Brian Waller Memorial Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 12:25 | Winning time: 4m 22.14s

Lord Caprio^t¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: R P McLernon| T: B Haslam| OR: 100| BF| CD

7/1

C&D winner this time last year and added to his tally on the Flat during the summer. Beaten around 6 lengths when third to Silkstone back in this sphere over C&D recently and entitled to close that gap on these revised terms.

Form: 8P7-233

Bashful^h¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: C O'Farrell| T: I Jardine| OR: 95

11/8

Bagged a Redcar seller on the Flat earlier this month and subsequently opened hurdles account in a first-time hood (retained here) at Uttoxeter (15.8f, good to soft). However, this 7 lb higher mark could prove to be a stumbling block.

Form: P44-01

Silkstone^p¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Emma Smith-Chaston⁽⁵⁾| T: D Brooke| OR: 84| CD

13/8

Finally got his head in front in this sphere when easily landing an 11-runner C&D handicap (soft) 19 days ago. 6 lb rise fair enough on the face of it and he has to enter calculations.

Form: 835421

Zara's Universe²⁴⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: Conor Rabbitt⁽⁷⁾| T: A Crook| OR: 78

7/1

Long-standing maiden who has several decent enough bits and pieces of form to her name but, chances are, she'll find one or two too good once again back from an 8-month absence.

Form: 324255-

Burnage Boy^p¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Joshua Thompson⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 74

14/1

Has hit the crossbar 4 times over hurdles but the more significant statistic is that he's 0-16 in this sphere. Well held in the C&D race won by Silkstone earlier this month and looks set for another struggle.

Form: 8584-67

Non-Runners

Telhimlisten²⁰

Weight: 10-10| Age: 6

T: J Candlish J: Sean Quinlan

Forecasts

Bashful (11/8), Silkstone (13/8), Telhimlisten (2/1), Lord Caprio (7/1), Zara's Universe (7/1), Burnage Boy (14/1)

With the promise of better to come now handicapping off a realistic opening mark, TELHIMLISTEN is the most appealing of these. He failed to get within touching distance of the winner when second in a Musselburgh novice last time but he wasn't given a hard time and his theme is one of gradual race-by-race progress. Silkstone and Lord Caprio, first and third respectively over C&D earlier this month, can fill the places.