Betway Hair Of The Dog Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:05 | Winning time: 5m 46.2s

Knock House^b¹⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 136| D

11/8

Decent chaser at best who appeared to have been helped by wind surgery when switching back to hurdles and scoring convincingly at Bangor last month. 9lb rise makes life tougher but should give another good account of himself.

Form: 62-8571

Dans Le Vent^p¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Aidan Coleman| T: Jamie Snowden| OR: 132

2/1

Hasn't won beyond 2m2f but probably stays this trip and kept on over 3m at Cheltenham last time when fair fourth. Runs off same mark and could be suited by a tactical affair.

Form: 326-464

Uptown Funk^t²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Callum Bewley| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 121| C

10/1

Won the juvenile hurdle on this card a year ago. failed to score in subsequent 10 starts although went very close at Cartmel in July. Underwent wind surgery in September and hard to know if has helped following poor return effort.

Form: 4F-3250

Jet Master^h,t²³

Age: 13| Weight: 10-5| J: Lucy Alexander| T: N W Alexander| OR: 115

12/1

All four hurdles win have come over 2m at Perth so this veteran looks up against it here over an extra mile despite winning over 2m4f over fences on penultimate start and again when second at Kelso last time.

Form: F-58312

Buckled³⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: Rachel McDonald⁽⁵⁾| T: A M Thomson| OR: 110| CD

4/1

Won over C&D in March off 6lb lower mark and not disgraced when third recently both over timber and fences. Will stay but may find one or two too good once again.

Form: 679533

Forecasts

Knock House (11/8), Dans Le Vent (2/1), Buckled (4/1), Uptown Funk (10/1), Jet Master (12/1)

Southern raider DANS LE VENT hasn't scored over this far before but seemed to see out 3m well enough when fourth at Cheltenham last time. In what could be a tactical race he may produce the best turn of foot. Knock House looks a danger having won very well last time off a 9lb lower mark and he should again make his presence felt, while Buckled may prove best of the rest getting weight all round.