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Host Your Conference At Huntingdon Racecourse Handicap Hurdle Race
Class 4, 2m (1m7f171y), Hurdle, 4yo+, Rated 0-110, £4,753, 8 runners
- Going
- GOOD
- Surface
- Turf
- Weather
- Bright but Breezy
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Takeit Easy heads the field on our figures at 114, and that is enough to make him the one to beat in this eight-runner Class 4 over 16 furlongs on good ground at Huntingdon. The edge is a slim one, only 2 lb over Gallivanted, who is the chief danger on 112. Caelan on 110 and Final Surprise on 109 are also within touching distance, so this is no formality, but Takeit Easy has the best figure and should prove hardest to peg back in a tight contest. Takeit Easy is our selection.
Runners
Ciaran Gethings
Alastair Ralph 3/7
Final Surprise has a solid profile: third last time out, and a winner two starts back, with experience of today's trip and the going. The one concern is a 165-day absence, so fitness is the question, along with 168 lb on his back.
- Sire
- Getaway (GER)
- Dam
- Seventh Surprise (IRE) by Yeats
- Owner
- Final Surprise Syndicate
- Foaled
- 8 May 2021
- Stable
- Bridgnorth, Shropshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 7 runs (43%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 109
Paul O'Brien
Harry Derham 0/10
Gallivanted brings solid recent form, with a pair of thirds two and three starts back plus a win four starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before after 18 days off. The risk is a seventh last time out, and he carries 167 lb.
- Sire
- Galiway (GB)
- Dam
- Fedya (IRE) by Mastercraftsman
- Owner
- Bathurst Norman Ramsay Tufnell
- Foaled
- 5 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Upper Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 10 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 113
Tom Cannon
Sarah Humphrey 0/3
Caelan arrives fit after a third last time out just 11 days ago, with a second and another third in his last five, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Yet to win in that spell, though, and 166 lb is the big hurdle.
- Sire
- Tamayuz (GB)
- Dam
- Fou Rire (IRE) by Iffraaj
- Owner
- Yen Hall Farm Racing
- Foaled
- 1 Feb 2021
- Stable
- West Wratting, Cambs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 3 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 32%
- Ratings
- Perf 110
Harry Cobden
Charlie Clover 2/6
Zafaan won last time out and was second two starts back, with a fresh 22-day gap and experience of today's trip and going in his favour. Carrying 165 lb and a pulled up three starts back temper the case, and our rating of 106 has him fifth of eight.
- Sire
- Zoffany (IRE)
- Dam
- Gush (USA) by Empire Maker
- Owner
- Odds On Syndicate
- Foaled
- 26 Mar 2020
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 6 runs (33%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 106
Jack Andrews
Pam Sly 0/2
Takeit Easy is fit after just 11 days off, has run over today's trip and going, and was second three starts back before a fourth two runs ago. Our rating of 114 puts him top of eight, though he is yet to win in his last five and a sixth last time out is a mild concern.
- Sire
- Malinas (GER)
- Dam
- Circus Rose (GB) by Most Welcome
- Owner
- Mrs P M Sly
- Foaled
- 15 May 2015
- Stable
- Thorney, Cambs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 2 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 30%
- Ratings
- Perf 114
Kielan Woods
David Killahena & Graeme McPherson 1/5
Seraphic won last time out and was third two starts back, so the form is respectable, but our figures rank him last of eight and he carries 157 lb off 98. He has run over today's trip and going, and a quick 11-day turnaround keeps him fit.
- Sire
- Dubawi (IRE)
- Dam
- Elle Galante (GER) by Galileo
- Owner
- Spencer Herbert Herbert Mcpherson
- Foaled
- 24 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 5 runs (20%)
- Trainer running to form
- 45%
- Ratings
- Perf 95
Robert Dunne
Ryan Hatch 0/2
Al Mootamarid is yet to win in his last five, though a fourth last time out, 11 days ago, keeps him ticking over, and he has run over today's trip and going. Carrying 154 lb off 95, he looks held back by that weight, with our rating of 100 ranking him sixth of eight.
- Sire
- Kingman (GB)
- Dam
- Fleche D'Or (GB) by Dubai Destination
- Owner
- Hatch A Plan Syndicate
- Foaled
- 22 Apr 2021
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 2 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 31%
- Ratings
- Perf 101
Jack Quinlan
Neil King 1/3
Blackwater Lilly is winless in her last six, with a third two starts back her best recent effort and a fifth last time out, and she returns after 36 days off. She has run over today's trip and going, but 151 lb is a lot to carry and our figures rank her seventh of eight.
- Sire
- Casamento (IRE)
- Dam
- Cuckoo's Calling (GB) by So You Think
- Owner
- The Ridgeway Racing For Fun Partnership
- Foaled
- 12 Feb 2020
- Stable
- Wroughton, Wilts
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 3 runs (33%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 100
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.