bet365 Hurdle (Grade 2) (Registered As The West Yorkshire Hurdle) (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:25 | Winning time: 6m 10.87s

Ambitious Fellow⁹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Sam Ewing| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 139

14/1

Found some improvement to get off the mark for the season in listed handicap hurdle at the Galway Festival 3 months ago. Lot more needed up in grade but he's going the right way.

Form: 1P0-031

Botox Has²⁸⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Caoilin Quinn| T: G & J Moore| OR: 148| D

15/2

Took his form up a notch last season, landing valuable big-field 3m Haydock handicap hurdle under this rider. Good record fresh and 3m on heavy ground is right up his street. Could go well.

Form: 31/2174-

Dashel Drasher²⁰³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-2| J: Rex Dingle| T: J Scott| OR: 159

7/4

Tough and likeable sort who resumed with victory at Aintree last season and ran stormers in second in the Relkeel, Cleeve and Stayers' Hurdles at Cheltenham subsequently. Conditions fine, has gone well first time up, and he's the one to beat on form here.

Form: 122226-

Ga Law²⁰⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden| OR: 142

12/1

Winning hurdler who has raced solely over fences in this country, taking last season's Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham. Little impact in Grade 1s in the spring and tricky to weigh up on a rare go in this sphere on his return, while he also has to prove his stamina for 3m.

Form: 2/31F5P-

Red Risk¹⁴⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 144

9/1

Very useful chaser who won twice back hurdling in 2022 and also went close in the Lanzarote in January. Has gone well fresh and in the mud but has stamina for 3m to prove.

Form: 8/0120-6

Thyme Hill^p¹⁸⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: M G Nolan| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 155| D

7/4

Dual Grade 1 winning hurdler who scored twice over fences last term, including in the Grade 1 Kauto Star at Kempton on Boxing Day. Runner-up in the 2022 Stayers' Hurdle and returns with yard in fine form. Good record fresh and bold bid on the cards.

Form: 5/12184-

Forecasts

Dashel Drasher (7/4), Thyme Hill (7/4), Botox Has (15/2), Red Risk (9/1), Ga Law (12/1), Ambitious Fellow (14/1)

DASHEL DRASHER can make a successful return. He was nailed only late in the Stayers' Hurdle in March and his good record fresh suggests he'll be ready to roll. Thyme Hill, a former Stayers' Hurdle runner-up himself, boasts a similar profile and looks the danger first time back for an in-form stable.