Tie The Knot Wedding Catering Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:48 | Winning time: 6m 17.97s

Blame The Game^p¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Tom Cannon| T: C Gordon| OR: 102| C

5/2

Step back in right direction returned to hurdles when fourth of 5 over C&D last month. Failed to build on that at Newbury since but this is less competitive and he's potentially well treated off a clear career-low mark.

Form: 86PP48

The Tin Miner^v³⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 11-12| J: Harriet Tucker⁽⁷⁾| T: C Gordon| OR: 100| C| D

5/2

Bagged a Huntingdon handicap hurdle last term and in the frame on all 5 outings this season. Given a chance by the handicapper (dropped 4 lb after last time) and capable of playing a prominent role.

Form: 2-43334

Jumping Cats^b¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: J E Moore| T: G & J Moore| OR: 98

8/1

Got his act together with wins at Fontwell/Fakenham in October but has found life tougher since. Bit better when third over C&D in first-time blinkers (retained) latest but he was beaten 18 lengths.

Form: 117853

Wilderness²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Daniel Sansom⁽³⁾| T: J W Mullins| OR: 89

11/2

Struggled over hurdles this winter but ran better when runner-up on her Exeter chase debut 4 weeks ago. Certainly on a feasible mark if she can reproduce that form back over the smaller obstacles.

Form: 80P862

Sackett³¹

Age: 11| Weight: 10-5| J: J M Quinlan| T: N B King| OR: 79| D

14/1

Temperament has got the better of him this season. Mark is in freefall as a result but certainly no guarantee that a switch back to hurdling will spark him back to life.

Form: PP73P4

Ding Ding^v1¹⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 10-4| J: M Goldstein| T: Miss S West| OR: 78| C

4/1

It's now 16 runs since her last win in 2019 and she didn't shape with much obvious promise when fifth of 7 at Fontwell in blinkers last time. Visor given a go now.

Form: 3-546P5

Non-Runners

Hatchet Jack¹⁸

Weight: 10-3| Age: 10

T: P Henderson J: Mitchell Bastyan

Forecasts

Blame The Game (5/2), The Tin Miner (5/2), Ding Ding (4/1), Wilderness (11/2), Jumping Cats (8/1), Hatchet Jack (12/1), Sackett (14/1)

Chris Gordon might hold the key to this finale. BLAME THE GAME should find this a lot easier than the big-field Newbury class 4 he contested last time and is worth chancing down in grade. Stablemate The Tin Miner is another who has been cut some slack by the handicapper and is feared most ahead of Jumping Cats.