17:40 Stratford

Tuesday 2 July 2024

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Farmers Arms Darts Team Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2)

Off time: 17:41 | Winning time: 3m 59.96s

Paddys Island¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Charlie Price⁽³⁾| T: R L Llewellyn

3/1

Last of 8 finishers sole start in Irish points but offered a fair bit more starting out over hurdles 13 months on when fourth at this course (18.7f) 2 weeks ago. Strong place claims if backing that up.

Form: 8-4

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Reach For The Moon¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden

7/4

Smart Flat winner who shaped as if needing run for fitness and experience when fourth of 10 in a 2m Worcester maiden 19 days ago. Sure to improve further.

Form: 4-4

A Day To Dream³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: B S Hughes| T: Ollie Pears

4/1

Modest Flat winner who left his hurdling debut form behind when second of 12 in a maiden at Fakenham (16f, good, 20/1) 30 days ago, collared clsoe home. Big chance with a repeat.

Form: 52

Dartman²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: James Turner⁽⁷⁾| T: S-J Davies

66/1

Fair maiden handicapper on Flat who has made little impact both starts over hurdles, albeit found trip too far last time.

Form: 95

Ghost Pepper^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Kielan Woods| T: D J Jeffreys

50/1

Mahler gelding. Half-brother to a point winner. Dam, unraced, closely related to smart chaser (stayed 21f) Fix The Rib and useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 3m) Frascati Park. Likely to need time and distance.

Form:

Runaway Train¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Lily Pinchin| T: James Owen

40/1

Down the field in a pair of bumpers and went backwards from hurdling debut when fifth of 9 at Uttoxeter (15.8f) 17 days ago.

Form: 9-765

Scintillante^h¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: David Bass| T: A Ralph

18/1

Fairly useful handicapper on Flat but disappointed on his completed over hurdles.

Form: 7B5

Hot Fizzy Lizzy⁵⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR: 91| D

10/3

Fair bumper winner who has offered definite signs of promise over hurdles, shaping better than the distance beaten suggests at Warwick (2m) last time. In excellent hands and remains the type to do better.

Form: 0/1263-4

Brief Encounter^h¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Lorcan Murtagh| T: N J Hawke

150/1

Well held both starts in bumpers and pulled up on recent hurdle debut. Engaged Worcester 4.00 Monday.

Form: 08-P

Habibi^h¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽³⁾| T: J Coulson

150/1

Placed once from 3 starts in bumpers for Nigel Twiston-Davies. Pulled up on hurdling debut but was a luckless early casualty last time (hampered and unseated second).

Form: 308-PU

Forecasts

Reach For The Moon (7/4), Paddys Island (3/1), Hot Fizzy Lizzy (10/3), A Day To Dream (4/1), Scintillante (18/1), Runaway Train (40/1), Ghost Pepper (50/1), Dartman (66/1), Habibi (150/1), Brief Encounter (150/1)

REACH FOR THE MOON shaped as if needing the run for both fitness and experience when fourth at Worcester last month and there's surely better still to come given his high achievements on the Flat, so he makes most appeal. A Day To Dream and Hot Fizzy Lizzy are feared most.