Lucas Machinery Ltd Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:40 | Winning time: 4m 12.70s

Odds by:

Live Odds

Odds

Ivor The Fox

100/1

150/1

Marcel Debruxelles

9/1, 8/1, 15/2

7/1

Nimby

11/4, 5/2, 11/4, 3/1

7/2

Rukwa

20/1, 25/1, 28/1

25/1

See The City

33/1, 28/1

33/1

St Gallen

6/4, 13/8, 7/4, 13/8, 6/4, 6/4, 13/8, 7/4, 9/5, 7/4

9/5

Swilly Sunset

100/1

Made For You

22/1, 20/1, 18/1, 16/1, 14/1, 12/1, 11/1

10/1

Henrietta Bell

3/1, 11/4, 5/2, 11/4, 5/2

9/4

SP Book Percentage 118.74

Non-Runners

Dream Machine²⁷

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: N P Mulholland J: T Scudamore

Sorbet²⁷

Weight: 10-5| Age: 4

T: L Wadham J: L P Aspell

Forecasts

St Gallen (9/5), Henrietta Bell (9/4), Nimby (7/2), Dream Machine (4/1), Marcel Debruxelles (7/1), Sorbet (8/1), Made For You (10/1), Rukwa (25/1), See The City (33/1), Swilly Sunset (100/1), Ivor The Fox (150/1)

Backers won’t be short of options in this first with the Olly Murphy pair St Gallen and Made For You making plenty of appeal as the former returns to hurdling and the latter starts his career over timber. The presence of Richard Johnson on St Gallen would suggest that he’s the pick of the pair from that yard. Marcel Debruxelles will need to step up what he did last time but that isn’t beyond the realms of possibility and he along with Henrietta Bell and Nimby provide some strength in depth to the race. Hurdling newcomer DREAM MACHINE brings some excellent Flat form to the table and having had a recent run in that sphere he’s taken to make a winning debut over timber.