Blue Hop
'Back to form with return to hurdling in two races over about 2m4f this season; needs extra'
'Back to form with return to hurdling in two races over about 2m4f this season; needs extra'
'Maiden after 11 starts, pulled up in two of her last four; this new trip is worth a go'
'0-16; minor honours for this yard but pulled up five weeks ago after 662-day absence'
'Clearcut win off 2lb lower at Ffos Las (3m) last May; one echo of that in three runs since'
'Won stable debut at Stratford (2m6f, soft) and creditable fifth of nine at Ascot (3m)'
'Won well from the front at Catterick (3m1f, soft) last February; case can be made'
'Has not shone in his two runs this winter; back hurdling for first time since last January'
'3m is worth the attempt if he goes on the ground, having flopped on soft two runs back'
'Looked stretched by sole attempt at 3m (Ayr, soft) last April, albeit finishing 4th of 16'
'Musselburgh (3m; 5lb higher today) in December saw his first win for two years, making all'
'C&D third last time but beaten about 13l in a seven-runner race; dropped just 1lb since'
'Won comfortably under Will Featherstone at Exeter (2m7f, soft) last Monday off same mark'
'Made breakthrough as hurdler last June; pulled up in July; needs career best as hurdler'
'Second on handicap debut at Haydock (3m, soft) last March; player if back in that form'
'Transition to handicaps went badly last season and chasing has not worked out this term'
'Seems to have lost the plot over fences; this is his first hurdle race since 2022'
'3-19 over fences but he was well beaten when unseating in his two starts for new yard'
'Three wins in the mud last February-April, including over C&D; below that level this term'
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