14:35 Uttoxeter

Friday 1 November 2024

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Paul Ferguson Jumpers To Follow Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:35 | Winning time: 5m 4.29s

Honneur D'Ajonc^p³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 12-2| J: Alex Chadwick⁽⁵⁾| T: James Owen| OR: 117| D

9/2

Improved to win 8-runner handicap hurdle (11/4) at Fontwell (17.7f, good) 38 days ago. Can make his presence felt despite taking a 6 lb rise.

Form: 25-9261

Icare Allen^t¹²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 117

14/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2022. 12/1, last of 8 in handicap hurdle at Bangor (19.6f, good) 126 days ago. Others appeal more.

Form: P-05698

Tommie Gun²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Finn Lambert⁽³⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 110| BF

4/1

Held when fell last in handicap chase (7/2) at Warwick (20f, good) on debut over fences 29 days ago. Switches back to hurdles and this fair 2m winner can't be discounted with his yard going well.

Form: 14634-F

North Parade¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: William Maggs⁽⁵⁾| T: J Parkinson & S Smith| OR: 110| D

28/1

In need of the run on his return when ninth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Wetherby (24.1f, good to soft, 20/1) 16 days ago. A three-time 2m4f scorer last term so he needs considering.

Form: 11320-9

Norley^t³⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: Beau Morgan⁽⁵⁾| T: B Pauling| OR: 110| D

28/1

First run since leaving Tom Gretton when 33½ lengths fifth of 8 to Honneur D'ajonc in handicap hurdle at Fontwell (17.7f, good, 10/1) 38 days ago. Needs to build on it.

Form: 2484P-5

Bertie B²³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: R Patrick| T: C Boultbee-Brooks| OR: 108

12/1

Scored at Hereford in February but signed off with a below form third of 13 in handicap hurdle at Warwick (21f, heavy, 9/2) 7 months ago. Needs to hit the ground running on his return.

Form: 3/P7313-

My Monty¹³⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Benjamin Poste| T: H J Evans| OR: 108| BF| C

16/1

33-length winner in 23f handicap here in May and backed it up with a good second there following month. Much respected after a break.

Form: 735-412

Chankaya^p²⁵⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean Houlihan| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 107

33/1

Got off the mark with a career best in 12-runner handicap hurdle at Taunton (19f, soft) 8 months ago on his final run for Mitchell Hunt. Not taken lightly on his return/yard bow.

Form: 248261-

Call To Duty²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: Miss E C Lavelle| OR: 106

9/1

Only a fair furth of 7 in novice hurdle at Exeter (18.5f, good, 4/1) 22 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut with more required if he's to open his account here.

Form: 3/08P-24

Kay Tara Tara^t1¹⁷⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Henry Brooke| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 106| DWS

11/1

Ended her time with Alan King under a cloud, only ninth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Huntingdon (19.6f, good) 173 days ago. Since had breathing surgery (also tongue tied) so needs considering for her new yard given she goes well fresh.

Form: 1322P-9

Hawaii Du Mestivel^t⁵⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: R P McLernon| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 102| D

15/8

Much improved since tongue tied and bids for a hat-trick after wide-margin handicap wins at Fontwell and Bangor of late. Up another 12 lb but he's still a big player.

Form: 785-211

Non-Runners

I Am Spider Man³⁹

Weight: 12-2| Age: 7

T: Mrs A M Thorpe J: Non Runner

Horsesomeharry¹⁹¹

Weight: 10-11| Age: 6

T: O Greenall & J Guerriero J: Toby Wynne

Forecasts

Hawaii Du Mestivel (15/8), Tommie Gun (4/1), Honneur D'Ajonc (9/2), Call To Duty (9/1), Kay Tara Tara (11/1), Bertie B (12/1), Icare Allen (14/1), My Monty (16/1), I Am Spider Man (16/1), Horsesomeharry (20/1), North Parade (28/1), Norley (28/1), Chankaya (33/1)

A case can be made for a few of these but HAWAII DU MESTIVEL arrives firmly on the up so is taken to bag his hat-trick and defy a career-high mark. Honneur d'Ajonc is feared most on the back of his Fontwell victory, with Kay Tara Tara, Horsesomeharry and Chankaya all in the mix too.