16:40 Stratford

Thursday 9 May 2024

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Foxtrot Racing Syndicates Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 16:41 | Winning time: 4m 2.3s

Break Heart Hill²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Lewis Stones⁽³⁾| T: Mrs F M Shaw

150/1

No impact both starts.

Form: 68-

Cairo King²⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: James Bowen| T: Jamie Snowden

16/1

Offered a bit more on second bumper start when third at Stratford in August but that form isn't anything to get carried away with.

Form: 9/3-

Danny's Friend⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Nick Scholfield| T: M Scudamore

80/1

Little promise both starts in the spring,

Form: 98-

Gerrots^p¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: D Faulkner

100/1

Modest Flat winner in recent times and always behind both hurdles outings. Cheekpieces on first time in this code.

Form: 00-

Get The Value¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Benjamin Poste| T: J G M O'Shea

18/1

Fairly useful form in first 2 of his 3 starts in bumpers but there hasn't been much encouragement to be gleaned from his hurdling runs to date.

Form: 32/499-

Impecunious²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Bryan Carver| T: C J Down

10/1

Runner-up on sole outing in point bumper and much better effort second start under Rules when fifth at Exeter 3 weeks ago.

Form: 285-

Minella Miracle¹³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Burke| T: F O'Brien

1/1

Runner-up on last of 3 starts in Irish points but just modest form at best in bumpers for Thomas Gallagher. Since transferred to a leading stable ahead of this hurdles debut.

Form: P/23059-

Newton³⁸⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: William Shanahan⁽⁵⁾| T: J Coulson

200/1

Well held both starts in bumpers for Olly Murphy.

Form: 78/

Scintillante¹⁹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: David Noonan| T: A Ralph

5/1

Fairly useful handicapper on Flat, stays 1½m, won final start in 2023. Sold from Andrew Balding 30,000 gns later in November and possesses the raw ability to be a factor at this level.

Form:

Wales¹⁹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Charlie Hammond| T: R & J & J Insole

3/1

Useful on Flat (stays 1¾m), winner twice in Germany in 2023. Left Andreas Wohler €40,000 (privately) in November, then gelded ahead of hurdles debut.

Form:

Shibuya Song¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Finn Lambert⁽³⁾| T: R T Phillips

28/1

Fair Flat winner at peak but only modest in that sphere lately and hasn't really taken to hurdling so far.

Form: UP7-

Non-Runners

Gasmani¹⁹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: David Dennis J: Sam Twiston-Davies

Just Gino¹⁴⁶

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: D McCain Jnr J: B S Hughes

Lud'or³¹⁷

Weight: 11-1| Age: 4

T: T Symonds J: N de Boinville

Forecasts

Minella Miracle (1/1), Wales (3/1), Lud'or (3/1), Just Gino (4/1), Scintillante (5/1), Impecunious (10/1), Gasmani (12/1), Cairo King (16/1), Get The Value (18/1), Shibuya Song (28/1), Danny's Friend (80/1), Gerrots (100/1), Break Heart Hill (150/1), Newton (200/1)

LUD'OR's runner-up effort at Auteuil last summer is a solid piece of form in the context of this and in the hope he returns near that level for his new yard, he will take some stopping. Just Gino is a sure-fire improver, with Flat recruits Scintillante and Wales of interest.