August 31 / 18.10 Worcester

18.10

Good

Get Pulling With P J Nicholls Ssangyong Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £6219.32
  • 2m 7f 0y
  • Class 3
  • 7 runners
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Get Pulling With P J Nicholls Ssangyong Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 7 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

12/1 (Won)

  • Win: £3.13
  • Place: £1.60

Form: 2P424-

Last run: 159 days

W: 11st 5lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 116

Form & Verdict
More than enough placed form last season to suggest he could be a player but two Flat outings this summer have seen him in a modest light; perhaps return of a visor (missing when tailed off at Kempton last month) will help but still have to be doubts; can make the running.
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9th

5

16th Nov 2023

Good To Soft

2m 4f 139y

Class 4

15:21 Market Rasen

Moon King

11st 11lb

J: Ben Poste

T: Clare Hobson

Makes his stable debut on a reduced mark but his form for Charlie Longsdon went the wrong way this year and he has plenty to prove.

25/1

6th

1

(3)

30th Sep 2023

Good To Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

17:15 Ripon

Moon King

10st 1lb

J: Graham Lee

T: Charlie Longsdon

raced lazily, raced in last, pushed along before halfway, reminders 5f out, lost touch and tailed off from 4f out

20/1

0

4

7th Sep 2023

Good

3m 1f 185y

Class 4

14:18 Southwell

Moon King

11st 10lb

J: Bradley Roberts

T: Charlie Longsdon

Now 10lb lower than when winning over hurdles last summer but was last of four on chasing debut in July, and his finishing effort over hurdles last month was disappointing; swaps blinkers for refitted visor here; needs to up his game.

10/1

4/1

  • Place: £1.80

Form: 7-1231 D

Last run: 31 days

W: 11st 9lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 120

Form & Verdict
Made all and bolted up under Jack Hogan at Market Rasen a month ago, his second win in last four races; up in class and 11lb rise makes life much tougher but dangerous if getting loose in front again.
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4th

3

18th Feb 2026

2m 7f 171y

Class 4

15:35 Ludlow

Landen Calling

11st 11lb

J: Mr Lucas Murphy

T: Fergal O’Brien

Fourth of 18 at Cheltenham in October 2024 and he's now 8lb lower; however, this 10yo has run just once since, when tailed off at 33-1 at Leicester last month; needs to prove how much ability he retains.

14/1

4th

5

20th Jan 2026

Good To Soft

2m 6f 151y

Class 3

14:02 Leicester

Landen Calling

11st 8lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Fergal O’Brien

Thorough stayer, absent since placed in big field at Cheltenham (3m1f, good) in October 2024; resumes on a good mark and with new headgear tried (usually blinkered) but is entitled to benefit from this outing.

12/1

4th

4

25th Oct 2024

Good

3m 1f 0y

Class 3

15:35 Cheltenham

Landen Calling

12st 0lb

J: Mr H D O’Dwyer

T: Fergal O’Brien

All out to win last season's 3m3f Lincolnshire National at Market Rasen over Christmas; back from a break with a respectable show at Punchestown in May and this is his type of race; possibilities.

16/1

Form: -25271

Last run: 8 days

W: 12st 0lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 125

Form & Verdict
Gained a fourth chasing success this year when making most at Bangor eight days ago; 2lb lower reverting to hurdles but open to question how effective he'll be over them (well beaten twice in France at the start of his career); clearly on a good mark if he can transfer the form.
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1

18th Jul 2026

Good

2m 5f 34y

Class 4

17:30 Cartmel

Red Happy

12st 0lb

J: Jonathon Bewley

T: George Bewley

Completed a hat-trick at around 3m during the opening quarter of 2025 but following a year off he's refused to race on two occasions and was pulled up here (3m1f, good) last time.

25/1

2

26th Jun 2026

Good

3m 1f 107y

Class 4

15:50 Cartmel

Red Happy

12st 0lb

J: Jonathon Bewley

T: George Bewley

Completed a hat-trick at around 3m during the opening quarter of 2025 but following a year out he refused to race on consecutive appearances this spring.

