William Hill Handicap Hurdle (Listed)

Off time: 15:01 | Winning time: 3m 42.7s

Odds by:

Live Odds

Odds

Elgin

9/2, 5/1, 9/2, 5/1, 6/1, 5/1

6/1

Verdana Blue

15/2, 8/1, 7/1, 13/2

6/1

High Bridge

10/1, 9/1, 8/1

7/1

Dolos

7/1, 15/2, 7/1, 15/2

7/1

Limited Reserve

8/1, 17/2

8/1

Air Horse One

7/1, 15/2, 7/1, 15/2

8/1

Song Light

9/1

8/1

Midnight Maestro

11/1, 10/1

9/1

Caid Du Lin

10/1

12/1

Peruvien Bleu

20/1, 18/1

16/1

Clayton

20/1

East Indies

25/1

Fou Et Sage

40/1

Prairie Town

50/1

66/1

SP Book Percentage 123.02

Non-Runners

Jenkins²⁰²

Weight: 11-8| Age: 5

T: N J Henderson J: David Bass

Forecasts

Jenkins (4/1), Elgin (6/1), Verdana Blue (6/1), High Bridge (7/1), Dolos (7/1), Limited Reserve (8/1), Air Horse One (8/1), Song Light (8/1), Midnight Maestro (9/1), Caid Du Lin (12/1), Peruvien Bleu (16/1), Clayton (20/1), East Indies (25/1), Fou Et Sage (40/1), Prairie Town (66/1)

A tricky puzzle to solve, but so often these kind of races go the way of second season hurdlers, so old rivals Elgin and Jenkins are likely to attract significant market support. The former downed the disappointing latter at Kempton on Boxing Day, but it mightn't be entirely wise to take that single piece of form at face value, with the Henderson trained runner having a rather lofty reputation from early on in his career. High Bridge is another horse who showed vast improvement after leaving the care of Charlie Appleby, and he was probably a tricky horse to handicap for the assessor. However, there was an awful lot to like about the top-weighted AIR HORSE ONE in the second half of last season, and with the Harry Fry team making a solid start to the new season, he's worth supporting from a mark just 1lb above his County Hurdle fourth to the classy Arctic Fire in March.