Betway Kingwell Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race)

Off time: 15:18 | Winning time: 4m 1.3s

Navajo Pass²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 156

6/1

Grade 2 over hurdles last season before a fine fourth in the Triumph. Has cranked it up another notch this winter, making all in Grade 2 at Haydock and this uncomplicated sort is a danger to all.

Form: 14-5711

Song For Someone⁷⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Aidan Coleman| T: T Symonds| OR: 158

11/10

Developed into a smart hurdler last term and improved again with 5-length defeat of Call Me Lord in 19f Ascot Grade 2 on reappearance. Followed up in messy International Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Form: 1321-11

Calgary Tiger¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: James Davies| T: W De Best-Turner| OR: 105

500/1

Minor promise only in his career and he's well out of his depth.

Form: 8/6P-049

Esprit Du Large⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams| OR: 146

11/1

Made into smart novice chaser last term, the highlight being his Grade 1 success at Sandown. Has fallen in 3 of 4 starts since and this no easy assignment back over timber.

Form: 11F-F3F

Friend Or Foe^p⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Bryony Frost| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 146| CD

11/2

More end product fitted with cheekpieces, running out a wide-margin winner of a C&D handicap in December before an excellent second at Sandown. Up in class but limit may not yet have been reached.

Form: 1/24212

Goshen⁷⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: J E Moore| T: G & J Moore| OR: 156| BF

10/3

Had the 2020 Triumph well and truly at his mercy before an unseat at the last. Brace of reversals on Flat before suffering from a fibrillating heart in the International Hurdle. This will reveal more.

Form: 111U-0

Forecasts

Song For Someone (11/10), Goshen (10/3), Friend Or Foe (11/2), Navajo Pass (6/1), Esprit Du Large (11/1), Calgary Tiger (500/1)

Backing GOSHEN clearly comes with risks attached on the back of a physical issue at Cheltenham, but he receives 6 lb from main form rivals Song For Someone and Navajo Pass and, at the forecast prices, he may well be worth siding with. Song For Someone won that aforementioned race and seems sure to go well.