MansionBet Faller Insurance Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 15:50 | Winning time: 5m 59.42s

Dolphin Square¹⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr D Maxwell⁽³⁾| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 131

7/2

Gained second hurdles success in his third race latest when scoring at Newton Abbot in May(2m5½f, good). Biggest threat there unseated at the last so hard to gauge the form but he's clearly a leading contender despite the double penalty.

Form: 48114-1

Storm Arising¹⁹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 130| BF

8/11

Wincanton maiden hurdle winner was already struggling when blundering and stumbling badly at the last when only third as a 1/2F at the same venue subsequently last March. Likely to improve this season and highly respected.

Form: 3/64513-

Henchard^p,t1²⁰⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: N R Mitchell| OR: 83

150/1

Maiden who has been pulled-up on each of his last five starts. Impossible to fancy on the basis of what he has shown so far, despite the addition of a first-time tongue-tie.

Form: 57/PPPP-

Shanroe In Milan¹⁹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Aidan Coleman| T: C E Longsdon| OR: 115

10/1

Winning chaser unseated over fences when last seen in March. Winless over hurdles although placed in five of his seven starts over them but his 115 rating is 15 and 16lb below the top two so he is up against it.

Form: 5156/3U-

Sunday Session¹⁷²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: R P McLernon| T: M Scudamore

66/1

Ex-point-to-pointer ran with promise on hurdles bow at Warwick last March so his subsequent tailed off effort at Ffos Las was disappointing. Hopefully fare better now after the summer off but can't be fancied.

Form: 3/145-

Mossy Fen¹⁸⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

4/1

Fine jumps pedigree being by Milan out of a Supreme Leader mare and he was bought for £60,000 by connections after winning a Loughbrickland point-to-point last April. Interesting debutant the danger to the top two.

Form: F1-

Forecasts

Storm Arising (8/11), Dolphin Square (7/2), Mossy Fen (4/1), Shanroe In Milan (10/1), Sunday Session (66/1), Henchard (150/1)

Although ultimately disappointing at Wincanton latest STORM ARISING who won there the time before is the one to side with here. Far and away the most obvious rival is Dolphin Square but conceding 7lb to Paul Nicholls' novice who is only rated 1lb lower may prove a tough task. Rules debutant Mossy Fen is interesting and market support would add to his intrigue.