William Hill Extra Places Every Day Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 4m 2.9s

Eclair De Beaufeu^p³⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 12-7| J: Aidan Coleman| T: G Elliott| OR: 132| D

7/1

Should find this easier than the big-field handicaps he's contested at the Dublin Racing and Cheltenham Festivals on his last 2 starts but, useful though he is, the concession of so much weight to stablemate Platinumcard will likely be beyond him.

Form: 020P00

Parisencore³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: B S Hughes| T: N G Richards| OR: 116| D

11/4

Runner-up in first 4 hurdles so he certainly wasn't winning out of turn in maiden company at Haydock (2m) last month. Handicap debut. Likely to go well but whether he can seriously trouble Platinumcard is another matter.

Form: 2-22221

Platinumcard^t²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: S Bowen| T: G Elliott| OR: 111| D

4/7

Useful performer on the Flat and made a successful start in handicap hurdles for new yard (first-time tongue tie) at Ayr (2m, good to soft) 3 weeks ago. 7 lb higher now but he continues to look thrown in on Flat form. Can't oppose.

Form: 27797-1

Serious Ego^p²⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-10| J: Sean Quinlan| T: N G Richards| OR: 107| D

18/1

More miss than hit since landing a 2m handicap at Haydock last winter but he is starting to look well handicapped and his latest Hexham fourth was respectable. One of 2 runners for his stable.

Form: 8-26534

Non-Runners

Malangen¹

Weight: 10-7| Age: 7

T: Miss L Harrison J: Thomas Dowson

Forecasts

Platinumcard (4/7), Parisencore (11/4), Eclair De Beaufeu (7/1), Serious Ego (18/1), Malangen (33/1)

It could be a while before the handicapper catches up with PLATINUMCARD over hurdles and he should be very hard to beat. The unexposed Parisencore is preferred to the selection's stablemate Eclair de Beaufeu for the forecast spot.