Listers Audi 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 18:02 | Winning time: 3m 50.9s

Deyrann de Carjac²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Wayne Hutchinson| T: A King| OR: 126

2/5

Placed on both previous hurdles starts including when 2L second at Ayr (2m, good) last month. Likely to prove hard to beat in this contest.

Form: 0/332-

Finley's Eyes³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| BF

9/2

Keen when finishing fifth in a Carlisle bumper on soft ground when making his debut last month. Interesting to see how he fares now sent hurdling.

Form: 5-

Gaucho¹⁶⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Tom Humphries⁽⁷⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

40/1

Well held in a couple of bumpers during the autumn and probably best watched on his first start over hurdles.

Form: 06-

Rebel Commander⁷⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: J McGrath| T: N J Henderson

6/1

Placed in a couple of bumpers last year but well beaten last of eight on soft ground hurdling debut at Huntingdon in February. Better ground forecast here should suit.

Form: 8/228-

Sgroppino²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: R Johnson| T: P Hobbs & J White

18/1

Placed in a Newton Abbot bumper on good ground in October 2016 but struggled since and pulled up on heavy ground in an Exeter novice hurdle last time.

Form: 28/8P-

Non-Runners

Ey Up Rocky²⁰

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: J & A O'Neill J: Aidan Coleman

Forecasts

Deyrann de Carjac (2/5), Finley's Eyes (9/2), Rebel Commander (6/1), Ey Up Rocky (13/2), Sgroppino (18/1), Gaucho (40/1)

DEYRANN DE CARJAC can register his first victory at the third time of asking over hurdles and in the process improve on Alan King's useful 21% strike-rate (5/24) in recent weeks. Rebel Commander can put a disappointing effort last time out behind him with better ground forecast here while hurdling newcomer Finley's Eyes can finish third.