12:40 Ffos Las

Sunday 12 November 2023

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Off time: 12:40 | Winning time: 3m 55.95s

Ask Me Out

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Mr Lewis Gordon⁽⁷⁾| T: Evan Williams

66/1

€32,000 Ask gelding. Closely related to 3 winners, including useful hurdler/chaser Tommy Rapper, stayed 25f, and half-brother to a winner. Dam unraced. One of 3 runners in this from his stable. Market informative.

Form:

Davidoc¹⁸⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Ben Jones| T: B Pauling

11/4

£60,000 buy after winning at the fourth time of asking in the Irish pointing field in May. Interesting recruit for a stable which has tasted success in this race before.

Form: 43U-1

Illogical Logic³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Jack Tudor| T: Christian Williams

22/1

Made frame both starts in Irish points before sixth of 12 in novice hurdle at Chepstow (2m, soft, 40/1) on debut under Rules 30 days ago. Needs to build on that now.

Form: 34-6

Ionity

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Conor Ring⁽³⁾| T: Evan Williams

100/1

€26,000 Walzertakt gelding. Dam 1½m-15.5f winner on Flat in France. The betting should help guide to expectations with this newcomer.

Form:

Kioto Sun^t1³⁹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill

10/1

Ran to a fair level when third in a course bumper 13 months ago. It's taken a while to get him back to the track and he sports a tongue tie now hurdling.

Form: 3-

Steel Ally²³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: S Thomas

5/2

Showed plenty when runner-up on debut in a Chepstow bumper (2m) just over a year ago. Failed to build on that in 2 subsequent outings last season but retains potential now hurdling on his return. Market support could prove significant.

Form: 257-

Three Cliffs Bay¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams

25/1

Well backed and looked set to finish second until falling late on debut in Chepstow bumper last Christmas. Yet to build on that promise, including a well-beaten sixth when sent off at 66/1 for his recent Hereford hurdle debut.

Form: F37-6

Flying Fortune²²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: James Bowen| T: P & M Bowen| D

5/4

Dual bumper winner who failed to meet expectations on hurdles debut at Worcester in September but much more like it when second of 10 in novice a Newton Abbot (17f) 22 days ago. Open to further improvement in this sphere.

Form: 341-162

Forecasts

Flying Fortune (5/4), Steel Ally (5/2), Davidoc (11/4), Kioto Sun (10/1), Illogical Logic (22/1), Three Cliffs Bay (25/1), Ask Me Out (66/1), Ionity (100/1)

There should be more to come from FLYING FORTUNE over hurdles and he's taken to go one better than at Newton Abbot. Sam Thomas hurdle newcomer Steel Ally and Irish point recruit Davidoc may give him most to do in a contest where the betting is likely to be informative.