Sky Sports Racing Starts Today Selling Hurdle

Off time: 12:45 | Winning time: 5m 17.9s

Blu Cavalier³¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Lorcan Williams⁽⁵⁾| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 143| D

2/11

Registered a hat-trick over hurdles last spring, including on good to soft. Disappointed on chase debut at Bangor last month, but looks to have been found a good opportunity back over hurdles.

Form: 4111-23

Cliffside Park^p¹³⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-6| J: Lewis Stones⁽⁷⁾| T: O Murphy| OR: 116| C| D

11/1

Landed three sellers for this trainer last year, including here over 2m. Well below that sort of form in the summer, however, to needs to bounce right back after a break.

Form: 1213-25

Vancouver^h1³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: R T Dunne| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 119| D

7/1

Well below the form of his 2017 Sedgefield win in three starts in the autumn just gone. Hood now tried, but much more needed.

Form: 431-823

Non-Runners

Schap¹⁴

Weight: 10-13| Age: 7

T: C Fryer J: Bridget Andrews

Forecasts

Blu Cavalier (2/11), Vancouver (7/1), Schap (10/1), Cliffside Park (11/1)

Paul Nicholls looks to have found a very good opportunity for BLU CAVALIER to get back on track after a disappointing reappearance over fences last time. He probably won't need to be at his best to win in this line-up. Vancouver looks next best ahead of Cliffside Park.