Brendon Soper Memorial Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:12 | Winning time: 5m 29.89s

Sermando⁶¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: R P McLernon| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 116| BF

11/1

Improved for step up to 20.7f when opening hurdles account in a Huntingdon handicap in January 2020. Off since the following month so well-being taken on trust, but he's in top hands.

Form: 736714/

Duarigle⁹⁰⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: T J O'Brien| T: P Henderson| OR: 115

14/1

Improved markedly when winning 19.8f Sandown novices' handicap in good style in February 2019. Off since April of that year so hard to know what to expect, for all the assessor has cut him some slack.

Form: 551306/

Whydah Gally²⁰⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Brendan Powell| T: C L Tizzard| OR: 115

10/1

Modest form only start in bumpers but signs of encouragement over hurdles, particularly when fourth in a novice at Wincanton. Fell the following month and opening mark does call for more.

Form: 664F-

Grangeclare Glory^t²²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: T Scudamore| T: D Pipe| OR: 112

5/1

Improved efforts after wind op when in frame in 2m novice hurdles at Plumpton and Doncaster, shaping like a stayer each occasion. Pulled up on handicap debut in February but retains potential.

Form: 49/43P-

Rabski^h¹⁷¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 111

5/1

Bumper winner who produced comfortably his best effort over hurdles when runner-up in a novice at Haydock in March. Reportedly bled on handicap debut a month later. Up in trip.

Form: 168727-

Seelotmorebusiness^p1,t1¹⁸⁸

5/6

Bumper/maiden hurdle winner this time last year. Looked like one with problems after but has undergone a wind op and he could easily be a different prospect this time.

Form: 115PP-

Non-Runners

Sastruga¹

Weight: 11-9| Age: 8

T: R G Hawker J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Seelotmorebusiness (5/6), Grangeclare Glory (5/1), Rabski (5/1), Whydah Gally (10/1), Sermando (11/1), Sastruga (12/1), Duarigle (14/1)

Plenty of ifs and buts given the profile of most of these and the market will be informative. SEELOTMOREBUSINESS looked like one with problems when last seen but a wind op may have corrected that and he lurks on a good mark if all is well. Sermando has been off the track a long time but may still emerge as the main threat.