14:40 Taunton

Monday 10 March 2025

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DragonBet - Oncourse and Online Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 4m 1.6099999999999999s

Disguisedlimit^h⁹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: M G Nolan| T: P Hobbs & J White

3/1

Mahler gelding won sole start in Irish points and showed promise when placed in maiden hurdles at Chepstow and Southwell before Christmas. Open to a fair bit of progress after a break. Player.

Form: 1-32

Eton Blue^h²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Rex Dingle| T: George Baker

40/1

Free-going sort rather going through the motions on the level again recently and was well beaten on his sole previous try over hurdles.

Form: 8/

Fasol^t,p⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 110WS

1/1

A useful winning stayer on the Flat in France. Yet to match that form over hurdles and only ninth of 10 in 2m4f Windsor handicap in January. Needs a subsequent wind op to spark a resurgence.

Form: 4-24229

Hector's Hope³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Nick Scholfield| T: C J Down

250/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Pulled up in novice hurdle at this course (19f, soft, 250/1) on hurdles bow 34 days ago. Lots more needed.

Form: 00/6-P

High Fibre^t³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Bryan Carver| T: H Fry| OR: 115| BF

5/2

Fairly useful on Flat and shaped well when placed at Wincanton and Taunton switched to hurdles. Only third when odds-on for Kempton maiden hurdle last time however. Worth another chance.

Form: 323

Millsbridge³¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: A Wintle

300/1

Eleventh of 13 in bumper (125/1) at Warwick (16f, good) on NH debut. Off 10 months ahead of his hurdles debut with his fitness to prove.

Form: 0-

Monteria^t¹³⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean Houlihan| T: W S Kittow

40/1

A fair Flat winner but off since a below-par eighth at Doncaster in October. Needs to hit the ground running now going hurdling.

Form:

Saddlers Dream⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Harry Kimber| T: W G M Turner

300/1

Has shown little in bumpers at Ffos Las and Fontwell either side of Christmas. Much more is required on his hurdles debut.

Form: 66

Sangpoursangamoi⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Dylan Johnston⁽³⁾| T: S Thomas

25/1

Shaped well when fourth in bumper at Hereford but he came in last of 10 in similar company at Windsor in January. Needs a big step forward on his hurdles bow.

Form: 40

Ted The Thief³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Ben Godfrey| T: K Woollacott

18/1

€11,500 4-y-o, Soldier of Fortune gelding. Dam unraced. A winning pointer so possibilities now starting out in this sphere.

Form: P-F3221

Game On Babe²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Fern O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: F O'Brien

50/1

Maiden pointer and she looks more one for the longer term under Rules judged on her efforts in a Market Rasen bumper and novice hurdle last month.

Form: 444-474

Glancing Back^h1

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: James Best| T: Mrs E Bishop

150/1

Passing Glance mare. Sister to fair chaser Glance Back, and half-sister to 2 winners, including fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser Back By Midnight. Possibilities on her debut.

Form:

Pretty Punctual⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: David Bass| T: M Comley

250/1

Well beaten in Catterick bumper last month and a distant tenth in 12-runner mares' maiden on C&D hurdles bow 51 days ago.

Form: 60

Baronetti²⁹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: David Noonan| T: N J Hawke

150/1

Last of 4 in novice on Flat at Lingfield 9 months ago on his sole run for Simon & Ed Crisford. Needs a big step forward on his yard/hurdles bow.

Form:

Forecasts

Fasol (1/1), High Fibre (5/2), Disguisedlimit (3/1), Ted The Thief (18/1), Sangpoursangamoi (25/1), Eton Blue (40/1), Monteria (40/1), Game On Babe (50/1), Glancing Back (150/1), Baronetti (150/1), Pretty Punctual (250/1), Hector's Hope (250/1), Saddlers Dream (300/1), Millsbridge (300/1)

Not nearly as competitive as the numbers suggest and winning-pointer DISGUISEDLIMIT is fancied to build on earlier promise and get off the mark in this sphere. High Fibre fluffed his lines when an odds-on third at Kempton last time out but could still emerge as the main danger, although Fasol also has the form to play a big part too if breathing surgery has the desired effect.