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Passage House Hotel South Devon Gateway Handicap Hurdle Race (Challenger Two Mile Hurdle Series Qualifier)
Class 4, 2m1f (2m0f167y), Hurdle, 3yo+, Rated 0-120, £5,281, 8 runners
- Going
- GOOD TO SOFT, Soft in places
- Surface
- Turf
- Weather
- Mostly Cloudy
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Rex Dingle · Chris Gordon
✓ Trainer in form (2/10, 14 days) ✓ Back from a 206-day break
General Briar gets the vote at Newton Abbot, where his progressive profile appeals and he sits only 4 lb behind the top-rated Marhaba Prince on our figures, a gap an improving trajectory may help close. He is level with All Well And Good and Paddockwood on rating, so the preference rests on his upward curve rather than any clear superiority. Marhaba Prince is the obvious danger as the highest-rated runner, while the other two level-rated rivals also command respect in a competitive nine-runner field. Our selection is General Briar.
Runners
Sean Bowen
Olly Murphy 8/34
All Well And Good arrives in cracking form, a winner last time out after a second two starts back and another second three starts back, and he has run over today's trip. Our rating of 122 ranks him second of 9, but 523 days off the track is the obvious risk.
- Sire
- Mukhadram (GB)
- Dam
- World Of Good (GB) by Danehill Dancer
- Owner
- Gary Allsopp
- Foaled
- 3 Feb 2020
- Stable
- Wilmcote, Warks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 8 wins from 34 runs (24%)
- Trainer running to form
- 60%
- Ratings
- Perf 123
Rex Dingle
Chris Gordon 2/10
General Briar won back-to-back races three and four starts back, and has run over today's trip and on this going before, though two pulled-up efforts since and 206 days off are a concern. Our rating of 122 ranks him third of nine, and he gets the nod on that profile despite top weight of 168 lb.
- Sire
- Soldier Of Fortune (IRE)
- Dam
- Shantou Rose (IRE) by Shantou
- Owner
- The Morestead Augean Stables Syndicate
- Foaled
- 1 Mar 2019
- Stable
- Morestead, Hants
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 10 runs (20%)
- Trainer running to form
- 33%
- Ratings
- Perf 122
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton 17/80
Paddockwood's last win came five starts back, and our rating of 122 ranks him fourth of nine, with his official mark of 116 leaving room for a bold bid at 166 lb. The main risk is obvious: he was pulled up last time out and returns after 165 days off.
- Sire
- Birchwood (IRE)
- Dam
- Bourgeauville (IRE) by Le Havre
- Owner
- Brown Halliday Sankey Wilding
- Foaled
- 18 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Alcester, Warwicks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 17 wins from 80 runs (21%)
- Trainer running to form
- 61%
- Ratings
- Perf 122
- Wind surgery
- w 2
Western Cross h D
204 days
5yo, 11-11, OR 114 93441-
J: Sean Houlihan · T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White
Sean Houlihan
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White 1/12
Won last time out, with a fourth two starts back and another fourth three starts back, but Western Cross returns after 204 days off and carries 165 lb. He has run over today's trip, and our rating of 116 ranks him fifth of nine.
- Sire
- Order Of St George (IRE)
- Dam
- Be My Westerner (IRE) by Westerner
- Owner
- The England Family
- Foaled
- 16 Mar 2021
- Stable
- Bilbrook, Somerset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 12 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 47%
- Ratings
- Perf 116
Ben Godfrey
Anthony Honeyball 2/3
Marhaba Prince has a winner two starts back, with a second three and four starts back and a third five back, so the profile is strong, and he has run over today's trip and on the going; our rating of 126 ranks him first of nine. The risk is a 179-day absence and a pulled-up effort last time out, with 164 lb to carry.
- Sire
- Postponed (IRE)
- Dam
- Meet Marhaba (IRE) by Marju
- Owner
- Crest Racing Viii
- Foaled
- 16 Apr 2021
- Stable
- Mosterton, Dorset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 3 runs (67%)
- Trainer running to form
- 57%
- Ratings
- Perf 126
Conor O'Farrell
David Pipe 0/5
Eton Mes won two starts in a row three and four runs back, then finished a third and a fifth last time out, and he has run over today's trip and going before. A 225-day absence and a hefty 162 lb hold him back, and our rating of 115 ranks him sixth of nine.
- Sire
- Expert Eye (GB)
- Dam
- Tutti Frutti (GB) by Teofilo
- Owner
- D Pipe
- Foaled
- 4 Mar 2021
- Stable
- Nicholashayne, Somerset
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 5 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 42%
- Ratings
- Perf 115
Bryan Carver
Chris Honour 0/1
In Limbo won last time out and has a fifth, third and fourth in the book behind that, but a 600-day absence is a huge question mark, and carrying 158 lb off an official mark of 107 is a lot to ask. He has run over today's trip and going, yet our figures rank him only seventh of nine.
- Sire
- Doyen (IRE)
- Dam
- Silver Needle (IRE) by Snurge
- Owner
- Up In The Air Syndicate
- Foaled
- 16 May 2018
- Stable
- Ashburton, Devon
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 1 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 26%
- Ratings
- Perf 114
Tom Broughton (3)
Fergal O'Brien 3/25
Rock On Cowboy is hard to fancy after 523 days off the track and a hefty 158 lb, with our figures ranking him eighth of nine. Still, a second last time out and a win two starts back show he was in good heart before the break.
- Sire
- Snow Sky (GB)
- Dam
- Rose Of Dunamase (IRE) by Presenting
- Owner
- Barbery, Mason And Banks
- Foaled
- 22 Apr 2017
- Stable
- Withington, Gloucs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 25 runs (12%)
- Trainer running to form
- 23%
- Ratings
- Perf 109
Adam Wedge
Mrs C. Williams 1/21
Sioux Falls has finished seventh in each of his last two outings and is winless in his last five, while the yard's 1/23 in the past fortnight offers little encouragement. On the plus side, he has run over today's trip and going, was third three starts back, and returns after 19 days.
- Sire
- Guiliani (IRE)
- Dam
- Shine On (GER) by Lando
- Owner
- R J Gambarini Racing
- Foaled
- 28 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Llancarfan, Vale of Glamorgan
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 21 runs (5%)
- Trainer running to form
- 25%
- Ratings
- Perf 105
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.