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Saturday 25 November 2023

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Off time: 12:29 | Winning time: 3m 41.56s

Eklil^h1¹³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: James Best| T: A Irvine| BF

300/1

Fairly useful on Flat (stays 11.5f), won in June, but disappointed only outing since. Subsequently sold from Rae Guest's yard for 15,000 gns. Hooded.

Form:

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Jour D'Evasion^t³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: C Gethings| T: H D Daly

12/1

Shaped quite well in a bumper on debut and did so again sent hurdling in first-time tongue strap after 5 months off when third of 16 at Ludlow 30 days ago. Open to improvement.

Form: 33

Lucky Place¹⁹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: R T Dunne| T: N J Henderson

7/1

€48,000 3-y-o. Half-brother to 4 winners, including fairly useful hurdler/chaser Ultra Lucky. Shaped like a stayer when second in a C&D bumper 6 months ago and, although longer trips will suit better in time, he still warrants plenty of respect making hurdling bow for top yard.

Form: 2

Tellherthename²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Kielan Woods| T: B Pauling

4/11

£200,000 half-brother to useful hurdler Whatsnotoknow and offered plenty to work on when runner-up on his Ascot hurdle debut (15.7f) 3 weeks ago. Sure to progress and win races.

Form: 1-2

Total Lockdown^h²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: J M Quinlan| T: Martin Dunne

100/1

Fair on Flat (stays 1½m) but ran below form on most recent outing and would be an unlikely winner on hurdle debut. Hood retained.

Form:

West Warhorse⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr Eddie Edge⁽¹⁰⁾| T: B Brookhouse

50/1

Brother to useful hurdler/very smart chaser Western Warhorse. Has shaped with some promise in a trio of bumpers but needs a step forward on this switch to hurdling.

Form: 76-8

Zain Nights^h1⁶³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: G Sheehan| T: L Wadham| D

9/2

Useful and consistent on Flat (stays 2¼m), creditable effort last time. Subsequently sold from Harry & Roger Charlton for 75,000 gns. Interesting hurdling debutant for in-form yard.

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Bridge¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-4| J: James Davies| T: G & J Moore

125/1

Modest maiden on the Flat for Brian Meehan but comfortably held both starts over hurdles. Needs this for a handicap mark.

Form: 85

Soigneux Bell³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 10-4| J: Caoilin Quinn⁽⁵⁾| T: G & J Moore

25/1

Made a winning debut on the Flat in France in May and ran to a fair level when second in a 1¼m Epsom novice on his first run for Gary Moore. Pulled too hard when a well-held sixth on his Kempton hurdle debut but should improve, particularly if settling better.

Form: 6

Gino's Girl²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-2| J: Tom Buckley⁽³⁾| T: P J McBride

66/1

Modest maiden on Flat (stays 2m), mid-field in handicap last time. Easy to look elsewhere.

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Forecasts

Tellherthename (4/11), Zain Nights (9/2), Lucky Place (7/1), Jour D'Evasion (12/1), Soigneux Bell (25/1), West Warhorse (50/1), Gino's Girl (66/1), Total Lockdown (100/1), Bridge (125/1), Eklil (300/1)

TELLHERTHENAME was well backed and shaped with plenty of encouragement when runner-up on his Ascot hurdle debut 3 weeks ago and should take a bit of stopping with improvement on the cards. Zain Nights, a useful and consistent Flat performer, is an interesting hurdling debutant, with Jour d'Evasion entitled to build on his Ludlow third.