33/1

Form: -51253 D

Last run: 16 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 123

Form & Verdict
Stays well and likes a sound surface but has been safely held in latest two starts; still 4lb above his Fontwell winning mark in May and needs a visor to bring out more from him.
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3rd

1

19th Jul 2023

Soft

2m 7f 70y

Class 4

16:10 Uttoxeter

Jersey Wonder

12st 0lb

J: Brendan Powell

T: Oliver Sherwood

Only win in the last two years came in a three-runner hurdle in May of 2022; his tailed-off return at Newton Abbot leaves him with further questions to answer.

11/2

7th

1

27th Jun 2023

Good

3m 2f 105y

Class 4

19:30 Newton Abbot

Jersey Wonder

12st 0lb

J: Tom Cannon

T: Oliver Sherwood

Didn't always look wildly enthusiastic last season and was beaten by Presenting Yeats in a match race on latest outing in October but he resumes on a good mark and might have been revitalised by his break; wore headgear for last five races but doesn't here.

4/1

2nd

1

18th Oct 2022

Good To Firm

2m 7f 25y

Class 3

13:15 Exeter

Jersey Wonder

11st 13lb

J: Miss Victoria Malzard

T: Oliver Sherwood

disputed lead, pushed along before 3 out, ridden after 2 out, no extra and hung left run-in

2/1

OUR TIP

Form: 341-51 CD

Last run: 8 days

W: 11st 8lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 119

Form & Verdict
Beat sole rival in a novice chase here last week; modest effort over hurdles before that, after ten months off, but not on a bad mark if the chase win heralds that he is in top form.
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5th

2

27th Sep 2022

Good

3m 0f 60y

Class 4

14:26 Southwell

Imperial Knight

11st 10lb

J: Luca Morgan

T: Ben Pauling

held up in behind leaders, not fluent 14th, lost ground 3 out, soon ridden and weakened

6/1

5th

5

31st Aug 2022

Good

2m 7f 0y

Class 3

18:10 Worcester

Imperial Knight

11st 8lb

J: Kielan Woods

T: Ben Pauling

led, headed but prominent 2nd, ridden and lost position before 3 out, weakened 2 out

11/2

5th

2

28th Jul 2022

Good

3m 2f 83y

Class 4

16:55 Stratford

Imperial Knight

12st 0lb

J: Luca Morgan

T: Ben Pauling

led, headed but prominent after 2nd, ridden after 2 out, soon weakened

5/1

Form: 25064/ D

Last run: 521 days

W: 11st 11lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 122

Form & Verdict
Two novice wins in summer 2020 but generally well held in handicaps at the end of that year; absent since March 2021 and more to prove than most, even if handicap mark has dropped; possibly worth market check though.
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3

31st Aug 2022

Good

2m 7f 0y

Class 3

18:10 Worcester

Dagueneau

11st 11lb

J: Tom Bellamy

T: Emma Lavelle

in rear, not fluent 2nd, ridden and lost touch after 4 out, pulled up

16/1

Form: 83-211 C

Last run: 8 days

W: 10st 4lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 101

Form & Verdict
Unbeaten in two handicaps, both at 2m4f; scrambled home at Uttoxeter in the first but different story in a conditional jockeys' event here last week, storming clear by 15l (under 10lb claimer); no penalty for that and hard to beat, assuming he stays this trip.
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11th

11

26th Jul 2024

Good

2m 7f 70y

Class 4

14:45 Uttoxeter

The Turtle Said

11st 4lb

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: Neil Mulholland

Dual 2m4f hurdle winner on good in summer 2022 (once here); looked likely winner before running out in race won by Townhill at Plumpton (3m1f, good) in April and is now 10lb better off with that rival; also every chance before last-flight fall at Worcester (2m7f, good; first-time cheekpieces) this month; still on a workable mark; player if avoiding mishaps this time.

5/1

8

1st Jun 2024

Good

2m 7f 0y

Class 4

14:55 Worcester

The Turtle Said

11st 9lb

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: Neil Mulholland

led at steady pace, increased tempo 3 out, headed and fell last

9/2

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Payout
Exacta £7.80
Straight Forecast £9.09
Trifecta £46.10

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Jersey Wonder

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