32Red Casino Juvenile Hurdle

Without doubt this would appear to rest between the two horses with winning hurdles form in the bag. Fidux showed a good attitude when scoring at Catterick on his hurdles debut, rallying from the last when challenged. However, this race came at Catterick's opening NH fixture of the winter on fresh (Good) ground, and whether he'd be suited should the ground here deteriorate further than the current Good to Soft, Soft in Places is up for much debate. French winner POKER PLAY would perhaps ideally be suited by even more testing conditions, but given his purchase price, he gets the nod in what looks on all known form to be a match. 1. Poker Play 2. Fidux 3. The Otmoor Poet