15:45 Wincanton

Thursday 5 December 2024

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Off time: 15:45 | Winning time: 3m 52.14s

Frontier Prince²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: J J Burke| T: F O'Brien| BF

10/3

Strong in the betting and found just one too good on debut in a Ludlow bumper (15.8f, good to soft) last month with the re-opposing Intosomethinggood 1¼ lengths adrift in third. Open to improvement and bold show on the cards here.

Form: 2

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Intosomethinggood²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

11/1

Half-brother to bumper winner Cloudy View and shaped with some encouragement when third in a 7-runner Ludlow bumper on his introduction. Bit to find with Frontier Prince on that evidence but he merits respect all the same. Yard saddled the winner of this in 2020.

Form: 3

Kapitein Kool

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Daniel Sansom⁽³⁾| T: J W Mullins

66/1

€15,500 3-y-o, Shirocco gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (stays 19f) Jpr One. Yard's newcomers typically come on for a run.

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Marhaba Prince

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: James Davies| T: Owen Burrows

4/1

Postponed gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners on Flat, including 1¼m winner The City's Phantom. Interesting contender for leading Flat yard (both previous runners in this sphere for the stable have been placed) and the market should be revealing.

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Phineas Bunce

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Tristan Durrell⁽³⁾| T: D Skelton

11/1

Walk In The Park gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Flemenstide. Represents top yard and confidence behind him in the betting would look significant.

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Precious Metal

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Brendan Powell| T: Miss H C Knight

22/1

Castle Du Berlais gelding. Half-brother to 4 winners, including 17f chase winner Hindou. Entitled to come on for the run.

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The Goose

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Callum Pritchard⁽⁷⁾| T: N P Mulholland

16/1

2,000 gns half-brother to 2 winners on Flat, including fairly useful 1½m winner Wohileh. Wouldn't be one of the more appealing candidates on paper.

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Trustintimes⁴⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Bryan Carver| T: H Fry

7/4

Closely related to 3 winners and half-brother to 5 winners on Flat, including useful performer Ouja. Positive start to his career when runner-up in a 13.2f Exeter bumper (good to soft) and likely to make a bold bid to go one better.

Form: 2

Adaay Dancing

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: Jack Tudor| T: W S Kittow

100/1

Adaay filly. Half-sister to 3 winners on Flat, including 6f-8.3f winner Nightingale Valley. Dam, lightly raced over hurdles, 1m-1½m winner on Flat. Others make more appeal on this occasion.

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Opale De Maine

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: Tom Buckley⁽³⁾| T: Jamie Snowden

11/1

No Risk At All filly. Dam, 15f hurdle winner in France, sister to fairly useful hurdler/smart chaser in France (stayed 23f) Polidam. Yard boasts a healthy strike rate in bumpers and she needs a market check.

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Non-Runners

Crest Of Stars

Weight: 11-0| Age: 3

T: A J Honeyball J: Rex Dingle

Crest Of Valour

Weight: 11-0| Age: 3

T: A J Honeyball J: Ben Godfrey

Walk In The West

Weight: 11-0| Age: 3

T: A J Honeyball J: Sam Twiston-Davies

Forecasts

Trustintimes (7/4), Frontier Prince (10/3), Marhaba Prince (4/1), Walk In The West (8/1), Phineas Bunce (11/1), Intosomethinggood (11/1), Opale De Maine (11/1), Crest Of Stars (12/1), Crest Of Valour (14/1), The Goose (16/1), Precious Metal (22/1), Kapitein Kool (66/1), Adaay Dancing (100/1)

FRONTIER PRINCE and Trustintimes both shaped like ready-made future winners when runner-up on their respective debuts at Ludlow and Exeter. Choosing between them isn't easy but Frontier Prince, who did well to get within a length of the winner at Ludlow, is marginally preferred given his obvious scope for improvement. Several of the newcomers are appealing on paper, not least Marhaba Prince and Walk In The West.