Lucy Wadham Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 12:00 | Winning time: 4m 48.1s

Building Futures¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Nick Scholfield| T: J Scott

28/1

Held on all three starts so far including when beaten 63L at Sandown (2m, heavy) on hurdling debut recently. Others make more appeal.

Form: 69-0

Cockney Seagull¹⁹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Thomas Garner| T: Mrs L C Jewell

150/1

Struggled in five starts to date and pulled up on his two most recent hurdles outing. Probably best watched on his return from a break.

Form: 600P-P

Enrichissant²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Tom Cannon| T: D G Bridgwater

4/1

Promising third in a maiden hurdle over this trip on good ground at Chepstow last time out. Repeat of that should see him involved in the finish.

Form: 3249-53

Espoir De Loire²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: B Pauling

4/5

Point-to-point winner ran well to finish 6L second in a C&D novice hurdle on good ground when making his Rules debut earlier this month. Likely to prove hard to beat.

Form: 1-2

Larkbarrow Lad^t³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Ben Jones⁽⁷⁾| T: P Hobbs & J White

5/2

Ran well in four bumpers including when finishing 5L fourth over an extended 1m7f at Southwell (good) last month. Worth a check in the market on hurdling debut.

Form: 332-4

Non-Runners

Monkey Puzzle⁵⁵⁹

Weight: 10-12| Age: 6

T: O Sherwood J: L P Aspell

Forecasts

Espoir De Loire (4/5), Larkbarrow Lad (5/2), Enrichissant (4/1), Monkey Puzzle (5/1), Building Futures (28/1), Cockney Seagull (150/1)

ESPOIR DE LOIRE showed good form on hurdling debut last time and he can get off the mark at the second attempt in this competitive event. The selection is taken to get the better of the promising Larkbarrow Lad while third place can go to Enrichissant who ran well last time.