12:20 Exeter

Sunday 26 November 2023

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Devon Air Ambulance & Marley Communications Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 12:20 | Winning time: 4m 19.87s

Salver¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 11-7| J: Caoilin Quinn⁽⁵⁾| T: G & J Moore

7/4

Half-brother to 3 winners, including very smart hurdler Saldier. Down the field in a maiden on the Flat in Italy in the spring but a totally different proposition when overcoming inexperience to make a winning start over hurdles at Warwick 19 days ago. Useful prospect.

Form: 1

Authoceltic

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: David Noonan| T: Mrs J Williams

7/2

Authorized colt. Half-brother to 3 winners, including fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Saint Segal and bumper winner Celtic Dino. Yard won the race last year. Interesting runner, particularly if the betting vibes are strong.

Form:

Future Times⁸⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Bryan Carver| T: G F Edwards

150/1

Modest maiden on the Flat for Jedd O'Keeffe. Watching brief advised on hurdle debut.

Form:

Garrick Street^b⁹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Chad Bament⁽⁷⁾| T: K Pickard

80/1

Fair maiden on Flat (stays 1m) for Andrew Balding. Sold for £7,000 ahead of this switch to hurdles for new yard.

Form:

Johannes^t1

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Jack Tudor| T: D Pipe

11/2

Fair form when successful in 2m minor event (by 9½ lengths) on Flat in France in April. Sold for €62,000 later in April. Tongue tie fitted. Interesting runner.

Form:

Kauto Kawai^t1¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: D Pipe| OR: 105

33/1

Modest form when second in a claiming hurdle in France in September and comfortably held in juveniles at Kempton and Warwick for new yard in recent weeks. Hood off, first-time tongue tie on.

Form: 297

Pivotal Sky^p¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Houlihan| T: M Hunt

66/1

40/1, didn't achieve much when a well-held third in 2m Ludlow juvenile hurdle on debut. Cheekpieces worn on that occasion are retained.

Form: 3

Taritino^h⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Ben Jones| T: J Tickle

28/1

Fair on Flat (stays 1¼m) for Amy Murphy. New stable acquired him for 4,000 gns last month. Hurdle debut.

Form:

Valadon

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: J J Burke| T: H Fry

2/1

Vadamos gelding. Half-brother to useful 1¼m winner Venice Biennale. Dam unraced. Noteworthy newcomer.

Form:

Parish Star^p1,h1⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: Lorcan Murtagh| T: N J Hawke

66/1

Modest on the Flat in Ireland for Jim Bolger and didn't achieve much when a remote fourth of 7 on his Chepstow hurdle debut 6 weeks ago. Swerved and unseated first at Cheltenham last weekend. First-time headgear combination fitted on the back of that.

Form: 4U

Forecasts

Salver (7/4), Valadon (2/1), Authoceltic (7/2), Johannes (11/2), Taritino (28/1), Kauto Kawai (33/1), Parish Star (66/1), Pivotal Sky (66/1), Garrick Street (80/1), Future Times (150/1)

SALVER looked potentially useful when scoring on his Warwick hurdle debut and is taken to make light of his penalty. French Flat winner Johannes looks a likely type for a race like this, while Valadon and Authoceltic are newcomers with plenty to recommend them on paper.