Doom Bar Sefton Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1)

Off time: 16:42 | Winning time: 6m 40.9s

Odds by:

Live Odds

Odds

Santini

15/8, 7/4, 13/8

6/4

Ok Corral

3/1

7/2

Chef Des Obeaux

15/2, 7/1, 13/2

6/1

Tower Bridge

10/1, 9/1, 17/2

8/1

Roksana

8/1, 17/2, 8/1, 17/2, 9/1, 17/2

9/1

Sam's Gunner

12/1, 11/1

12/1

Count Meribel

20/1, 22/1

25/1

Good Man Pat

33/1, 28/1

25/1

Uppertown Prince

33/1

40/1

Another Stowaway

33/1, 40/1

50/1

Dans Le Vent

66/1

Point Of Principle

50/1

66/1

Louse Talk

50/1

66/1

SP Book Percentage 121.88

Non-Runners

Poetic Rhythm²⁸

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: F O'Brien J: P J Brennan

Forecasts

Santini (6/4), Ok Corral (7/2), Chef Des Obeaux (6/1), Tower Bridge (8/1), Roksana (9/1), Poetic Rhythm (12/1), Sam's Gunner (12/1), Count Meribel (25/1), Good Man Pat (25/1), Uppertown Prince (40/1), Another Stowaway (50/1), Dans Le Vent (66/1), Point Of Principle (66/1), Louse Talk (66/1)

Nicky Henderson may hold the key to this with his Albert Bartlett second and third OK CORRAL and Santini looking very strong and it's the former who is taken to confirm the form. Quite a few of these are stepping up in trip and into the unknown and one of the more interesting ones would be Sam’s Gunner who could outrun his odds having taken a tough handicap last time. Both Chef Des Obeaux and Poetic Rhythm need to bounce back from a poor Cheltenham effort but are not written off totally. The Irish haven’t won this since 2005 and have just Tower Bridge running for them this time but he has work to do based on his Albert Bartlett running.