15:00 Wetherby

Thursday 25 January 2024

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Off time: 15:02 | Winning time: 4m 21.4s

Asta La Pasta^t³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR: 120| D

10/11

Bumper winner who made it 2-4 over hurdles when readily seeing off 7 rivals in 2m Market Rasen novice on Boxing Day. Big player despite conceding weight all round.

Form: 41-1331

Fortunate Man^t³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill| D

5/4

Promising sort who made his first completed start a winning one when taking 18-runner novice hurdle at Newbury (16.3f, heavy) 36 days ago, well on top finish. Likely more to come yet.

Form: 1-U1

Tedtwo⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: R P McLernon| T: B Haslam| D

11/2

Bumper winner who made a successful start over hurdles for Kerry Lee when taking Ffos Las maiden (15.8f, heavy) last month. Since joined Ben Haslam and remains open to improvement in this sphere.

Form: 3217-1

Call Me Jack¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: M Walford

250/1

Down the field in 2 Doncaster bumpers last winter and fared no better in a couple of attempts over timber this term.

Form: 00-70

Henrysbrotherjack

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Fergus Gregory| T: O Murphy

28/1

Jack Hobbs gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Secret Trix. One to note on debut.

Form:

Shady B¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr Tommie M O'Brien⁽³⁾| T: C Boultbee-Brooks

125/1

Runner-up final 2 starts between the flags last spring but nearer last than first in both outings over hurdles.

Form: PP22-09

Midnight Alnwicky²³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: S Mulqueen| T: A Nicol

250/1

Sent off big odds and no impact in both starts over hurdles.

Form: P0

Missy Ava¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: Joe Williamson⁽⁵⁾| T: M Walford

150/1

Comfortably held in novice hurdles at this course and Newcastle in recent weeks.

Form: 77

Reine Des Tartes⁷⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: B S Hughes| T: L Morgan

50/1

€18,000 3-y-o, £30,000 4-y-o, Soldier of Fortune mare. Dam, maiden pointer, half-sister to fair hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 3¼m) Treacle. Point winner in November and worth monitoring in market.

Form: P31

Non-Runners

Breizh River⁷⁰

Weight: 11-2| Age: 6

T: Paul Robson J: Craig Nichol

Forecasts

Asta La Pasta (10/11), Fortunate Man (5/4), Tedtwo (11/2), Breizh River (25/1), Henrysbrotherjack (28/1), Reine Des Tartes (50/1), Shady B (125/1), Missy Ava (150/1), Call Me Jack (250/1), Midnight Alnwicky (250/1)

FORTUNATE MAN looked a useful prospect when scoring at Newbury last month and is fancied to follow up. Asta La Pasta and Tedtwo look the obvious dangers.