Jacks Place Care Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:05 | Winning time: 5m 53.48s

Jarveys Plate²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Liam Harrison⁽⁵⁾| T: F O'Brien| OR: 138

3/1

Looked better than ever when making first hurdles start over 3m a winning one at Newbury in March. Ran up to best when fourth at Uttoxeter 3 weeks ago and should remain competitive.

Form: 56212-4

Big Bad Bear⁴³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Danny McMenamin| T: N G Richards| OR: 131

12/1

Landed handicap hurdle at Doncaster in November, but has been let down by his jumping since.

Form: 4P104F-

Canyon City^v²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Bryony Frost| T: N B King| OR: 126| D

5/1

Best effort for a while when fourth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Haydock (24.3f) in April, but failed to build on that promise at Uttoxeter last time. Visor back on.

Form: 35P84-6

Umndeni^p⁵⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: T J O'Brien| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 124

5/1

Ran creditably after 6 months off when second of 5 in handicap hurdle at Taunton (23.9f, good) 58 days ago. 2 lb higher now but should give another good account.

Form: 68/9922-

Sizing At Midnight^p1¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-4| J: Brendan Powell| T: C L Tizzard| OR: 116

11/2

Made excellent start to last season with handicap chase wins at Newton Abbot and Ffos Las. Lost his way after but went some way to stopping the slide back over hurdles last time. Cheekpieces go on.

Form: 2FPPP-6

Shentri^t⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR: 124

9/4

Chase/hurdle winner in France. Off the mark in Britain in commanding style at Exeter (21.6f) 44 days ago and could be the type to do well this summer.

Form: 512531-

Forecasts

Shentri (9/4), Jarveys Plate (3/1), Umndeni (5/1), Canyon City (5/1), Sizing At Midnight (11/2), Big Bad Bear (12/1)

It was hard not to be impressed with the way SHENTRI jumped and travelled when opening his account in Britain at Exeter in April, so he’s fancied to follow up on this switch to handicaps. Umndeni returned from 6 months off with a good effort at Taunton and ought to go well again.