19:20 Newton Abbot

Friday 13 June 2025

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St Austell Brewery Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 19:20 | Winning time: 7m 5.96s

Presenting Yeats^v¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-13| J: R T Dunne| T: R G Hawker| OR: 94| CD

9/1

Temperamental sort capitalised on his falling handicap mark (after 7 months off) when winning 7-runner handicap at Stratford (26.4f) in April. Typically failed to back that up when disappointing at Huntingdon and again ran below form at Fontwell 19 days ago. One to treat with caution.

Form: 0681-75

Boskill Borden^p³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁵⁾| T: D A Rees| OR: 89

12/1

Just the one win from 11 starts over hurdles in Ireland and failed to build on slightly better run for current connections when well beaten over longer trip (25f) at Warwick last month. Upped again in trip but has plenty to prove.

Form: 60884-5

Quite The Getaway^p¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: R Bevis| OR: 85| D

9/4

Built on two creditable efforts in handicaps by opening her account in first time cheekpieces at Fontwell (25f) 19 days ago, when clearly suited by the longer trip. Solid claims if in similar form here.

Form: 6/7454-1

Hurst Hill¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Daniel Sansom⁽³⁾| T: J W Mullins| OR: 83

6/1

Ran creditably when third at Fontwell (21.8f) last season but hasn't built on that, struggling for form in two starts this season. Handicap mark is falling but hasn't shown enough to suggest that she's ready to capitalise.

Form: 9U35-98

Hammer Dan^t³³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Jack Tudor| T: D Pipe| OR: 82| CD

9/4

Left previous efforts well behind when winning a C&D handicap (26.5f) in June, having been aided by runner-up's late blunder, prior to following up at Stratford (22f) in July. Back up in trip and will need to step forward again to land the hat-trick following 11 months off.

Form: 760P/11-

Bredon Hill Dart^p¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: C P O'Shea⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs S Gardner| OR: 81

11/2

Modest maiden hurdler was left with lot to do when third on testing ground here (21.6f) in April prior to making an inauspicious start to life over fences at Fontwell last month. He won't be inconvenienced by any rain that falls and should be more competitive stepping up in trip back over hurdles.

Form: 4/7703-P

I Love You Sivola^t,v⁷⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: Harry Reed| T: Mrs H R J Nelmes| OR: 71

16/1

Has pulled up on his last 3 starts, latest in first time visor in a handicap hurdle at Fontwell 77 days ago. Now tries significantly longer trip but has plenty of questions to answer.

Form: P55PPP-

Non-Runners

Great D'Ange¹³

Weight: 12-0| Age: 9

T: F Brennan J: Tom Broughton

Borderline¹⁶

Weight: 11-7| Age: 7

T: J Scott J: Lorcan Williams

Shibuya Song²⁶

Weight: 11-3| Age: 6

T: R T Phillips J: Finn Lambert

Miss Popalong²²

Weight: 10-13| Age: 6

T: P Hobbs & J White J: M G Nolan

Forecasts

Hammer Dan (9/4), Quite The Getaway (9/4), Miss Popalong (5/2), Bredon Hill Dart (11/2), Hurst Hill (6/1), Borderline (7/1), Presenting Yeats (9/1), Boskill Borden (12/1), Shibuya Song (12/1), I Love You Sivola (16/1), Great D'Ange (16/1)

MISS POPALONG hasn't been the easiest to get on the track, but she was able to build on the promise of her reappearance at Exeter when runner-up behind a gambled-on horse at Ffos Las last month. She's most interesting ahead of Quite The Getaway, who was well suited by the longer trip/addition of cheekpieces when successful at Fontwell last time, while Borderline shaped with promise over C&D following a breathing operation and merits consideration back down in class.