Lawrence Tower Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:45 | Winning time: 4m 27.60s

Mack The Man¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams| OR: 118| CD

9/2

C&D winner who stepped up on his reappearance after another 9 weeks off when fourth of 9 in Fontwell handicap (17.7f, soft) 15 days ago. More needed but his mark has eased further.

Form: 1575-54

Gingerbred¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: M G Nolan| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 106

6/1

Maiden pointer who showed a bit more than previously when fifth of 15 in maiden hurdle at Ffos Las (15.8f, heavy, 40/1) 19 days ago, plugging on. Makes handicap debut and not ruled out.

Form: 4P-R595

Moorland Rambler⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: David Noonan| T: Mrs J Williams| OR: 105

5/2

Produced his best effort to date when third (Fanforon Dino 2nd) of 9 in C&D handicap (soft, 9/1) 51 days ago. Yard going well and he may do better still.

Form: 6522-53

Lock Out³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: T Scudamore| T: D Pipe| OR: 104| D

7/2

Off mark in Irish points at second attempt and supplemented his bumper win with plenty in hand over 2 rivals on Newbury hurdles debut. Found life much tougher under a penalty at Kempton and shaped as if need of a step up in trip on his Lingfield handicap debut last time. Still early days.

Form: 4-11143

Fanfaron Dino^t⁵¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Aidan Coleman| T: A J Honeyball| OR: 103

10/3

Second handicap hurdle success when seeing off 9 rivals at Fontwell in March and returned with a good second over C&D (17f, soft) last month, edged out final 100 yds. Nudged up 3 lb but remains of interest.

Form: 176/51-2

Global Agreement^p²²³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: Harry Reed| T: M F Harris| OR: 100| D

14/1

Won 3 times last season, latest at Carlisle in February. However, produced another decidedly laboured effort retried in cheekpiece at Cartmel when last seen in June. Needs to bounce back after 7 months off, though has won fresh before.

Form: 1452-34

Non-Runners

Heva Rose²

Weight: 11-0| Age: 6

T: Miss V Williams J: Charlie Deutsch

Forecasts

Moorland Rambler (5/2), Fanfaron Dino (10/3), Lock Out (7/2), Mack The Man (9/2), Gingerbred (6/1), Heva Rose (8/1), Global Agreement (14/1)

FANFARON DINO was seen off only late by a determined stablemate with a similarly progressive profile on his C&D return, so he remains one to be interested in. Moorland Rambler wasn't beaten far back in third that day and may still have more to offer, particularly when moving up in trip. Lock Out is another to consider on just his second handicap start.