Scottish Racing Academy Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:40 | Winning time: 6m 6.43s

No Fixed Charges^p³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Adam Wedge| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 109

5/2

Sole success came at Market Rasen last summer and he came close to doubling his tally sporting first-time cheekpieces back at that venue just over 5 weeks ago. Mark eases a shade further and he's fancied to be in the shake-up.

Form: F132-62

Glen Ava¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: C O'Farrell| T: I Jardine| OR: 103| CD

1/1

Off the mark under Rules on second start for this yard when narrowly scoring over C&D last month and followed up here with a more convincing success on the back of a 2 lb rise 10 days ago. Handicapper upped her 7 lb and that could be enough to deny the hat-trick.

Form: 6PB-411

Tartan Cookie^b⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: Danny McMenamin| T: Ewan Whillans| OR: 96| D

3/1

Responded well to first-time blinkers when opening his account at Newcastle (23.7f) in February. Looked a tough ride for all he ran better on form when third at Kelso 6 weeks ago and racing from a 3 lb higher mark here, others make more appeal.

Form: P5168-3

A Place Apart^p,t¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-2| J: P W Wadge⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss L Harrison| OR: 87

25/1

Went off the boil for Gavin Cromwell in 2020 and has yet to make an impact for present stable, tongue tied when a well-beaten fifth at this course (20.2f, good) 10 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: P7/P-PP5

Non-Runners

Fierami¹⁶⁴

Weight: 12-0| Age: 7

T: G Elliott J: S Bowen

Bon Retour³⁷

Weight: 11-5| Age: 7

T: N G Richards J: Sean Quinlan

Forecasts

Glen Ava (1/1), No Fixed Charges (5/2), Tartan Cookie (3/1), Fierami (7/1), Bon Retour (10/1), A Place Apart (25/1)

BON RETOUR was seemingly ridden with an eye to the future when a never-dangerous fifth at Market Rasen last month and, with her mark sliding further as a result, a chance is taken on Nicky Richards' charge adding to her sole career success stepped back up in trip. Glen Ava is sure to be popular having notched a couple of recent C&D wins but a 7 lb rise makes things tougher so No Fixed Charges is put forward as the main danger.