Brian Bush Is 60 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 12:55 | Winning time: 4m 9.9s

Cigarettesnalcohol²¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: James Best| T: R Spencer

125/1

Related to a bumper winner but didn't show much both starts in that sphere at he beginning of 2021.

Form: 69-

Grandeur D'ame²⁵⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: G Sheehan| T: A King

4/7

Created very favourable impression when a decisive bumper winner at Newton Abbot a year ago, then runner-up at Cheltenham. Highly tried both hurdles starts and since moved to Alan King.

Form: 1265-

The Turfaccountant^h²³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽⁵⁾| T: C Hobson

200/1

No promise in bumpers 14 months apart.

Form: 0/0-

Tom Creen³³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Adam Wedge| T: L Morgan

18/1

€30,000 3-y-o: half-brother to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser Today Please (2m/17f winner, by Westerner). Dam placed 5 times on Flat in Germany. Maiden Irish pointer, third last time (Nov 2020).

Form: P/443-

Hermes Bellevue^h1²⁷⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls

11/4

Fair form over hurdles, better effort in juveniles in France when 4¾ lengths third of 11 at Pau in January. Has left A. Chaille-Chaille and having joined a top yard, he will improve further. Hooded.

Form: 63-

Nine Nine Nine¹⁸⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| BF

5/1

£35,000 3-y-o, Soldier of Fortune gelding. Dam bumper/2½m winner. All the rage in the market but failed to meet expectations when mid-field in a bumper in April. Yard in really good form.

Form: 6-

Forecasts

Grandeur D'ame (4/7), Hermes Bellevue (11/4), Nine Nine Nine (5/1), Tom Creen (18/1), Cigarettesnalcohol (125/1), The Turfaccountant (200/1)

HERMES BELLEVUE offered plenty in a couple of juvenile contests at Pau in January, and given the yard he has now joined, improvement should be forthcoming. Grandeur d'Ame was a good bumper horse for Oliver Sherwood and is sure to do better at some point over hurdles.