Bruce Stevenson Insurance Brokers Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:50 | Winning time: 5m 21.80s

Bravo Team^t²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: S Bowen| T: G Elliott| OR: 113| BF

15/8

Completed a simple task when landing a Clonmel maiden in March. Not disgraced in a first-time tongue strap when third at Limerick since, keeping on from 2 out after outpaced home turn, so this step up in trip makes him of obvious interest.

Form: 1/44513-

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Charlie Uberalles³⁶⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: C O'Farrell| T: Mrs Dianne SayerWS

16/1

£44,000 5-y-o, Geordieland gelding. Brother to modest hurdler Atomic Angel. Dam unraced out of sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (2½m-3¼m winner) Hell's Bay. Placed on last 3 of 4 starts in Irish points (latest May 2021) and has had a breathing operation.

Form: P322/

Curley Finger⁵⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Nathan Moscrop| T: R Menzies

66/1

Twice-raced in bumpers for Gordon Elliott, better effort when third at Thurles (13½ lengths behind Rath Gaul Boy) in February. Worth a market check on hurdles bow for new yard.

Form: 36-

Domandlouis⁹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: D R Fox| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 100

12/1

Bred more for stamina than speed and predictably appeared to find things happening too quickly for him before coming down 2 out (3 lengths behind eventual runner-up but plugging on) at this track (16.2f) 3 months ago. Back up in trip so he merits consideration.

Form: 935F-

Spanish Present⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: B S Hughes| T: M Keighley

4/6

Off the mark in a 7-runner event at Market Rasen in February and ran about as well as could have been expected when finishing mid-field in Champion Bumper at Cheltenham 3 weeks later. Interesting hurdling debutant.

Form: 52/4319-

Divas Doyen¹²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: Edward Austin⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss S E Forster| OR: 86

200/1

Just minor promise in Ireland for Declan Queally and she's been pulled up on both outings for this yard, latest at this track (18.1f) back in December. Can only be watched after those efforts.

Form: 56/88PP-

Non-Runners

Pavlik²¹⁸

Weight: 11-1| Age: 5

T: A M Thomson J: Ryan Mania

Forecasts

Spanish Present (4/6), Bravo Team (15/8), Domandlouis (12/1), Pavlik (14/1), Charlie Uberalles (16/1), Curley Finger (66/1), Divas Doyen (200/1)

This looks to revolve around BRAVO TEAM, who shaped as if he was ready for this step up in trip when finishing a respectable third at Limerick last month (kept on from 2 out after outpaced home turn). Domandlouis has been given time to get over his heavy fall at this track 3 months ago so he could provide the main threat back up in distance, ahead of Martin Keighley's interesting hurdling debutant Spanish Present.