Happy 60th Birthday Ian McGlade Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:55 | Winning time: 6m 58.3s

Point N Shoot^b,t⁶⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Tom Buckley⁽¹⁰⁾| T: N J Hawke| OR: 98

7/1

Made all to win at Exeter (2m7f, good to soft) last April, when 5lb lower. Took a step back in the right direction last time, acts on testing ground. Could go well.

Form: 2321-P5

Strike West¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Billy Garritty⁽⁷⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 98

5/1

Sole win came at Carlisle (2m3f, soft) last April, when 4lb lower. Beaten 4L back there last time, his best run since, and is up another 1lb for that. More needed, but not ruled out.

Form: 831-382

Top Man Tim²⁸

Age: 12| Weight: 11-7| J: J M Quinlan| T: T Gallagher| OR: 93| CD

11/8

1-11, having scored here by a wide margin over C&D (good) last month. Up 10lb for that, but did it easily, and should again go well.

Form: 1F/23-51

Onwiththeparty^p⁹⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-7| J: C O'Farrell| T: Mrs Dianne Sayer| OR: 93| CD

28/1

Wide margin winner of this race on good in 2017, when with the late Ken Slack. Well beaten for him twice this season, and now makes stable debut from just 1lb higher than that success, but with a bit to prove.

Form: 3471/56

Pinspot^p,t²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Blair Campbell⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 92

10/1

Ran well from 4lb higher on handicap debut at Newcastle in January. Not as good last time at Musselburgh. Longer trip could help, but more needed.

Form: 567735

Love At Dawn⁷⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: Ross Chapman| T: P D Niven| OR: 79WS

7/1

Was making steady improvement in novice company last year, but has gone backwards this season. Wind surgery since last run, so that may help induce improvement, but will need it.

Form: 52-9P85

Lammturner^p1³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: Henry Brooke| T: Miss J E Foster| OR: 76

6/1

Decent effort when fourth at 80-1 at Market Rasen in December, but has disappointed twice since. Cheekpieces now tried, and wouldn't rule out a big effort from this mark if they prove effective.

Form: 8-6P466

Forecasts

Top Man Tim (11/8), Strike West (5/1), Lammturner (6/1), Point N Shoot (7/1), Love At Dawn (7/1), Pinspot (10/1), Onwiththeparty (28/1)

It was encouraging to see Point N Shoot put in a better effort last time, and he has to be taken seriously again here, but TOP MAN TIM won easily here last time and a 10lb rise doesn't look enough to stop him on that evidence. Strike West is respected, while money for Onwiththeparty would hint at a revival from a dangerous mark.