16:30 Huntingdon

Monday 1 April 2024

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Off time: 16:30 | Winning time: 3m 54.1s

Just Lucky Sivola¹²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Miss Olive Nicholls⁽⁷⁾| T: P F Nicholls| D

9/1

From a good family, with an excellent stable, and made a successful debut at Southwell four months ago. This might be a better race, but he's open to improvement and worth a chance to follow up.

Form: 1

The Hardest Geezer¹⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Sean Houlihan| T: P Hobbs & J White| D

6/1

Dam unraced sister to high-class hurdler (stayed 3m) Kilcooley. Belied odds of 18/1 to make a comfortable winning debut at Ay 149 days ago for Donald Whillans and has been bought for £90,000 by new connections, so they will have high hopes.

Form: 1

Boots Bridge^v1²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Jamie Gambin⁽⁷⁾| T: L Allan

250/1

Cheap purchase who finished last at a big price at Warwick on debut. Visored for the first time now but hard to make any sort of case for.

Form: 0

Country Mile¹²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton

2/1

€26,000 3-y-o, £80,000 4-y-o, Ocovango gelding. Dam runner-up in point. Runner-up sole start in points (Dec 3). Makes plenty of appeal on Rules bow for top yard.

Form: 2

Dino Magic¹⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Bryony Frost| T: P F NichollsWS

11/2

Closely related to a winner on Flat and half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/chaser Los Banderos. Only seventh in bumper at Ascot on debut 149 days ago but should have learned from that and is worth a market check.

Form: 7

John Balliol⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: S Bowen| T: George Baker

125/1

Failed to beat a rival in bumper here 64 days ago and looks up against it again.

Form: 0

Pure Carbon¹⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: J J Burke| T: Harry Derham

14/1

€32,000 3-y-o, Diamond Boy gelding. Ninth of 13 in bumper (7/1) at Newbury (16.3f, good to soft) on NH debut 53 days ago. Needs to take a step forward.

Form: 9

Reallyntruthfully³⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: David Bass| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls

4/1

€26,000 3-y-o, £48,000 4-y-o, Jet Away gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Gold Smoke. Dam (h106), bumper winner. Runner-up sole outing in points (Apr 2023). Notable Rules newcomer.

Form: 2-

Rogue Bull⁴⁹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Harry Reed| T: Daisy Hitchins

100/1

From a good family and there was some ability on show when fifth at this course on debut 16 months ago. Has left Tom Clover since and has something to prove.

Form: 5-

Silver Thorn⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: Miss E C Lavelle

12/1

Related to a bumper winner and offered some encouragement when fourth at Fontwell 64 days ago. Could benefit from that initial outing, so potential for better.

Form: 4

Undone^t⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: N de Boinville| T: N B King

80/1

Had wind surgery (also tongue tied) ahead of underwhelming debut at Doncaster a couple of months, so others are more persuasive.

Form: 9

Eagles Gold

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Henry Brooke| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero

16/1

Free Eagle gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners, including modest hurdler Only Fools. Dam, lightly raced on Flat, half-sister to a winner abroad. Worth a market check.

Form:

Non-Runners

Galway Reel¹¹⁷

Weight: 11-3| Age: 5

T: Ian Williams J: C J Todd

Forecasts

Country Mile (2/1), Reallyntruthfully (4/1), Dino Magic (11/2), The Hardest Geezer (6/1), Just Lucky Sivola (9/1), Silver Thorn (12/1), Pure Carbon (14/1), Eagles Gold (16/1), Galway Reel (33/1), Undone (80/1), Rogue Bull (100/1), John Balliol (125/1), Boots Bridge (250/1)

JUST LUCKY SIVOLA was professional when getting the job done at Southwell first time out and, while this looks a trickier assignment under a penalty, he could improve enough to maintain his unbeaten record. Fellow winner The Hardest Geezer is a danger and Silver Thorn merits plenty of respect.