12:40 Newbury

Wednesday 18 December 2024

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Watch Weekend Winners Powered By BetVictor Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 12:40 | Winning time: 4m 28.6s

A Good Yomp¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J Martin⁽⁵⁾| T: Andrew Martin

250/1

Well held in bumpers and on hurdle debut.

Form: 0-49

Beylerbeyi⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: C J Todd| T: Ian Williams

100/1

Dam half-sister to smart hurdler (stayed 21f) Sea Lord. Fairly useful handicapper on Flat (stays 9.5f), successful 4 times in 2024. Unpromising start to his jumping career at Ascot, looking badly in need of the experience.

Form: 4

El Rayo⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: James Bowen| T: Billy Aprahamian

12/1

Seventh of 12 in a Doncaster bumper for Paul Webber in January. Positive start sent hurdling for a new yard after 9 months off when third at Huntingdon 45 days ago but more needed again.

Form: 7-3

Fort St Angelo¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Caoilin Quinn| T: C Gordon

150/1

Successful on second of 2 starts in Irish points and showed definite promise when runner-up on Rules debut in a Ludlow bumper (15.8f, good). However, well held switched to hurdles next 2 starts.

Form: 5-1240

Jorebel¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Harry Reed| T: C Gordon

50/1

Placed in Irish points but well held in novice hurdle at this C&D (good to soft, 100/1) on NH debut 19 days ago.

Form: 423-7

King Califet³⁹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Burke| T: Miss E C Lavelle

11/2

€20,000 3-y-o, £110,000 4-y-o, Califet gelding. Dam (c111/h110), 17f-3m hurdle/chase winner, half-sister to useful hurdler (stayed 23f) Boreham Bill. Runner-up sole start in Irish points (Nov 2023).

Form: 2-

Kingly Fighter^h1,t1³⁷⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: A M Hales

125/1

Well held in juvenile hurdle (11/2) at Taunton (16.5f, good to soft) on NH debut 12 months ago for Ben Pauling.

Form: 7-

Roysse^t⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Ben Jones| T: B Pauling| BF| CD

4/9

Unbeaten in 3 points and duly built on his Rules debut promise when beating 4 subsequent winners in bumper here in January. Offered plenty to work on when runner-up on hurdles bow over C&D on return and sets a clear standard.

Form: 41-2

Sergeant Fury¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Paul O'Brien| T: Harry Derham

22/1

Successful sole outing in points and showed plenty to work on in bumper at Wincanton and hurdles debut at Southwell. Excuses at Huntingdon since but this is another quick turnaround.

Form: 1338

Youdecide²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Kielan Woods| T: B Pauling

80/1

Irish point winner who was sent off favourite but found wanting for finishing speed when fifth of 10 in bumper at Sandown. Down the field switch to hurdles at Taunton since.

Form: 1-58

Mistress Emma⁹⁰³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: N de Boinville| T: N J Henderson| D

7/2

€32,000 3-y-o, Mount Nelson filly. Dam (c124/h126) temperamental 2m-2½m hurdle/chase winner. Looked a decent prospect when winning 13-runner bumper at Worcester (16f, good, 4/1) on NH debut in June 2022. Absent since and market should reveal expectations.

Form: 1/

Forecasts

Roysse (4/9), Mistress Emma (7/2), King Califet (11/2), El Rayo (12/1), Sergeant Fury (22/1), Jorebel (50/1), Youdecide (80/1), Beylerbeyi (100/1), Kingly Fighter (125/1), Fort St Angelo (150/1), A Good Yomp (250/1)

ROYSSE went like he was as superior as the market suggested on his C&D hurdles bow only to give it away, possibly just blowing up on his first run in 10 months, and this looks a good opportunity for him to make amends. The potential fly in the ointment is Mistress Emma, who looked a decent prospect when winning a bumper in the summer of '22 but has been absent since.