QuinnBet Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:36 | Winning time: 3m 59.6s

Galata Bridge¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-1| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: Dr R D P Newland| OR: 117| D

7/4

Emphatic winner at Huntingdon last May and shaped encouragingly on his return from a winter break when fourth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Ludlow (15.8f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Looks set for another productive summer.

Form: 3146B-4

Eagle's Realm^t²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Kielan Woods| T: F O'Brien| OR: 106

11/1

Dual winner at Stratford last summer before having his winning run ended in better company at Market Rasen. MId-field on Flat both starts since, albeit needing stronger gallop last time, and others make slightly more appeal.

Form: 358/116-

Spirit Of Regulus^p1,t1³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Danny McMenamin| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 105

7/1

Winner at Sedgefield on hurdles debut in October and ran at least as well in defeat when second in 4-runner novice at Doncaster in February. Looked better for run after a wind-op at Bangor last time and now has tongue strap/cheekpieces applied.

Form: 4/1724-

Sarsons Risk^t²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: J M Quinlan| T: B Brookhouse| OR: 111

11/8

Fairly useful Flat winner for Ian Williams made an impressive hurdling bow for his new yard at Doncaster. In contention when falling 3 out in the Adonis but was out of his depth in a Grade 1 at Aintree on last hurdles outing. Since finished down the field on the Flat but opening mark looks workable.

Form: 1F0-

Cabrakan^p⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Bryony Frost| T: M F Harris| OR: 110| BF| D

9/1

Won on second hurdles start at Newcastle in November before taking advantage of a lenient opening handicap mark at Hereford in February, Underwhelming there on subsequent outing, though, and ran no sort of race on Flat last time, so has bit to prove on hurdles return.

Form: 21213-

Forecasts

Sarsons Risk (11/8), Galata Bridge (7/4), Spirit Of Regulus (7/1), Cabrakan (9/1), Eagle's Realm (11/1)

GALATA BRIDGE made a wholly encouraging return to action at Ludlow last time and, with his yard still going well, is fancied to step forward with that recent run under his belt. Sarsons Risk was impressive on his hurdles debut and he could prove ahead of his opening mark if getting back to that sort of form, whilst Spirit of Regulus is also respected on his second handicap start.