Bet Boost At bet365 Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:37 | Winning time: 3m 59.38s

Glory And Honour^p1,t²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: T Lacey| OR: 120| D

7/2

More miss that hit this season, which means he has slipped to an appealing mark. Tongue strap back on and cheekpieces tried with his stable in red-hot form, so might well get back on track.

Form: 02F5F6

Great Ocean²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Ben Jones| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 114| BF

5/2

Winning Irish pointer who confirmed previous promise in this sphere when comfortably landing a novice at Wincanton in January. Subsequent blip at Sandown is best excused, so might well get back to winning ways.

Form: 1-62214

Halifax^t⁹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Jonjo O'Neill Jr.| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 111WS

12/1

Lightly-raced 5-y-o who made a promising debut for Joseph O'Brien and, while yet to improve on that for current yard, he's liable to make a bigger impact now switched to handicaps after a break/wind op. Worth considering.

Form: 5-30

Port Or Starboard³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Jordan Williams⁽⁷⁾| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 108

6/1

Fair Flat maiden who has matched that form over hurdles but looks exposed and performed poorly when a remote fourth of 5 over C&D a month ago. Others are more persuasive.

Form: 22234

Loved Out¹⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Isabel Williams⁽³⁾| T: Evan Williams| OR: 107

22/1

Fair maiden hurdler in Ireland for Thomas Mullins but just modest form so far for current yard. Handicap mark still seems to be on the high side, so others make more appeal.

Form: 3-23227

Coal Stock⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: Fergus Gillard⁽³⁾| T: C L Tizzard| OR: 103

3/1

Dual winner last term but struggling for form this time round. Has joined in-form stable though, so worth monitoring in the betting off good mark.

Form: 15-P647

Olympic Honour¹⁷⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: Miss Eleanor Williams⁽⁷⁾| T: Evan Williams| OR: 97| D

15/2

Recorded a second success on the Flat at Ffos Las in August. Lost his form subsequently (although failed to stay last time) and will probably need this first run for 170 days.

Form: 7-21303

Forecasts

Great Ocean (5/2), Coal Stock (3/1), Glory And Honour (7/2), Port Or Starboard (6/1), Olympic Honour (15/2), Halifax (12/1), Loved Out (22/1)

Although disappointing last time, GREAT OCEAN had been on the up previously, and he's worth a chance to resume progress. Glory And Honour could bounce back to form with his stable going well, so he's regarded as a threat, while handicap debutant Halifax can't be dismissed lightly.