Ann Hitchings Memorial Handicap Hurdle (Div II) (Class 4) Racecard

Channel: SKY
Distance: 2m 4f
Going: Good To Soft

Runners: 10
Type: Hurdle
Surface: Turf
Weather: Scattered showers

Selection

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Racecard

No.(Draw)

Runner

Best Odds

w¹

Creative Control

J: Theo Gillard

T: Donald McCain

2 x Distance Winner - Won 2 times before at this distance

w¹

Wind Op - First run after wind operation

Chasing through the winter; has defied a higher hurdle mark; wind surgery

222P7-

Age: 7

Weight: 12-0

OR: 110

Days: 125

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
26 Apr 23	Lud Ludlow	24f Gd	4HcCh	11-12	7/10	Marettimo (53L)	33/1	113	70
26 Mar 23	Crl Carlisle	24.5f Hy	2HcCh	12-0	PU/10	Hold The Note ()	16/1	115	-
13 Feb 23	Cat Catterick	25.5f Gd	4NvHcCh	12-0	2/2	Fiston Du Mou (¾L)	2/5F	115	117
5 Feb 23	Mus Musselburgh	24f GS	4HcCh	11-9	2/5	Methodtothemadness (½L)	7/4	115	120
3 Jan 23	Mus Musselburgh	24f Sft	4HcCh	11-9	2/9	Massini Man (11L)	5/2F	115	120
5 Dec 22	Mus Musselburgh	24f Sft	4HcCh	11-11	1/7	Touch Kick (6L)	3/1F	109	120

Cawthorne Lad

J: Kielan Woods

T: D J Jeffreys

Distance Winner - Won before at this distance

Infrequent winner who was laboured on stable debut, albeit over 3m2f

4436-3

Age: 7

Weight: 11-12

OR: 108

Days: 87

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
3 Jun 23	Str Stratford	26.5f GF	3HcH	11-2	3/4	Shantou Express (11L)	3/1	110	107
31 Dec 22	War Warwick	26f Sft	4HcH	11-6	6/13	Lord Snootie (57L)	16/1	112	65
7 Dec 22	Lei Leicester	20.5f Sft	4HcH	11-6	3/7	Yellowstone Park (1¼L)	6/1	112	113
18 Nov 22	Chp Chepstow	19.5f GS	4HcH	11-6	4/9	Operation Manna (11½L)	17/2	114	108
14 Oct 22	Fak Fakenham	20f Gd	4HcH	11-6 p	4/6	Sophosc (25L)	11/4	114	101
12 Sep 22	Wor Worcester	23f GS	4HcH	11-5	2/8	Ted's Friend (1¼L)	11/1	111	113

Beholden ^p

J: Will Featherstone ¹⁰

T: Jamie Snowden

Distance Winner - Won before at this distance

Dual hurdle winner capable of bagging a handicap but has been a good-while absent

512/3-

Age: 7

Weight: 11-11

OR: 107

Days: 474

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
12 May 22	Fon Fontwell	19f Gd	4HcH	11-12 v	3/4	Coal Stock (43L)	5/1	111	80
18 Apr 22	Hun Huntingdon	20.5f Gd	4HcH	11-11	2/8	Hardy Boy (3¼L)	17/2	111	116
14 Oct 21	Wcn Wincanton	20f GF	4NvH	11-5 v¹	1/5	Arcade Attraction (6L)	9/2	108	114
20 Sep 21	War Warwick	16f Gd	4NvHcH	11-4 tp	5/7	Lady Reset (15L)	15/2	111	102
31 Aug 21	Nab Newton Abbot	18.5f GF	4MdH	11-4 tp¹	1/7	Allsfineandandy (12L)	1/4F	111	88
18 Jul 21	Nab Newton Abbot	18.5f GF	3MdH	11-4 t	2/10	Oscars Fame (5½L)	11/10F	112	108

