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Thursday 17 April 2025

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Merched Y Mor Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 18:15 | Winning time: 3m 45.42s

All Well And Good²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Beau Morgan⁽⁵⁾| T: O Murphy| BF| D

18/1

Fairly useful winner at 16f in bumpers. 6/5, tenth of 12 in novice hurdle at Wetherby (16f, good) on hurdles bow 20 days ago. Needs to build on it.

Form: 2120

Amazing Cleni^t⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Jack Hogan⁽³⁾| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls

50/1

Eighth of 12 in novice hurdle at Ludlow (15.8f, soft, 50/1) on hurdles bow 49 days ago. Needs to take a step forward.

Form: 468

Berkenshtaaap⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: S Bowen| T: O Murphy

3/1

Winning Irish pointer and he posted a good third of 6 in bumper at Taunton (16.5f, soft, 9/2) 49 days ago. Goes over hurdles now and merits consideration.

Form: 153

High Tea⁶¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Nathan Andrews⁽¹⁰⁾| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls

9/1

€42,000 foal: €30,000 3-y-o, Mount Nelson gelding. Dam, fairly useful 19f-3m hurdle/chase winner (stayed 3¼m), sister to fair hurdle winner/chaser (stayed 3¼m) Teochew. Points winner so needs considering on his hurdles bow.

Form: 53-7F1

Kenzoko³⁵⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Brendan Powell| T: O Murphy

5/1

€105,000 3-y-o, Cokoriko gelding. Brother to French 2¼m chase winner Joyeux Coco. Dam 19f hurdle winner in France. Unplaced sole start in Irish points (Apr 2024) but considered now hurdling.

Form: 9-

Linden Lane³⁴

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

80/1

Encouraging third of 7 in novice hurdle at Fakenham (16f, good to soft, 14/1) on NH debut 34 days ago. Can take a step forward.

Form: F-UPF3

Little Ledgend⁷⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Lewis Stones⁽³⁾| T: O Murphy| BF

15/2

Fair form when runner-up in bumpers at Ascot and Wetherby, conceding first run on latter occasion. Much respected on his hurdles debut.

Form: 4-32

Ronnies Rules¹⁸¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr Ben Sutton⁽⁵⁾| T: D Skelton| D

2/1

Irish point winner who won all 3 starts in bumpers (fairly useful form) at Stratford for his leading yard last summer. Inauspicious start to hurdling career when unseating early both starts in October. Likely his top yard has done plenty of work on his jumping since.

Form: 1111UU

Dellahay⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: R T Dunne| T: Miss R Curtis

150/1

Modest form in a trio of bumpers, only seventh of 12 at Hereford (16.2f, good, 12/1) 40 days ago. Makes hurdles debut with more required.

Form: 757

Flirtatious Girl^t⁷⁶²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-12| J: C Gethings| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls| D

16/1

Listed bumper winner who ran well following a wind op/fitted with tongue tie when second in 2m Doncaster mares' maiden when last seen in March 2023. Could be the pick of yard's 4 if retaining ability.

Form: 214652/

Ourbrowneyedgirl⁶⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Sean Houlihan| T: Mrs S Gardner

100/1

Runner-up in Exeter bumper but just eighth of 13 in similar company at Warwick (16f, soft) 68 days ago. More required on her hurdles debut.

Form: 828

White Noise⁷⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Harry Bannister| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls

14/1

£25,000 3-y-o, Kingston Hill mare. Runner-up in an Irish point in February so she's not discounted now going hurdling.

Form: 2

Adaay Dancing^h³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: Ben Godfrey| T: W S Kittow

150/1

Pulled very hard when sixth of 9 in juvenile at Taunton (16.5f, good, 200/1) on hurdles bow 38 days ago. Needs to settle better.

Form: 976

Non-Runners

Jackstell¹⁸

Weight: 11-5| Age: 6

T: Jamie Snowden J: G Sheehan

Forecasts

Ronnies Rules (2/1), Berkenshtaaap (3/1), Jackstell (4/1), Kenzoko (5/1), Little Ledgend (15/2), High Tea (9/1), White Noise (14/1), Flirtatious Girl (16/1), All Well And Good (18/1), Amazing Cleni (50/1), Linden Lane (80/1), Ourbrowneyedgirl (100/1), Adaay Dancing (150/1), Dellahay (150/1)

A few with chances but Jamie Snowden's fairly useful JACKSTELL looks the way to go following a good Ascot second on the back of wind surgery. Flirtatious Girl is a player if retaining ability after 2 years off. Olly Murphy's newcomer Kenzoko is worth monitoring in the betting and also enters calculations along with Linden Lane and White Noise.