Belhaven Brewery Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: 5m 36.10s

Odds by:

Live Odds

Odds

Witness

7/2, 10/3, 3/1

5/2

Christmas Twenty

10/1, 8/1, 7/1, 13/2, 6/1

11/2

Shepherd's Bight

9/2, 5/1, 11/2, 13/2, 6/1, 11/2

6/1

Benny's Secret

13/2

6/1

Graystown

6/1, 13/2, 15/2, 7/1, 15/2

8/1

Minstrel Royal

9/1

10/1

Champagne To Go

10/1, 11/1, 12/1

11/1

Danceintothelight

10/1, 11/1, 10/1, 11/1

12/1

Chocolat Noir

16/1

14/1

No Such Number

25/1, 28/1

33/1

SP Book Percentage 118.36

Non-Runners

Elmono¹⁴

Weight: 11-11| Age: 7

T: Miss Lucinda V Russell J: D R Fox

Forecasts

Witness (5/2), Christmas Twenty (11/2), Shepherd's Bight (6/1), Benny's Secret (6/1), Elmono (7/1), Graystown (8/1), Minstrel Royal (10/1), Champagne To Go (11/1), Danceintothelight (12/1), Chocolat Noir (14/1), No Such Number (33/1)

Becky Smith has been knocking in plenty of winners recently, and she renews her partnership with WITNESS in this stayers event. The pair linked up for an emphatic victory at Wetherby in March (3m), beating Border Victor by a fast extending 4L. Hit with a subsequent 10lb rise in the weights, life will be tougher moving forward, but with winning form on a sound surface in France, further success must be considered highly likely. Benny's Secret loves Kelso and should have conditions to suit, but the concession of well over a stone (with riding allowances) to the selection appears too much.