The jumps season has already shown why we love it so much, with the likes of Sizing Europe, Monet’s Garden, Alberta’s Run, Medermit and Festival winners Cue Card and Bertie’s Dream. Tell Massini, sent off favourite for the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle in which he was pulled up (had a throat infection) makes his chasing debut at Stratford today (4.20). Two or three of his rivals are talented enough to make it interesting but defeat would be very disappointing.
There are a couple of very nice novice events on the card, with some fascinating runners taking part. Owen Glendower sets the bar very high in the 2m Novices’ event (3.50), and he also has some decent opposition in the shape of Paul Nicholls’ French hurdler San Remo Bello, winner of a 4-y-o hurdle at Le Lion-d'Angers in May for Yannick Fouin. Another French import, RENARD D’IRLANDE, in the most interesting to me. A half-brother to 2m hurdle winner O’Hara, he cost €40,000 as a 3-y-o, and won both starts in bumpers in French Provinces for Jerry Planque over 11f. At 8/1’s he’s too big to be left alone.
Another promising horse from last year reappears in the shape of Champion Bumper ninth Made In Time, who was also second behind impressive winner Al Ferof in the Newbury Grade 2 bumper earlier that season. He’s a warm order and will win if fit, but that’s no certainty and he hasn’t been screaming for this extended trip either.
Schalkesbrough is a point winner who struck at the first time of asking in bumpers when making all at Chepstow in April 2009. He hasn’t been seen since, but will improve and already knows how to jump a hurdle.
Time For Spring has already won a point over a long trip (beckons well for stamina) while he looks sure to be ready for this, but he’s not the one for me. SIZING SANTIAGO idled a lot when winning on his one and only bumper start at Fontwell, but he must improve a lot for that run and is worth an each/way flyer at 6/1.
Recommendations
3.50 Stratford
Renard D’Irlande (each/way)
5.25 Stratford
Sizing Santiago (each/way)
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