19:30 Uttoxeter

Saturday 3 May 2025

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Birrificio Angelo Poretti Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 19:33 | Winning time: 4m 6.50s

Jewel Of Windsor²³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: R T Dunne| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 97

40/1

Placed on first of 2 starts in bumpers. Little impact in maiden hurdles, though remains with potential now switched to handicap company by new yard (formerly with Emmet Mullins). Watch betting.

Form: 23/6079-

Highway One O Five¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Freddie Gordon⁽⁵⁾| T: C Gordon| OR: 95

9/2

Finally off the mark in 10-runner handicap hurdle (11/2) at Warwick (19f, good) 19 days ago, leading early in straight and keeping on well. Should remain competitive following a small rise in the weights.

Form: 5/333P1-

Seraphic^t²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Nick Slatter⁽⁵⁾| T: D Killahena & G McPherson| OR: 91| BF

7/2

Went like the best horse at the weights when second in a 2m Hereford handicap in March and went one better back on the Flat at Brighton (9.9f) since. Remains of interest.

Form: P5/4602-

Gerard Mentor^p,t¹⁵⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Nathan Andrews⁽¹⁰⁾| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls| OR: 90| D

20/1

Quirky sort who ran below form in handicap chase at Taunton (18.2f, good to soft) on final start in November. Reverts to hurdling after a break and needs to bounce back.

Form: 061P20-

Iolaos Du Mou^h1³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽³⁾| T: Mrs Stella Barclay| OR: 88| D

28/1

Bumper winner for Nicky Henderson but soundly beaten all 3 starts for current yard. Hood on for 1st time.

Form: 257/807-

Victory Club⁴⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR: 86| D

8/11

Bumper winner who has been disappointing of late but potentially very interesting off much-reduced mark now back with this powerful yard (trained last 2 seasons by Harriet Dickin).

Form: 2/06575-

Normandy Legend^t³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Henry Brooke| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 89

33/1

A fair 1m Flat maiden for James Ferguson. Changed hands for 20,000 gns in July but has to better modest form over hurdles, including on handicap debut after 3 months off (had breathing op) at Sedgefield last time.

Form: P3487-

Granny B^h⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: M Mullineaux| OR: 80

25/1

Fair winner at 5f on flat who made more impact than previously in this sphere when third in mares' novice at Huntingdon (15.8f) in November. However, big prices and not figured in4 handicaps since.

Form: 637460-

Whyzzat³⁴⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-7| J: James Best| T: S-J Davies| OR: 76

50/1

Fair hurdles winner in Ireland in 2021 but little encouragement for current yard and easy to look elsewhere returning to hurdling after an 11-month absence.

Form: 5747/57-

Forecasts

Victory Club (8/11), Seraphic (7/2), Highway One O Five (9/2), Gerard Mentor (20/1), Granny B (25/1), Iolaos Du Mou (28/1), Normandy Legend (33/1), Jewel Of Windsor (40/1), Whyzzat (50/1)

VICTORY CLUB has been disappointing of late but looks very interesting from his much-reduced mark now back with a powerful yard, so he's put forward as the answer. Seraphic went like the best horse at the weights at Hereford prior to resuming winning ways back on the level on his most recent start, so he's an obvious threat, with Warwick scorer Highway One O Five also respected.