Beverley Liddington 60th Birthday Celebration Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: 3m 49.2s

Fix Sun⁶³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D A Jacob| T: N J Henderson| OR: 140| BF| D

10/3

Useful hurdler who has seemingly been hard to train and followed a career-best effort to win at Warwick with a lacklustre showing at this course a couple of months ago. Claims if back on his game.

Form: 12/07-1P

Play The Game^h,t¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: T Scudamore| T: J C McConnell| OR: 135| D

15/2

Useful hurdler/chaser who ran well over the smaller obstacles at Kilbeggan earlier in the month and almost certainly found the race coming too soon at Downpatrick next time. Interesting participant.

Form: B16-035

Constancio^b³⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 124| D

18/5

At the top of his game to end 2020, scoring at Plumpton and third off career-high mark at Doncaster. Shaped as if in need of the run on May's return at Kelso, but latest effort at Cartmel was tame.

Form: 2123-68

Champagne City⁹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: C Gethings| T: T R George| OR: 124| D

6/1

Completed a double at Warwick in the spring before seemingly found out by a rise when comprehensively beaten into second by Fix Sun there 95 days ago. Not discounted in an open race.

Form: 7081-12

Thahab Ifraj²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: Adam Wedge| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 114| BF| D

7/2

Has done well over hurdles since last October, scoring three times. Another good effort when runner-up at Newton Abbot last time and expected to give his all once more.

Form: 113-122

Solstalla^p⁴⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: Page Fuller| T: D Weston| OR: 112| CD

4/1

9-y-o mare who arrives in great nick, completing hat-trick of handicap victories when scoring over C&D earlier this month. Out of the weights/up in grade, but can't be ignored in current mood.

Form: 68-2111

Forecasts

Fix Sun (10/3), Thahab Ifraj (7/2), Constancio (18/5), Solstalla (4/1), Champagne City (6/1), Play The Game (15/2)

PLAY THE GAME's last run is easy to excuse and he should find this easier than the races he's contested in Ireland this year, so he gets the narrow vote under a likely attacking ride from Tom Scudamore. Solstalla chases a four-timer, so he obviously makes appeal, while the reliable Thahab Ifraj also deserves a mention.