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Friday 16 February 2024

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Hello My Darling Remembering Andrew Quigley Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:02 | Winning time: 4m 18.60s

Balking

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Henry Brooke| T: Mrs Dianne Sayer

17/2

£36,000 3-y-o, Balko gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful French hurdler/chaser Kapking. Makes some appeal on pedigree but may need more time.

Form:

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Bridge Court²⁷⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Ben Smith⁽¹⁰⁾| T: R M Smith

40/1

€34,000 3-y-o, £62,000 4-y-o, Court Cave gelding. Closely related to useful hurdler/chaser Smoking Gun, and half-brother to 2 winners, including useful hurdler/chaser Hazy Tom, stayed 3m. Runner-up on second of 2 starts in Irish points (May 2023).

Form: 9-2

Cushendun⁵⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: B S Hughes| T: I A Duncan

10/1

Telescope gelding who has shaped like a stayer in finishing third on his first two outings. Can make his presence felt if the emphasis is on stamina.

Form: 33

Dedicated Hero¹²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Ryan Mania| T: A M Thomson

6/4

Placed in point and solid start under Rules when third at Carlisle 4 months ago. Likely to be on the premises again.

Form: 33-3

Lance Les Des

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Bruce Lynn⁽³⁾| T: N W Alexander

22/1

Half-brother to numerous winners on Flat, including useful German 6f-1m winner Manipura. Dam 7f/1m winner in Germany. Stamina might be an issue but stable does get the odd bumper winner.

Form:

Malicash⁵⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Craig Nichol| T: Ewan Whillans

9/2

Malinas gelding who has offerd something to work on amidst inexperience on his first two starts. May be more clued up this time, so not dismissed.

Form: 36

Theonetowatch¹⁰⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Sam Coltherd| T: W Coltherd

18/1

Showed a bit when sixth of 15 in bumper at Ayr (16f, good, 33/1) on NH debut 104 days ago. Could do better, so not without hope.

Form: 6

Disco Annie^h1⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Nathan Moscrop| T: R Menzies

66/1

Runner-up completed start in points (Nov 2022) but failed to beat a rival at Aintree on Rules debut. Others are more persuasive.

Form: F/2-7

Santapietra^t1⁹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: D R Fox| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell

15/2

€34,000 3-y-o, £40,000 4-y-o, Flemensfirth mare. Dam (h123) 2m hurdle winner, also 17f winner on Flat in France. Wears tongue strap. Runner-up on second of 2 starts in Irish points (Nov 12).

Form: 7-2

Authorized Mission^t⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: C O'Farrell| T: I Jardine

25/1

Tongue tied when down the field at Newcastle on debut 55 days ago. Needs to leave that form well behind if he's to have any chance here.

Form: 0

Wor Lad

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Theo Gillard| T: D W Whillans

14/1

Harbour Law gelding. Dam (h81), placed over hurdles, 13f-16.2f winner on Flat.

Form:

Caledonian Pearl^t⁹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: P W Wadge⁽³⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell

18/1

Nathaniel filly who shaped better than the result at Huntingdon on debut and warrants consideration with more to come.

Form: 5

Non-Runners

Blue Plan

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: Miss P Robson J: Jamie Hamilton

Yakaleo⁶⁰

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: N G Richards J: Danny McMenamin

Forecasts

Dedicated Hero (6/4), Yakaleo (5/2), Malicash (9/2), Santapietra (15/2), Balking (17/2), Cushendun (10/1), Wor Lad (14/1), Blue Plan (16/1), Caledonian Pearl (18/1), Theonetowatch (18/1), Lance Les Des (22/1), Authorized Mission (25/1), Bridge Court (40/1), Disco Annie (66/1)

YAKALEO's third at Musselburgh first time out is the best piece of form on offer and there's reason to think he can do better, so he gets the nod over Caledonian Pearl and Dedicated Hero, who also showed promise on their Rules debut.