13:25 Huntingdon

Thursday 2 January 2025

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Visit Huntingdon Racecourse For Your Conference Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:25 | Winning time: 5m 8.74s

Envious Editor²⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 11-10| J: James Davies| T: G Hanmer| OR: 111| D

10/1

Back to winning ways in hunter at Stratford (21f) in May and essentially acquitted himself well in defeat for Gary Hanmer since, third of 8 at Doncaster last time. Should give another good account.

Form: 225333

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Fire Dancer³²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 108| D

7/2

Made a winning start for this yard on the back of a lengthy absence at Ludlow in January 2023. Proved inconsistent since, but has been given a chance by the handicapper and can't be ruled out.

Form: 6520-24

Slievegar^t²⁰⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 108

13/2

Multiple point winner who bagged a small-field Kelso hunter on his latest start under Rules back in May 2023. Winless between the flags since but makes debut for new yard on a tempting mark and unlikely to be found wanting fitness-wise.

Form: 443-232

Harjo^b1¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: C E Longsdon| OR: 108| D

11/1

Won his second chase start but has completely lost his way and a drastic turnaround is needed in first-time blinkers.

Form: P2P-PPP

Heard That^t²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: S Bowen| T: O Murphy| OR: 106| BF| D

13/8

Fair maiden over hurdles who dispelled his return/chase debut blip when winning 6-runner handicap chase at Warwick in November. Not disgraced there next time but his jumping needs to improve.

Form: 242-P15

Kayce Dutton¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: C J Todd| T: C & A Pogson| OR: 103

10/1

No real impact in a couple of starts over hurdles for this yard and chasing debut at Southwell didn't contain a great deal of encouragement. Others preferred.

Form: P6/14-65

Maninsane^p,t³⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-2| J: Lily Pinchin| T: C E Longsdon| OR: 103| CD

6/1

Dual winner in first campaign over fences (including over C&D) but not so consistent last term. Two of his three outings this season have been creditable and he's not one to rule out.

Form: P86-284

Non-Runners

Pearly Island¹

Weight: 11-11| Age: 9

T: L Wadham J: Non Runner

Gloire D'Athon²⁵

Weight: 11-4| Age: 9

T: Mrs S J Humphrey J: Jay Tidball

Abingworth¹⁸

Weight: 11-3| Age: 7

T: G & J Moore J: Caoilin Quinn

Forecasts

Heard That (13/8), Fire Dancer (7/2), Pearly Island (9/2), Maninsane (6/1), Abingworth (13/2), Slievegar (13/2), Kayce Dutton (10/1), Envious Editor (10/1), Gloire D'Athon (10/1), Harjo (11/1)

The well-treated ABINGWORTH shaped as if back in form last time and is worth taking a chance on in an open race. Envious Editor is likely to give his running and Slievegar is one to monitor in the betting debuting for a new stable.