Paxtons Are CaseIH No.1 UK-&-ROI Dealer Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:25 | Winning time: 4m 41.29s

Finisk River^p,t²³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 121| CD

13/8

Last month's Worcester win means he's now 3-5 since fitted with a cheekpieces and tongue tie combination. Further 4 lb rise may not prevent him going in again returned to the scene of his victory in August.

Form: 7-21211

Heross Du Seuil²⁹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: James Bowen| T: Billy Aprahamian| OR: 120

22/1

Ex-French bumper winner who landed 2m Kempton juvenile hurdle for Nicky Henderson in December 2020. Not in the same form when runner-up on next 2 starts and he pulled up in a handicap back at Kempton last Christmas. Changed hands for £11,000 ahead of this return for a new trainer.

Form: 112/2P-

Kajaki^b¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: Danny McMenamin| T: N G Richards| OR: 111| CD

5/2

Snapped a long losing run here in January and underlined that this place seems to bring the best out of him when winning a 14-runner C&D event last month. Raised 4 lb for that.

Form: 313-401

Hajey¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: Sean Quinlan| T: Miss Tracy Waggott| OR: 105| CD

13/8

Started 2020 with a pair of C&D wins and even better form when second of 8 on his C&D reappearance (good to soft) 11 days ago. Likely to give another good account.

Form: 59711-2

Non-Runners

Kihavah¹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: A Keatley J: C O'Farrell

Sheriff Garrett¹⁶²

Weight: 11-4| Age: 8

T: T D Easterby J: Jamie Hamilton

Forecasts

Finisk River (13/8), Hajey (13/8), Kajaki (5/2), Kihavah (5/2), Sheriff Garrett (12/1), Heross Du Seuil (22/1)

FINISK RIVER is very much in the winning habit and is taken to defy the handicapper again. Hajey and Kajaki have both got good recent records here and can battle it out for the forecast spot assuming Kihavah doesn't turn up (declared at Market Rasen on Saturday).