12:40 Plumpton

Monday 16 December 2024

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Dawson Hart Gallop Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 12:41 | Winning time: 4m 0.54s

Epic West²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden

7/4

€60,000 Irish point recruit who made a successful start to his hurdle career at Carlisle (17f, good to soft) last month. Almost certainly capable of better again and should make a bold bid to defy a penalty.

Form: 21-1

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Touquet^h²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Lorcan Williams| T: P F Nicholls| CD

13/2

Bumper winner last November who returned from wind surgery to make a successful hurdle debut over C&D in October. Too keen when stepped up markedly in trip at Ascot since and should benefit from this return to shorter. Also has a hood refitted.

Form: 15-15

Andashan²⁶⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Rex Dingle| T: C Gordon| D

11/10

Made a winning bumper debut at Kempton in February and bettered that form when third of 20 in a valuable event at Newbury 6 weeks later. Rates a decent hurdle prospect for a stable which gets lots of winners here.

Form: 13-

Chateau Du Lys^t1³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Fergus Gillard| T: T R Gretton

200/1

Runner-up sole start in points but no short-term promise on last month's Ffos Las hurdle debut. Tongue tied first time.

Form: 20

Clearisthewater¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Benjamin Poste| T: A Watson

125/1

Point winner but hasn't shown enough in his 3 bumper starts to think he's likely to make a successful start to his hurdle career now.

Form: 54-1649

Dotties Star⁶⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Sean Houlihan| T: P Phelan

80/1

Third a bumper at the start of her career but only modest on the Flat since and likely outsider now hurdling.

Form: 363/

Eklil¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: N F Houlihan| T: A Irvine

200/1

Three-time winner on the Flat but hasn't shown much in 3 attempts over hurdles, finishing down the field over C&D latest.

Form: P-38

King Of Highways²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Bryan Carver| T: C Gordon

100/1

Comfortably held in 2 bumpers and a novice hurdle. Andashan looks very much the yard first string.

Form: 9-05

Kingston Bresil²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Mrs Izzie Hill⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs L Hill

150/1

Has hinted at ability in 2 bumpers/hurdles but unlikely to come into his own until handicapping.

Form: 26456

Low Expectations^h⁸⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: James Davies| T: N J Gifford

66/1

Promising third of 11 in a Downpatrick bumper for Paul Nolan in September. It'll be interesting to see what the betting makes of him now hurdling for new connections.

Form: 3

Milan Milos¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: C O'Farrell| T: T R Gretton

150/1

Made frame first of 3 starts in bumpers for Tom Weston but distant fifth in 2 hurdles for this yard last month.

Form: 40-555

Westerton^b1³³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Philip Armson⁽³⁾| T: A King

6/1

Useful Flat winner. Only modest form 2 hurdles this autumn but there's surely a bigger performance in him in this sphere before long. Wears first-time blinkers.

Form: 55

Forecasts

Andashan (11/10), Epic West (7/4), Westerton (6/1), Touquet (13/2), Low Expectations (66/1), Dotties Star (80/1), King Of Highways (100/1), Clearisthewater (125/1), Kingston Bresil (150/1), Milan Milos (150/1), Eklil (200/1), Chateau Du Lys (200/1)

ANDASHAN laid a good platform for hurdling in 2 bumper runs in the spring and is taken to make the most of the 7 lb he receives from last month's Carlisle scorer Epic West. Westerton's Flat ability suggests it's only a matter of time before he posts a bigger performance over hurdles and he could also have a say if reacting positively to blinkers.