16:55 Chepstow

Monday 1 April 2024

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Visit Irish P2P Sales With ITM Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:58 | Winning time: 5m 6.83s

Jac Jumper^t⁸³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Chris Ward⁽³⁾| T: Deborah Cole| OR: 115WS

80/1

Fairly useful form over hurdles and fences in France but pulled up in 20.5f Market Rasen handicap on his stable debut in January. A subsequent wind operation needs to spark a major upturn in his fortunes.

Form: 1835-P

Art Approval¹⁴⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Jack Hogan⁽³⁾| T: R J Smith| OR: 115| D

80/1

Fairly useful form over hurdles and fences for Fergal O'Brien but pulled up at Ludlow on his yard debut in November. Off another 5 months since. Can only watch.

Form: 83328-P

Herakles Westwood⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-13| J: James Bowen| T: W Greatrex| OR: 114| BF| D

7/1

Firmly on the up when racking up a handicap hurdle hat-trick this winter. Had his winning ended at Ludlow last time but her might have raced on the unfavoured part of the track and no surprise were he to resume his progression now.

Form: 4-71114

Mr Muldoon^p⁹³

Age: 11| Weight: 11-12| J: Cillin Leonard⁽³⁾| T: R & J & J Insole| OR: 113| CD

16/1

Solid third in handicap hurdle at Newton Abbot (21.5f) on reappearance in October but has struggled since. A 3-month break needs to have had a reviving effect.

Form: 75-38P4

Florencethemachine³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Freddie Gingell⁽⁵⁾| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 111| BF

9/2

Successful in Irish points and confirmed previous hurdling promise when landing 2m novice at Exeter in January. Subsequent handicap debut run at Newbury was disappointing but it's still early days for her top stable.

Form: 1-2317

Current Mood²²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Isabel Williams⁽³⁾| T: Evan Williams| OR: 108| C

9/1

Fairly useful hurdler at her best, though below that level this season. Bit better when fourth of 6 at Newbury last month and she was a respectable third on her Warwick chase debut since.

Form: 54-P643

Sobegrand^p²⁰⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: C Brace| T: J L Flint| OR: 107

80/1

Fairly useful maiden on the Flat who improved again when landing 9-runner maiden at Stratford in July. However, poor efforts both starts since and has left Olly Murphy ahead of this first outing since September. Cheekpieces refitted.

Form: 531P3

Il Va De Soi^p³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Alice Stevens⁽⁵⁾| T: Harry Derham| OR: 106

11/10

Improved effort with cheekpieces added (retained) when second of 11 in 20.5f Newbury handicap last month. Pulled well clear of the third so a 2 lb nudge could prove lenient.

Form: 24-4472

Heure De Gloire^b,t²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Gearoid Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: D Pipe| OR: 106

12/1

Back to winning ways in 2m Ffos Las mares' handicap at the beginning of February but hasn't reproduced that level in her 3 outings since. Edging back down the weights but hard to be confident about.

Form: 641735

Monbari^p1⁶⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Ben Jones| T: Miss R Curtis| OR: 101

17/2

Runner-up in a bumper on his debut but he hasn't gone on over hurdles, pulling up on his 3m Ffos Las handicap debut (heavy) in February. First-time cheekpieces need to make a difference.

Form: 2-498P

Lyla Garrity⁷⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-2| J: Jack Tudor| T: Miss H C Knight| OR: 89

50/1

Modest maiden hurdler in Ireland. Watching brief advised now setting out for new stable.

Form: F/08-570

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Non-Runners

Inoui Machin²³

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: N P Mulholland J: Sam Twiston-Davies

In From The Cold²⁷

Weight: 11-13| Age: 7

T: G Harris J: Conor Ring

One Eye On Vegas¹⁶

Weight: 11-7| Age: 7

T: S Edmunds J: C Gethings

Forecasts

Il Va De Soi (11/10), One Eye On Vegas (10/3), Florencethemachine (9/2), Inoui Machin (6/1), Herakles Westwood (7/1), Monbari (17/2), Current Mood (9/1), Heure De Gloire (12/1), Mr Muldoon (16/1), In From The Cold (25/1), Lyla Garrity (50/1), Art Approval (80/1), Jac Jumper (80/1), Sobegrand (80/1)

A reproduction of the form IL VA DE SOI showed when runner-up at Newbury last time could well be good enough to see him go one better here. One Eye On Vegas hasn't looked back since equipped with cheekpieces and is second choice ahead of Herakles Westwood.