Heross Du Seuil

J: Finn Lambert ⁵

T: Ryan Potter

Disappointing since winning in 2020 and pulled up in both runs this year

/45PP-

Age: 6

Weight: 11-10

OR: 106

Days: 170

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
12 Mar 23	Mar Market Rasen	20.5f Sft	4HcH	10-13	PU/9	Halondo ()	33/1	110	-
3 Mar 23	Nby Newbury	20.5f Gd	4HcH	11-12	PU/7	Sashenka ()	18/1	114	-
20 Nov 22	Utt Uttoxeter	20f Sft	4HcH	11-13 p¹	5/8	Punctuation (13½L)	14/1	117	111
16 Oct 22	Sed Sedgefield	20f Gd	3HcH	11-9	4/4	Finisk River (45L)	22/1	120	86
26 Dec 21	Kem Kempton	21f Sft	3HcH	10-12	PU/8	Marie's Rock ()	13/2	125	-
5 May 21	Nab Newton Abbot	17f Gd	3HcH	10-7	2/4	Amarillo Sky (16L)	11/10F	126	118

No Recollection ^t

J: Jonathan England

T: Sam England

2 x Course Winner - Won 2 times before at this course

Course Specialist - 2 wins from 3 starts here (67%)

2-3 here and unseated in the defeat; has stamina to prove over this far

-6140U

Age: 5

Weight: 11-9

OR: 105

Days: 7

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
22 Aug 23	Wor Worcester	16f Gd	4HcH	11-9 t	UR/12	Coolnaugh Haze ()	22/1	105	-
22 Jul 23	Mar Market Rasen	16.5f Sft	2HcH	9-13 t	10/12	Too Friendly (30L)	80/1	106	80
26 Jun 23	Sth Southwell	16f Gd	4HcH	11-2 t	4/5	The Grey Falco (10½L)	9/2	106	100
15 Jun 23	Wor Worcester	16f Gd	4HcH	10-13 t	1/7	John Betjeman (3¼L)	14/1	100	100
22 May 23	Mar Market Rasen	16.5f Gd	5HcH	11-13 t¹	6/6	Tonyx (36L)	11/1	103	80
11 Oct 22	Hun Huntingdon	16f Gd	4HcH	11-9	6/7	Geometrical (6½L)	4/1	106	99

Kazontherazz

J: Sean Bowen

T: Martin Keighley

Course Winner - Won before at this course

Finished tired at Uttoxeter (2m7f) and this shorter trip should be in her favour

/22U-4

Age: 7

Weight: 11-9

OR: 105

Days: 41

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
19 Jul 23	Utt Uttoxeter	23.5f Gd	4HcH	10-8	4/5	Secret Trix (8L)	11/2	106	103
27 Oct 22	Wor Worcester	23f Sft	4NvHcChM	11-10	UR/6	Miss Jeanne Moon ()	6/4F	106	-
3 Oct 22	Str Stratford	22f Gd	4HcH	11-7	2/7	Ballintubber Boy (11L)	9/2	108	101
7 May 22	War Warwick	21f Gd	4HcH	11-2	2/7	Ashoka (½L)	4/1	105	107
3 Jan 22	Sth Southwell	20.5f GS	5HcH	11-5	2/14	Barrakhov (nk)	4/1J	102	108
17 Dec 21	Utt Uttoxeter	22f GS	5HcH	11-4	1/17	Oliver's Island (hd)	8/1	97	96

Caspers Court

J: Ben Godfrey ³

T: Kayley Woollacott

After two wins earlier this year he suddenly lost his form; 5lb above last winning mark

