Bet Builder Make Every Match Your Own Juvenile Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:20 | Winning time: 4m 11.14s

Drumfire

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Craig Nichol| T: S Corbett

12/1

4,000 gns 3-y-o, Night of Thunder gelding. Closely related to a winner and half-brother to 2 winners, including smart 7f winner Silent Escape. Dam French 1¼m winner. Not an obvious sort on paper.

Form:

Genuflex^t¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Kevin Jones⁽³⁾| T: M F Harris

4/11

Fairly useful on Flat for Richard Hannon and made an encouraging start to his hurdling career for a new yard when second in a juvenile at Ludlow 11 days ago. Should go one better.

Form: 2

Great Commission³²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: R P McLernon| T: B Haslam

5/1

Left debut form well behind when third in a novice at Beverley last month. Could trouble Genuflex if he takes to the new discipline

Form:

Lucy Rules⁶⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 10-5| J: Aaron Anderson⁽⁷⁾| T: M E Sowersby

33/1

Modest maiden on the Flat for Ollie Pears. Hard to imagine he'll make any sort of impact switched to hurdling.

Form:

Shamrock Wine²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 10-5| J: Oakley Brown⁽⁵⁾| T: B Ellison

10/1

Poor maiden on the Flat and far from guaranteed to get the trip on hurdling bow. Easily opposed.

Form:

Sisu¹⁰¹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-5| J: Sam Coltherd| T: S Corbett

25/1

Looked rather limited on the Flat for Sir Mark Prescott and isn't really bred for hurdling, so best watched.

Form:

Non-Runners

Ben Asker²¹⁹

Weight: 10-12| Age: 3

T: Paul Robson J: Callum Bewley

Forecasts

Genuflex (4/11), Great Commission (5/1), Shamrock Wine (10/1), Drumfire (12/1), Ben Asker (14/1), Sisu (25/1), Lucy Rules (33/1)

GENUFLEX was the best of these on the Flat and has an experience edge having recorded a sound hurdling debut when second at Ludlow recently, so he's difficult to oppose. Great Commission is the likeliest to capitalise if the selection disappoints, but most of the others are hard to fancy.