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Sunday 6 October 2024

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Join Racing TV Now Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 16:25 | Winning time: 5m 18.70s

O'Grady's Hill⁸¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Alice Stevens| T: Harry Derham| OR: 99

5/1

Successful in a point in April and has shaped with promise both starts over hurdles when runner-up at Market Rasen and Uttoxeter. Interesting now going back up in trip on her handicap debut.

Form: PP1-222

Malangen¹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: Peter Kavanagh| T: Miss L Harrison| OR: 95

7/1

Scored at Hexham in June and holding her form well since, fifth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Perth (20.2f, soft) 11 days ago. Needs considering once more.

Form: 235355

Be The Difference¹³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: Joe Williamson| T: P A Kirby| OR: 94

22/1

A fair hurdles winner in 2021. Absent for 26 months prior to the current season and well below par both starts at Perth and Cartmel. Needs a big step forward.

Form: 3624/S5

Theirshegoes⁷⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Lewis Dobb⁽⁶⁾| T: A M Thomson| OR: 94| BF

5/1

Resumed with 2m Uttoxeter win in June but unseated rider 4 out there 52 days ago. Still enters calculations.

Form: 5554-1U

Iwa^t¹⁷⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Harry Atkins⁽⁵⁾| T: D J Jeffreys| OR: 93WS

11/1

Fair hurdler/chaser in France but failed to match that form in two hurdling/chasing runs for Rose Dobbin. Needs this yard switch and subsequent wind op to spark major improvement.

Form: 61/P44P-

Carrarea^p1,t¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Edward Austin| T: H McMahon| OR: 93

25/1

On a long losing run and only eighth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Sedgefield (19.8f, good) 13 days ago. Cheekpieces are reached for now.

Form: 9-97448

Rickety Gate¹⁴⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: Conor Rabbitt⁽³⁾| T: N G Richards| OR: 89| CD

16/5

C&D winner. Failed to stay over 3m2f when eighth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Perth in May so not ruled out back down in trip off a 4 lb lower mark.

Form: 23258-8

Darkest Day^p,t¹⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-1| J: Alan Doyle| T: W Young Jnr| OR: 86| CD

22/1

C&D winner but he arrives out of sorts, twelfth of 14 in handicap hurdle here (18.1f, good) 18 days ago. Others appeal more.

Form: 8-02880

Nastasiya^p,h¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: P W Wadge⁽³⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 79

5/1

Remains without a win but she comes here in decent nick, fourth of 7 in handicap hurdle at Perth (23.9f, soft) 10 days ago. Ought to be in th shake-up.

Form: 332-354

Swift Reply¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-4| J: Charlie Maggs⁽³⁾| T: S Waugh| OR: 75

9/1

Low-mileage maiden who came in only seventh of 11 in handicap hurdle at Perth (20.2f, soft) 11 days ago. Needs to take a big step forward.

Form: 5P20-07

Luminaries⁹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: Dylan Johnston| T: Ewan Whillans| OR: 71WS

80/1

Little impact in various events over hurdles, cheekpieces tried when ninth at Perth (3m) in July on his final run for Neil Mulholland. Since undergone breathing surgery and significantly more is needed for his new handler.

Form: 6/7PP-69

Forecasts

Rickety Gate (16/5), Theirshegoes (5/1), O'Grady's Hill (5/1), Nastasiya (5/1), Malangen (7/1), Swift Reply (9/1), Iwa (11/1), Be The Difference (22/1), Darkest Day (22/1), Carrarea (25/1), Luminaries (80/1)

Lots with chances. O'GRADY'S HILL is fancied to build on previous promise now stepping into handicap company for the first time and gain a first win under Rules. The consistent Malangen could emerge as the main danger to Harry Derham's mare, with the handily-weighted Rickety Gate and in-form maiden Nastasiya also in the picture.