5117-9

Age: 9

Weight: 11-9

OR: 105

Days: 29

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
31 Jul 23	Nab Newton Abbot	21.5f Gd	2HcH	10-5	9/10	Caius Marcius (31L)	20/1	106	79
5 Apr 23	Wcn Wincanton	21.5f Gd	4HcH	11-1	7/9	Oscars Moonshine (41L)	4/1J	107	81
10 Mar 23	Exe Exeter	21.5f Gd	5HcH	11-11	1/9	Invincible De Mee (15L)	3/1	100	110
18 Feb 23	Wcn Wincanton	21.5f Gd	4HcH	10-11	1/9	Hititi (½L)	7/1	96	98
29 Jan 23	Fon Fontwell	22f GS	5HcH	11-8 p	5/13	My Ticketyboo (29L)	10/1	98	78
8 Dec 22	Tau Taunton	24f Gd	5HcH	12-0 p	6/12	Sure Listen (5½L)	7/2	99	94

Democritus ^t ¹

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jo Davis

Tongue-tie fitted for handicap debut here and has the ability to cope with this mark

7P42-8

Age: 5

Weight: 11-6

OR: 102

Days: 33

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
27 Jul 23	Wor Worcester	16f Sft	4NvMdH	11-4 p¹	8/11	En Avant (27L)	9/1	102	81
27 Apr 23	War Warwick	19f Gd	4MdH	11-6	2/8	Montregard (¾L)	14/1	-	107
27 Mar 23	Wcn Wincanton	15f GS	4MdH	11-5	4/11	Brentford Hope (23L)	150/1	-	89
24 Feb 23	War Warwick	19f Gd	4NvH	11-2	PU/15	Pikar ()	300/1	-	-
29 Sep 22	War Warwick	16f Gd	5NHF	11-0	7/11	King Alexander (18½L)	125/1	-	89
15 May 22	Str Stratford	16.5f Gd	5MdNHF	10-10	6/7	Copshill Lad (21L)	50/1	-	74

Rare Clouds

J: James Best

T: Simon Earle

Distance Winner - Won before at this distance

Quite exposed and probably one to watch back from his break

12S44-

Age: 9

Weight: 11-4

OR: 100

Days: 327

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
6 Oct 22	Wor Worcester	20f Gd	4HcH	11-8	4/10	Chives (3¼L)	7/1	104	106
23 Aug 22	Wor Worcester	20f Gd	4NvHcH	11-6	4/9	The Turtle Said (29L)	14/1	105	90
21 Jul 22	Wor Worcester	20f Gd	5HcH	11-11	SU/9	Kuraka ()	6/1	105	-
20 Jun 22	Sth Southwell	20.5f Gd	4HcH	11-8	2/8	London Eye (2L)	4/1	104	108
18 May 22	Sth Southwell	20.5f Gd	5HcH	11-10	1/10	Zinat (3¼L)	28/1	98	101
15 Dec 21	Lei Leicester	20.5f Sft	4HcH	10-12	5/10	Present Value (22L)	11/2	101	81

Sir Jack West ^ht

J: Chris Ward ³

T: Deborah Cole

Course Winner - Won before at this course

2 x Distance Winner - Won 2 times before at this distance

Won over fences here in May; never went a yard last time but now back hurdling

P3-135

Age: 7

Weight: 10-8

OR: 90

Days: 75

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
15 Jun 23	Wor Worcester	20f Gd	5NvHcCh	11-8 ht	5/8	Guttural (32L)	11/2	92	75
3 Jun 23	Wor Worcester	20f Gd	5HcCh	11-5 ht	3/9	Stumps Or Slips (13½L)	11/4F	92	95
17 May 23	Wor Worcester	20f Gd	5HcCh	11-2 ht	1/12	Mole Court (5½L)	17/2	86	95
24 Feb 23	War Warwick	20f Gd	5NvHcCh	10-13 ht	3/9	Bells Of Stamford (31L)	17/2	88	79
28 Dec 22	Lei Leicester	20.5f Hy	5HcH	10-13 ht	PU/16	Gerolamo Cardano ()	11/2	88	-
14 Nov 22	Lei Leicester	20.5f GF	5HcH	11-1 ht	1/5	Samatian (4¼L)	7/2	82	92