Mary Lofthouse Supporting Spinal Research Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:30 | Winning time: 3m 47.6s

Ballynaveen Boy⁶⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: C J Todd| T: S Allwood

50/1

Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Demi Plie. Little form in varied events on Flat for Karl Burke.

Form:

Highland Frolic^p1¹¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Mitchell Bastyan| T: M F Harris

5/6

Fairly useful maiden on Flat, stays 14.5f. Sold from John & Thady Gosden 55,000 gns. Big shout if taking to hurdles at first attempt.

Form:

John The Pirate

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Thomas Dowson| T: P A Kirby

17/2

Mondialiste gelding. Dam, ran once over hurdles, maiden on Flat. Market should reveal expectations.

Form:

Robin Goodfellow²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Tom Midgley⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss Tracy Waggott

22/1

Poor maiden on Flat.

Form:

Run At Dawn^t1⁴⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: David Noonan| T: N J Hawke

6/1

Modest form in a pair of Flat maidens.

Form:

Vintage Valley^p1¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr

11/4

Lightly-raced fair maiden on the level (sold from Andrew Balding £32,000 in July). Low-key start when fourth of 7 in juvenile hurdle at Sedgefield (16.8f, good to soft) on NH debut 15 days ago. Headgear on.

Form: 4

Non-Runners

The Churchill Lad⁴⁴

Weight: 11-7| Age: 3

T: R Menzies J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Highland Frolic (5/6), The Churchill Lad (1/1), Vintage Valley (11/4), Run At Dawn (6/1), John The Pirate (17/2), Robin Goodfellow (22/1), Ballynaveen Boy (50/1)

THE CHURCHILL LAD probably didn't beat much when a wide-margin scorer at Cartmel on hurdles bow last month but this looks very winnable under a penalty. Well-bred Highland Frolic is the obvious threat given his fairly-useful form on the Flat for the Gosdens.