Discover Our Land Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 18:21 | Winning time: 5m 14.00s

Glinger Flame^p³⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: B S Hughes| T: N G Richards| OR: 133| CD

1/12

Seeks a course hat-trick following a couple of recent Hexham wins (2m-2m4f), including when scampering clear of Mr Scrumpy latest; quite simply is in a different league to these opponents on all known form; should win.

Form: 3/32311-

Ask Jd⁴⁰⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Craig Nichol| T: Mrs A C Hamilton

25/1

Maiden pointer; off the track since falling at Kelso (2m2f, heavy) in April 2018 with connections probably hoping that this race will be a very small building block for the future.

Form: F5223F/

Barfly¹⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Sean Quinlan| T: C Grant

18/1

Bought for £24,000 in May 2018 after winning a 3m Easingwold PTP for Peter Fahey; pulled up on both starts under rules (2m4f-2m6f); possible that this quicker ground could suit; likely to be ridden positively by Sean Quinlan.

Form: 2/1PP-

Harry The Potter¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Callum Bewley| T: C Grant

40/1

Stablemate of Barfly; 66/1 when jinking right and unseating his rider at the first flight on hurdles debut here (3m) ten-days ago; look elsewhere.

Form: 55-U

Temple Guide¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: C O'Farrell| T: J Walton

66/1

Home bred out of the 2m-2m5f chase winner Posh Stick; half-brother to the PTP winner Ripstick; comfortably beaten in both starts in bumpers (at triple-figure odds); should fare better with time over obstacles.

Form: 7-6

Tetradrachm^b⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Mr Aiden Blakemore⁽⁷⁾| T: S A Harris

12/1

AW regular who won for Rebecca Menzies at Wolverhampton (1m4f) in January; sold for £3,200 in March, and well held on stable debut last week (AW); now heads over hurdles.

Form:

Lord Roccoco²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Thomas Dowson⁽³⁾| T: P A Kirby

10/1

His dam Lady Chloe was a 2m hurdle winner, so it's not beyond the realms of possibility that he'll improve markedly for the switch to hurdles; finished 12½L fourth to Old Jereboam in a fair Southwell bumper (2m, good) last month.

Form: 4874-

Forecasts

Glinger Flame (1/12), Lord Roccoco (10/1), Tetradrachm (12/1), Barfly (18/1), Ask Jd (25/1), Harry The Potter (40/1), Temple Guide (66/1)

A point and shoot opportunity for the hat-trick seeking GLINGER FLAME who on the figures is quite simply in a different league to these opponents, and it'll come as a major surprise if he's beaten. Lord Roccoco wasn't at all disgraced in a fair Southwell bumper recently, so granted a safe round of jumping on hurdles debut he rates as the standout forecast option.