Irish Thoroughbred Marketing, Gateway To Champions Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:55 | Winning time: 4m 0.13s

Mackenberg²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 130| D

2/5

Winning hurdle debut at Carlisle in October. Also successful in Newcastle AW jumpers bumper in February. Creditable fourth in Kempton Grade 2 latest. Leading claims back in calmer waters.

Form: 4-12314

Coopers Boy^t⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Ryan Mania| T: R M SmithWS

300/1

Well held in 2 bumpers ahead of this switch to hurdles. Has had wind surgery.

Form: 90

Jack Yeats³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Sam Coltherd⁽³⁾| T: W Coltherd

10/1

Fairly useful on Flat and made promising start to hurdling career (for John Halley) when third at Limerick last summer. Disappointing in varied events for current yard since, though.

Form: 353

Lyndale⁶⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Quinlan| T: C Grant

300/1

No impact in bumpers/novice hurdles. Set for another struggle.

Form: 8-0830

Shoughall's Boy²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Thomas Dowson| T: Mrs H O Graham

200/1

No impact in 3 bumpers and remote fifth on C&D hurdle debut 23 days ago.

Form: 6-9905

Paros^h³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: James Bowen| T: N J Henderson| OR: 134| BF| D

9/4

Won on hurdle debut in France in May and didn't run too badly when fourth on Sandown yard debut. Poor run at Doncaster since but jumped to his right so return to a right-handed course may help.

Form: 148

Gale Force One¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: Danny McMenamin| T: N G Richards

100/1

Half-sister to fairly useful hurdler Ferocious but tailed off in a couple of novice hurdles this winter.

Form: 55

Forecasts

Mackenberg (2/5), Paros (9/4), Jack Yeats (10/1), Gale Force One (100/1), Shoughall's Boy (200/1), Coopers Boy (300/1), Lyndale (300/1)

MACKENBURG ran well in a Kempton Grade 2 last time and this looks a good opening for him unless a return to a right-handed track sparks a revival from Nicky Henderson's Paros.