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Paul Ferguson's Jumpers To Follow Wensleydale Juvenile Hurdle Race (Listed Race) (GBB Race)
Listed, Class 1, 2m (2m0f), Hurdle, 3yo, £25,628, 8 runners
- Going
- GOOD, Good to firm in places (GoingStick: 5.4)
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Timely Salute gets the nod at Wetherby, topping our ratings on 106 and standing three pounds ahead of Minella Rockett, a narrow but useful edge over this trip on good ground. Minella Rockett is the main danger on 103, with Vietnorm on 101 and Sacre Chef on 99 also firmly in the picture, so this looks a competitive contest rather than a one-horse affair. Charles Darnay and Confused are unrated and add some uncertainty, but Timely Salute has the best credentials on our figures and is the selection.
Runners
Jonathan Burke
James Owen 9/53
Charles Darnay is effectively unexposed, with no recorded form to go on, so he could have more to offer than his profile shows. He returns after 36 days off and carries 154 lb.
- Sire
- Planteur (IRE)
- Dam
- Madame Defarge (IRE) by Motivator
- Owner
- The Gredley Family
- Foaled
- 4 Feb 2023
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 9 wins from 53 runs (17%)
- Trainer running to form
- 53%
- Wind surgery
- w 2
Harry Cobden
Faye Bramley 2/11
Lightly raced and yet to win, Confused was sixth last time out just 20 days ago, so he's fit enough, and he looks unexposed with scope to improve from his 154 lb burden on this limited evidence.
- Sire
- Calyx (GB)
- Dam
- Lampetia (IRE) by Australia
- Owner
- The Cheeky Pups
- Foaled
- 25 Mar 2023
- Stable
- Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 11 runs (18%)
- Trainer running to form
- 39%
Daniel King
John Nallen 0/0
Won last time out and returns just 18 days later, a sharp turnaround, with experience of both today's trip and going, so he looks a leading threat under 154 lb. The one risk is that the hefty burden could stifle him, and our rating of 103 ranks him second of eight.
- Sire
- New Bay (GB)
- Dam
- Ebalista (IRE) by Selkirk
- Owner
- John J Nallen
- Foaled
- 10 Apr 2023
- Stable
- Clonmel, Co.Tipperary
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 0 runs (None%)
- Trainer running to form
- 51%
- Ratings
- Perf 103
Paul O'Brien
Harry Derham 0/12
Pass The Buck is winless in his last two, though a second last time out and a third two starts back show he is running with credit, and he has run over today's trip and going. Carrying 154 lb and ranked sixth of eight on our figures, he looks short of the class to trouble the principals.
- Sire
- Australia (GB)
- Dam
- Zofar Zogood (IRE) by Zoffany
- Owner
- Olbg Racing (pass The Buck)
- Foaled
- 3 Mar 2023
- Stable
- Upper Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 12 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 43%
- Ratings
- Perf 92
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton 18/79
Sacre Chef was third last time out just 20 days ago, so he arrives fresh and in the groove, and he has run over today's trip before. Our rating of 99 ranks him fourth of eight, though 154 lb is the main risk, and he remains yet to win in recent form.
- Sire
- Karaktar (IRE)
- Dam
- Tazkar (FR) by Authorized
- Owner
- Colm Donlon
- Foaled
- 5 May 2023
- Stable
- Alcester, Warwicks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 18 wins from 79 runs (23%)
- Trainer running to form
- 62%
- Ratings
- Perf 99
Freddie Mitchell
Max Comley 0/6
Timely Salute is the one to beat, having won last time out and a winner three starts back too, with a second in between, so two wins in his last three starts. He has run over today's trip and going, though 34 days off and 154 lb are the questions, while our rating of 106 ranks him top of eight.
- Sire
- Time Test (GB)
- Dam
- Salutare (IRE) by Sadler's Wells
- Owner
- Jeremy Hill
- Foaled
- 3 May 2023
- Stable
- Warminster, Wiltshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 6 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 53%
- Ratings
- Perf 106
Oakley Brown
Adrian Keatley 2/9
Vietnorm won last time out and has won two of his last four, with a second three starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. The main risk is the refusal two starts back, plus 154 lb on a 34-day break.
- Sire
- Kessaar (IRE)
- Dam
- Seafaring (IRE) by Born To Sea
- Owner
- Keatley Racing Owners Group
- Foaled
- 4 Apr 2023
- Stable
- Ryedale, North Yorkshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 9 runs (22%)
- Trainer running to form
- 55%
- Ratings
- Perf 101
Richie McLernon
Ben Haslam 0/9
Wicksey has won his last two starts, which is hard to ignore, but a 60-day layoff and a 154 lb burden off an official mark of 105 are concerns. Our figures rank him only fifth of eight, and he has simply run over today's trip before.
- Sire
- Expert Eye (GB)
- Dam
- Dusty Red (GB) by Teofilo
- Owner
- Middleham Park Racing Phillip Byrne
- Foaled
- 25 Mar 2023
- Stable
- Middleham Moor, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 9 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 49%
- Ratings
- Perf 97
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.