13:52 Perth

Wednesday 25 September 2024

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Lord Mansfield Memorial Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:53 | Winning time: 5m 7.31s

Bois Guillbert²⁰⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: P W Wadge⁽³⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 117

6/1

Won 3 of first 4 starts over hurdles, including a 2m Kelso handicap on last season's reappearance. Form levelled off subsequently but returns off only 1 lb above the mark he defied at Kelso and he evidently goes well fresh.

Form: 3/13644-

Matchless^p¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: Sean Quinlan| T: J Candlish| OR: 116

10/3

Winner of a 2m Musselburgh handicap last November. Bit mixed since but ran with credit when fourth in a 2m course handicap 15 days ago.

Form: 26264-4

Fourofakind^p¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Conor Rabbitt⁽⁵⁾| T: Lizzie Quinlan| OR: 113| CD

5/2

Struck at the second time of asking for Lizzie Quinlan in a C&D handicap in August. Respectable seventh of 17 in a big field on the Flat at York since. Likely to be very competitive back hurdling.

Form: P2-2691

Vocal Duke^p³²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: Leah Noreci⁽¹⁰⁾| T: James Moffatt| OR: 104

12/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2022 but he has been running well at Cartmel this summer, finishing third of 12 over 17f on latest start 32 days ago.

Form: 55-3763

Balally Park^h⁸⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Ross Chapman| T: R Menzies| OR: 104

14/1

Modest in Ireland. Never a threat from a stiff opening handicap mark on Cartmel stable debut in June. Dropped 3 lb since but it doesn't look enough.

Form: U0457-9

Sauce Of Life¹⁷⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: Danny McMenamin| T: N G Richards| OR: 102

12/1

Useful bumper winner who shaped well in 2 hurdles in November 2021 but not seen again until fading to finish eighth of 14 in Market Rasen handicap in March. Off a further 6 months since. Hard to be confident about.

Form: 1123/8-

Bridgetjoans¹³³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: Callum Bewley| T: S Waugh| OR: 96

50/1

Improved for a visor when runner-up at Catterick and Kelso in the spring. Run of good form came to a halt when well held over C&D in May and goes without the visor on her first outing since.

Form: 45622-0

Malangen¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-7| J: Peter Kavanagh⁽³⁾| T: Miss L Harrison| OR: 96| CD

9/2

Four-time course winner who opened his account for the season at Hexham (2m) in June. Mostly creditable efforts since and likely to be competitive again here.

Form: 123535

Palm Beach^b¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: Mr John Dixon⁽⁷⁾| T: J E Dixon| OR: 86

14/1

It's now 17 runs since his last win in 2022 and he wasn't on his game over C&D last time. The cheekpieces he wore on that occasion are replaced by blinkers he won in when trained in Ireland. 5 lb out of the handicap.

Form: 55-7395

Forecasts

Fourofakind (5/2), Matchless (10/3), Malangen (9/2), Bois Guillbert (6/1), Sauce Of Life (12/1), Vocal Duke (12/1), Balally Park (14/1), Palm Beach (14/1), Bridgetjoans (50/1)

BOIS GUILLBERT is only 1 lb higher than when scoring on last season's reappearance and is taken to repeat the feat. Fourofakind has run quite well on the Flat since his C&D success last month and is second choice ahead of Matchless.