13:40 Plumpton
Monday 18 December 2023
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Eleanor Hunnisett Memorial Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)
- 4YO plus | Class 4 | 2m 4f 114y | Good to Soft | 13 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 13:40 | Winning time: 5m 15.32s
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Show odds
Big prices and well held in bumper/novice hurdle to date.
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Showed fair form when reaching the frame on 3 of his 4 bumper starts last season and offered something to work on despite making a bad mistake 4 out when third on hurdles bow at Fontwell (19.2f) in October. Open to improvement.
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Modest handicapper on Flat, successful at 2m. Weakened quickly on belated return/stable debut at Lingfield (15.7f) last month and he's probably best watched now hurdling for the first time.
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Vita Venturi gelding. Winning Irish pointer, pulled up last 2 starts (latest Mar 19). Likely outsider on Rules/hurdles debut.
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Well held in a brace of bumpers 20 months apart and fared no better on last month's hurdling debut at Lingfield (19.5f).
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Sholokhov gelding who left debut form behind as he got off the mark in 8-runner bumper at Worcester (2m) in May. Didn't look straightforward when midfield in 14-runner maiden hurdle at Market Rasen on return 32 days ago but too soon to be writing him off.
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€140,000 purchase from France who ran below best when third on yard debut at Fontwell (19.2f) in January. However, returns with yard going great guns and pick of his form in this sphere gives him sound claims.
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Kap Rock gelding. 6/1, fifth of 7 in bumper at Sandown (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 36 days ago, shaping as if the experience would bring him on. Up in trip for hurdles debut.
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Dual winning pointer, fell last time (April 10). Very easy to back but showed plenty of ability making hurdles debut when fourth in an Exeter novice (16.7f) on hurdles debut 4 weeks ago. Entitled to do better stepping up in trip.
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Showed ability amidst greenness when sixth in big-field Newbury bumper on debut in March and similarly offered something to work on when fifth on hurdles bow at Kempton (21f) 5 weeks ago. Can do better again for good yard.
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Little show in a pair of bumpers/sole start over hurdles to date.
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Vendangeur gelding. Placed in points but well held only start in bumpers and never threatened on C&D hurdles bow 6 weeks ago.
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Offered little in 3 bumpers and similar story on Lingfield hurdles debut 18 days ago. Hood on now upped in trip.
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Forecasts
In d'Or (9/4), Fierce Warrior (10/3), Menaggio (10/3), Bentley's Return (10/3), Koenigsstern (9/1), Jack Sparrow Grey (14/1), Captain Howse (80/1), Vendant (150/1), D'ambonnay (200/1), Vintage Icon (200/1), Azolo (200/1), Churchtown Gigi (200/1), No No Espresso (200/1)
IN D'OR ran below the pick of his French form on debut for Venetia Williams in January but he returns with his yard in tremendous nick and is well worth another chance to get back on the up returning from 10 months off. Menaggio, for Alan King, and Bentley's Return head up the dangers, with Fierce Warrior and hurdles-debutant Jack Sparrow Grey others to keep an eye on.
- In d'Or9/4
- Menaggio10/3
- Bentley's Return10/3
Prize Money
1st: £4,955.002nd: £2,283.003rd: £1,141.004th: £571.00
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