Doug Clarke Memorial Race Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:05 | Winning time: 5m 10.2s

Dave And Bernie^t1,v⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: G Sheehan| T: O Signy| OR: 121

11/2

Made a winning start for this yard in Ludlow handicap in October. Pair of good runner-up efforts this spring and possibly found run coming too soon when remote third latest. Tongue tie added to visor.

Form: 1092-23

Breaking Waves^b²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: D A Jacob| T: H Whittington| OR: 120

11/4

Career record is more miss than hit and he wasn't at his best when beaten 15 lengths into fourth at Market Rasen 24 days ago.

Form: P023-34

Tayzar¹²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: Ruth Jefferson| OR: 116| D

8/1

Two wins from 6 runs last season. 18/1, fifth of 8 in handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter (2½m, good) 12 days ago. Given a bit of a chance by the handicapper.

Form: 1U324-5

Miss Farage^h1⁵⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: N de Boinville| T: N J Henderson| OR: 115| CD

9/2

Bumper winner who made the ideal start to hurdling when scoring with loads in hand over C&D last August. Reportedly bled when stopping quickly in Kempton handicap on return. Hood goes on now.

Form: 3/112-P

Dame De Ruban¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Thomas Dowson| T: P A Kirby| OR: 115

50/1

Low-mileage ex-Irish winning hurdler. Good placed efforts on first 2 starts for new yard last term but well held at Ascot in November and fared no better on Aintree reappearance 17 days ago.

Form: 52337-9

Gerolamo Cardano^p⁵⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Kielan Woods| T: D J Jeffreys| OR: 108

8/1

Ran badly in first-time blinkers when pulled up before 2 out in handicap hurdle at Warwick (2m, heavy) on return 8 weeks ago. Plenty to prove.

Form: 6P/066-P

Phoebus Lescribaa²⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 10-9| J: Lorcan Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: R Dickin| OR: 103| C

5/2

Quirky but has returned from a winter break in good form, finishing second then first over 2m here. This trip is a maximum for him but he's still respected in his current mood.

Form: 4563-21

Forecasts

Phoebus Lescribaa (5/2), Breaking Waves (11/4), Miss Farage (9/2), Dave And Bernie (11/2), Tayzar (8/1), Gerolamo Cardano (8/1), Dame De Ruban (50/1)

DAVE AND BERNIE has been given a bit of time since a poor run last time and is taken to bounce back and prove too strong for this month's 2m course scorer Phoebus Lescribaa