15:10 Hereford

Saturday 8 March 2025

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DragonBet Born From The Betting Ring Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: 4m 56.87s

Tracking Treasure¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Stan Sheppard| T: M Sheppard| OR: 95

4/1

No impact in a couple of bumpers in Ireland for previous connections but has shown ability switched to hurdles for present yard and may well raise his game now upped in trip for this handicap debut.

Form: 467933

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Sonic Gold²⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: Benjamin Poste| T: J G M O'Shea| OR: 94

33/1

Runner-up sole start in points but that was back in 2020 and he hasn't shown much in 5 runs under Rules.

Form: 200P/5P

Staff Sergeant Len^p⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: James Best| T: Anthony Charlton| OR: 93

7/2

Belatedly produced something akin to his near miss in a Fontwell bumper last January when, equipped with first-time cheekpieces (retained), finishing fourth of 16 on handicap debut at Warwick (19f, good to soft). Each-way chance if able to build on that.

Form: 25-6094

The Dream Goes On¹²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Oliver Boyden⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Dr R Newland| OR: 92

4/1

Just modest form over hurdles so far and sloppy jumping did her no favours on handicap debut when last seen at the end of October. Improvement needed back from a break here.

Form: 87-4436

Diamond Days³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Jack Tudor| T: J Tizzard| OR: 92

4/1

Left maiden/novice form behind when finding just one too strong on handicap debut at Lingfield (2m, soft) last time. Clearly plenty of room for improvement in the jumping department but he's unexposed and this step up in trip looks a good move.

Form: 8P572

Head Over Hinds^t1⁶²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Tom Broughton⁽⁵⁾| T: M Comley| OR: 87

8/1

Little to get excited about in bumpers/novice hurdles and sizeable step forward needed now pitched into a handicap with a first-time tongue strap enlisted.

Form: 050P-39

Polly Pi⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Conor Ring| T: Evan Williams| OR: 85

33/1

Some signs of ability in a couple of bumpers but she's shown nothing since switched to hurdles.

Form: 640079

Mokoro¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Tristan Durrell⁽³⁾| T: D Skelton| OR: 85

14/1

In top hands but failed to find any improvement for the step up to 20.4f/switch to handicap company at Southwell recently.

Form: 7-8476

Pooley's Promise²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Harry Kimber| T: R Potter| OR: 82

40/1

Little promise in a bumper and 3 completed starts over hurdles. Hard to warm to on this handicap debut.

Form: 909B6

Nothinelsematters^p,t1¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-5| J: Luke Scott⁽⁵⁾| T: A M Hales| OR: 72

8/1

Maiden who posted one of his better efforts when fifth in an 11-runner Southwell handicap in December. However, he misfired in first-time cheekpieces (retained) back at that course 19 days ago and now tried in a tongue strap.

Form: 5-49U5P

As Good As Can Be⁸¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: Lee Edwards| T: Miss C Dyson| OR: 71

40/1

No impact between the flags or under Rules to date and he's readily passed over.

Form: P0-99P7

Non-Runners

Flighttothestars³¹

Weight: 11-10| Age: 5

T: L Horsfall J: M G Nolan

Lyle View³³

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: N P Mulholland J: James Bowen

Moran's Law³¹

Weight: 10-10| Age: 6

T: O Greenall & J Guerriero J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Lyle View (7/4), Staff Sergeant Len (7/2), The Dream Goes On (4/1), Tracking Treasure (4/1), Diamond Days (4/1), Head Over Hinds (8/1), Nothinelsematters (8/1), Moran's Law (12/1), Mokoro (14/1), Sonic Gold (33/1), Flighttothestars (33/1), Polly Pi (33/1), Pooley's Promise (40/1), As Good As Can Be (40/1)

The unexposed LYLE VIEW did the job well when opening her account at Southwell and she looks capable of defying a 9 lb rise in the weights. Diamond Days took a step forward when runner-up on his handicap debut, despite an error-strewn round of jumping, and he looks dangerous now moving up in trip. Tracking Treasure and Staff Sergeant Len are others to consider.