Rio Gold Syndicate 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 15:18 | Winning time: 3m 41.40s

Hatcher^p¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR: 122| CD

1/7

In good form for this yard and gained his first victory when taking a maiden hurdle over an extended 2m here earlier this month. Cheekpieces worn for the first that day are retained as he attempts to defy a penalty.

Form: 552-F21

Cybalko⁴²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: T J Phelan| T: D G Bridgwater

50/1

Finished well beaten when making his debut in a bumper here in May last year. Absent since and others make more appeal on hurdling debut.

Form: 6-

Golden Friday⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: W T Kennedy| T: D McCain Jnr

12/1

Well beaten in two starts over hurdles at Worcester in recent times and looks likely to be of more interest once tackling handicaps.

Form: 58-F75

Personal Coach⁶⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Aidan Coleman| T: David Dennis

5/1

Placed in a bumper at Taunton (good) last November and ran well in a 2m1f bumper at Newton Abbot (good) in May. One to note on stable and hurdling debut.

Form: 30-4

Elviz¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Jamie Bargary| T: A W Carroll

33/1

Decent effort in finishing third in a bumper at Worcester (good) last time out. Interesting to see how he fares on hurdling debut.

Form: 60-73

Forecasts

Hatcher (1/7), Personal Coach (5/1), Golden Friday (12/1), Elviz (33/1), Cybalko (50/1)

HATCHER looks to be well placed to register a second course success having broken his maiden here last time out. Personal Coach ran a couple of decent races in bumpers for his previous yard and looks capable of finishing runner-up ahead of Elviz who was placed in a bumper last time.