16:46 Sandown

Thursday 15 February 2024

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Find & Strike Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 3f 173y  |   Soft (Heavy in places)  |   6 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:46  |   Winning time: 5m 30.4s
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Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
1
Horse silk
Classic Lord51
Age: 6|  Weight: 12-0| J: Alan Johns| T: Tim Vaughan| OR:  119| C
8/1
Useful on Flat and came good over hurdles for his new yard when landing a brace of novices at Fontwell (2¼m) and Bangor (2m) before Christmas. A shade underwhelming when fifth on his handicap debut at Aintree but he was racing from 5 lb out of the weights that day.
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2
Horse silk
Storming Nelson45
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-12| J: Lucy Gardner| T: Mrs S Gardner| OR:  117
7/1
Unpromising in points but going the right way under Rules, showing much improved form to get off the mark in 10-runner novice at Exeter (16.7f) 45 days ago. Into handicaps now and may do better still.
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3
Horse silk
Titan Discovery12
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-10| J: Liam Harrison| T: R L Llewellyn| OR:  115
8/11
Runner-up in 2 bumpers last spring and going the right way over hurdles, making a successful switch to handicaps at Ascot (2m, good to soft) in December and finding only the thrown-in Jingko Blue too strong over C&D subsequently. Every chance of resuming winning ways.
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4
Horse silk
Hard Rain84
Age: 9|  Weight: 11-8| J: Miss Brodie Hampson(3)| T: A Watson| OR:  113
20/1
Shed his maiden status in a 17f Limerick handicap hurdle in July. Proved as good as ever when runner-up back there in October but found run of good form coming to a halt at Thurles the following month and has since left Padraig Butler.
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5
Horse silk
Wal Buck's36
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-2| J: D R Fox| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR:  107| BF
4/1
Has made an encouraging start to his hurdle career, again shaping well when neck second of 6 in novice hurdle (9/4) at Leicester (15.5f, heavy) 36 days ago. Makes handicap debut up in trip and open to further improvement.
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6
Horse silk
Valens Bruyee22
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-2| J: Ben Jones| T: Miss R Curtis| OR:  107
22/1
Left previous efforts in this sphere well behind back down markedly in trip when getting off the mark in a 11-runner novice at Chepstow (2m, heavy) 22 days ago. That form is nothing out of the ordinary, though, and more will be needed to follow up on handicap debut.
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Forecasts

Titan Discovery (8/11), Wal Buck's (4/1), Storming Nelson (7/1), Classic Lord (8/1), Hard Rain (20/1), Valens Bruyee (22/1)

Verdict

TITAN DISCOVERY has upped his game appreciably since being switched to handicaps and, having found only a thrown-in rival too good over C&D on his most outing, he's well worth siding with to resume winning ways. Wal Buck's and Storming Nelson are a pair of interesting handicap debutants, particularly the former who again shaped with plenty of promise when narrowly denied at Leicester last month.

Previous Winners

2023
Inneston
Weight: 11-4  |Age: 5
11/4

Prize Money

1st: £5,281.002nd: £2,430.003rd: £1,215.004th: £608.005th: £303.00

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