Devondale Electrical Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 16:22 | Winning time: 5m 55.91s

Alvaniy¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Brian Hayes| T: W P Mullins

1/3

Placed on both starts in bumpers for Paul Gammell and built on his hurdling debut promise when readily off the mark in 15-runner maiden at Galway (16.6f) 11 days ago. Back up in trip and will go on improving as his jumping sharpens up with experience.

Form: 32-51

Wonderful Eagle^p1³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: M G Nolan| T: P Hobbs & J White| C

15/8

Fairly useful on Flat for Henk Grewe in Germany, successful 3 times at up to 1½m in 2022, and overcame inexperience to make a winning hurdling debut after 9 months off here (18.5f) 31 days ago, staying to lead near finish. Open to improvement.

Form: 1

Alberts Bay⁴⁸²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: David Noonan| T: R Chapman

80/1

Leading Light gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner Meadowsweet. Unplaced completed start in Irish points, fell last time (May 2022).

Form: FP/6F-

Chankaya^p¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Houlihan| T: M Hunt

100/1

Fair form at best on Flat but has shown little this year, including in a brace of maiden hurdles. Cheekpieces on for the 1st time in this code.

Form: 98-

Hugo Alko²⁰¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Paul O'Brien| T: Mrs H R J Nelmes

125/1

€70,000 3-y-o, Balko gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner It's For Me. Dam, 17f hurdle winner in France, half-sister to useful hurdler (stays 2¼m) Gin Coco. Maiden Irish pointer, fell last time (Mar 5).

Form: P/456F-

Non-Runners

Thirtyfour Thirty⁶¹

Weight: 10-11| Age: 4

T: S Hosie J: Sam Twiston-Davies

Forecasts

Alvaniy (1/3), Wonderful Eagle (15/8), Thirtyfour Thirty (4/1), Alberts Bay (80/1), Chankaya (100/1), Hugo Alko (125/1)

ALVANIY proved a class apart in a Galway maiden 11 days ago and could take a bit of stopping under a penalty, especially with further progress on the cards. Wonderful Eagle overcame mistakes to make a successful debut in this sphere here last month and is potentially above average, too.