12:25 Warwick

Thursday 12 December 2024

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Heat Your Home With Alpha Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 5f  |   13 Runners  |   Turf
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Workforce gelding. Half-brother to fair chaser Waddingtown Hero. Dam unraced. Sean Bowen booked for NH debut and is worth monitoring in market.
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€24,000 3-y-o, £60,000 5-y-o, Soldier of Fortune gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Air Drop, stays 19f, and fair hurdler/chaser Lime Drop, stays 2½m. Won third start in Irish points earlier this year and warrants plenty of respect on NH debut.
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Offered more than on debut when ninth of 12 in bumper at Worcester (16f, heavy) 57 days ago but will likely need more time. Goes hurdling now.
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Check The Score34
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-4| J: C Brace| T: F O'Brien| C
Successful on second of 2 starts in Irish points and made a winning start in bumpers in 17-runner event at Warwick (2m) in April 2023. However, yet to make an impact in a couple of starts over timber,
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Fairly-useful bumper performer who only narrowly failed to make a winning hurdling debut in novice at Bangor (16.7f, soft) 29 days ago. Likely more to come yet, particularly over this longer trip.
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Showed ability in both starts over hurdles, latest when fifth of 6 in novice at Lingfield (19.5f, good, 100/1) 30 days ago. Will likely be seen in better light when sent handicapping, though.
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Choeur Du Nord gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners, including French hurdler/chaser La Limagne. Third in sole start in points earlier this year but yard not known for its winning debutants.
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Made little impression in Sandown bumper on NH debut 32 days ago but is bred for longer trips and is worth monitoring in market on hurdles bow.
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Doesn't make much appeal on pedigree and finished down the field in a couple of bumpers last term. Can only be watched on switch to hurdling.
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€11,000 5-y-o, Ol' Man River gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including bumper winner/useful hurdler Star of Lanka. Dam maiden on Flat (stayed 1m). Third on second start in Irish points last month but is likely a longer-term prospect.
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Beorma17
Age: 5|  Weight: 10-11| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton
Just modest form at best in bumpers for Thomas Gallagher this term and might be more one for handicaps in this sphere based on his first 2 starts for new yard last month.
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Wednesday Addamst42
Age: 5|  Weight: 10-11| J: J M Quinlan| T: B I Case| BFWS
Made a solid start over hurdles when second at Perth (20.2f) in May but below that level at Stratford 42 days ago and finds herself in a deeper contest now. Had wind operation.
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Saint Kristobal215
Weight: 11-4|  Age: 5
T: P F Nicholls  J: Non Runner
NR

Forecasts

As The Fella Says (13/8), I'm A Lumberjack (2/1), Saint Kristobal (10/3), Wednesday Addams (7/1), Noble Park (8/1), Check The Score (12/1), Libre De Choeur (16/1), Roxboro River (25/1), Beorma (25/1), Kalhandrion (33/1), Cauvicourt (33/1), A Force To Reckin (66/1), Noble Recall (100/1)

Verdict

I'M A LUMBERJACK made an encouraging start over timber at Bangor last month and looks sure to benefit from this longer trip. He can get off the mark. The chief threat may come from one of the hurdling debutants, with As The Fella Says of particular interest.

Prize Money

1st: £3,540.002nd: £1,631.003rd: £815.004th: £408.00

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