13:05 Newbury

Saturday 2 December 2023

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Coral Committed To Safer Gambling Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:07 | Winning time: 4m 57.63s

Emailandy^t²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| D

4/1

Third in a bumper in the spring and built on that to make a successful start over hurdles in novice at Plumpton, powering away. Should do better, so merits plenty of respect.

Form: 73-1

Masaccio³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Tom Cannon| T: A King

7/4

Useful bumper winner who returned from 6 months off to make a successful start over hurdles in novice at Chepstow 32 days ago. Has a penalty in a better race but he's open to improvement.

Form: 12/327-1

Captain Wallace²⁴

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

22/1

Brother to 2 winners and went close on the second of his 2 starts in Irish maiden points earlier this year. Disappointing having attracted support in novice at Chepstow on hurdling debut but expected to better that here. Also engaged 1.44 Bangor.

Form: 42-6

Dixie Flyer^t²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Adam Wedge| T: S Curran| OR: 105WS

200/1

Remains a maiden after 12 hurdle runs. Twelve runs since last win in 2020. Fifteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Warwick (16f, heavy, 66/1) 25 days ago. Up in trip. Has had a wind op. Hard to fancy.

Form: 60-5800

Eire Street¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: J M Quinlan| T: T Gallagher

150/1

Lightly raced in points and showed promise when staying on for second in a Sligo bumper last summer. Not in same form for current connections, including on hurdling debut at Lingfield recently.

Form: 5/P23-9

Grass's Jet²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: T Gallagher

150/1

Runner-up sole start in Irish points but not enough encouragement over hurdles to make him of serious interest in this.

Form: 2-45

Il Va De Soi²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Paul O'Brien| T: Harry Derham

20/1

Promise in bumpers and some encouragement when fourth at Ascot on hurdling debut. Goes up in trip but likely to be outclassed in this company.

Form: 33/24-4

Jeu Des Champs²³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: James Bowen| T: N J Henderson

15/2

€65,000 3-y-o, £180,000 4-y-o, Joshua Tree gelding. Half-brother to useful hurdler What Path. Runner-up sole start in Irish points (Apr 9). Noteworthy Rules newcomer.

Form: 2-

Jingko Blue²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: N de Boinville| T: N J Henderson| BF

7/4

Won sole start in Irish points in February and made a promising start under Rules when second in a novice at Warwick last month. Sets the standard with the scope for better, so should take the beating.

Form: 1-2

Kayf Dancer³²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: M G Nolan| T: P Hobbs & J White

28/1

Brother to a bumper winner and made a solid start in that sphere when third at Exeter 10 months ago. Should take to hurdling, so not completely dismissed.

Form: 3-

Touch Of Thunder²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Harry Reed| T: C Poulton

150/1

Modest in bumpers and achieved a similar level when a well-held seventh in a novice at Plumpton on hurdling debut. Others preferred.

Form: 5-57

Wonder Of The Seas²⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

80/1

Well held in bumper/over hurdles and looks firmly up against it again.

Form: 684-

Non-Runners

Mi Sueno¹¹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: P Butler J: Caoilin Quinn

Theformismighty³⁴

Weight: 11-0| Age: 6

T: D Skelton J: Harry Skelton

Forecasts

Jingko Blue (7/4), Masaccio (7/4), Emailandy (4/1), Jeu Des Champs (15/2), Theformismighty (12/1), Il Va De Soi (20/1), Captain Wallace (22/1), Kayf Dancer (28/1), Wonder Of The Seas (80/1), Touch Of Thunder (150/1), Grass's Jet (150/1), Eire Street (150/1), Dixie Flyer (200/1), Mi Sueno (200/1)

JINGKO BLUE is the form pick and has plenty of improvement in him, so he gets the vote over Emailandy and Masaccio, who both shoulder penalties on the back of winning hurdling debuts.