Southwell in summer 2022 but she needs to shrug off a poor run at Market Rasen last time.

Form: 6-53328

Ooh Betty^t²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Harry Cobden| T: Ben Clarke| OR: 109

11/1

Won maiden/novice hurdles in May and shaped better than the result when third of 5 at Ludlow (21f) 5 months later, weakening as if the run was needed. Drops back in trip now.

Form: 302-113

Princess T^t,v³⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Bryan Carver| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 109| CD

18/1

Won over hurdles on Jersey in July but more miss than hit since (mostly on the Flat), including back in this sphere at Market Rasen latest.

Form: 1520-10

Georgi Girl²³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Ben Jones| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 108| D

9/2

Fair winner in 2m juvenile hurdles last season. Her opening mark demands improvement but she is unexposed.

Form: 132-

Karannelle^h,t²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: Adam Wedge| T: D A Rees| OR: 97| D

66/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2022. Best race of this campaign when narrowly denied at Newton Abbot (17f) in September but well beaten at Worcester since.

Form: 43U420

Non-Runners

Jaminska²⁹⁴

Weight: 11-1| Age: 4

T: Mrs J Williams J: David Noonan

Well Vicky²⁰⁰

Weight: 10-11| Age: 6

T: A Ralph J: Jack Tudor

Forecasts

Bonttay (15/8), Puffin Bay (3/1), Georgi Girl (9/2), Jaminska (6/1), Hiconic (15/2), Simply Red (11/1), Ooh Betty (11/1), Addosh (16/1), Well Vicky (16/1), Princess T (18/1), Kingston Sunflower (33/1), Karannelle (66/1)

This looks a competitive race of its type. There should be more to come from BONTTAY this season so she gets the nod, but similar comments apply to Puffin Bay and Jaminska, while Hiconic arrives at the top of her game and is also respected.