John's KJ Hire 50th Kubota Mini-Excavator Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:21 | Winning time: 4m 14.9s

Bashful Boy¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-1| J: N F Houlihan⁽⁵⁾| T: J & S Best| OR: 123

6/4

Fair Flat winner who has taken well to hurdles, scoring again in 17.7f Fontwell handicap last month. Rider offsets rise for that with 5 lb claim and good shout again.

Form: 321441

Dancingwith Storms^h³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Caoilin Quinn⁽⁷⁾| T: W Greatrex| OR: 108| D

4/1

Won 2m Cork maiden hurdle in May 2018. Returned after 23 months off with a mighty run behind thriving sort at Huntingdon and big player if building on that.

Form: 470U4/2

Dream Machine^p,t¹³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Harry Reed| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 107

15/2

Has found little, but clearly fairly treated at present, bang there when falling 2 out in deeper handicap at Musselburgh when last seen in November. Good shout if on his game.

Form: 3-9354F

Jersey Grey¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: J E Moore| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 104| D

14/1

Won 2m Lingfield juvenile maiden hurdle in October and good run back in this sphere at Taunton last month. Couldn't dismiss.

Form: 51764

Guns For Hire³²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: Isabel Williams⁽⁵⁾| T: Evan Williams| OR: 95

9/4

Bit better on handicap debut at Exeter last month, not knocked about, but suspect he'll be suited by a longer trip.

Form: PF6684

Non-Runners

Ginistrelli¹⁶

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: O Murphy J: Fergus Gregory

Sarasota Star²²

Weight: 11-9| Age: 5

T: M Keighley J: Non Runner

Gateway To Europe¹²¹

Weight: 11-8| Age: 7

T: N B King J: Lily Pinchin

Forecasts

Bashful Boy (6/4), Guns For Hire (9/4), Ginistrelli (7/2), Dancingwith Storms (4/1), Sarasota Star (6/1), Dream Machine (15/2), Gateway To Europe (8/1), Jersey Grey (14/1)

BASHFUL BOY won in good style at Fontwell a fortnight ago and can follow up with Niall Houlihan's 5 lb claim offsetting his rise. Dream Machine and Dancingwith Storms are among the chief dangers.