Betfred Nifty 50 Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 12:15 | Winning time: 6m 38.67s

Front View^t¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 12-1| J: Benjamin Macey⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 116

8/1

Useful hurdler/chaser in Ireland for Joseph O'Brien in 2020/21. Has been given a chance by the handicapper and showed better signs when third over 3m at Ffos Las 18 days ago, around 2 lengths down when bad mistake last. Well treated if he can build on that.

Form: 8U-8763

Sporty Jim⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Lewis Saunders⁽¹⁰⁾| T: O Murphy| OR: 115

11/2

Scored at Perth in April of last year and showed he retains ability (back from 19 months off) when fifth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Wetherby (2½m, heavy) 6 weeks ago. One of 2 runners from his stable.

Form: 43731/5

Best Trition^b,t¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-13| J: Lewis Stones| T: O Murphy| OR: 114| D

40/1

Unreliable type but he resumed from 7 months off with close second in handicap chase at Wetherby (3m, heavy) in November. Merely underlined his inconsistency when pulled up at Newcastle since. Now back hurdling.

Form: 17PP-2P

Chris Cool^p¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Toby Wynne⁽³⁾| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 105

6/1

Back from 7 months off when taking 6-runner handicap hurdle at Huntingdon (25f, good to soft) last month and even better form when second off 6 lb higher at Bangor (23f, heavy) 15 days ago. Nudged up another 3 lb but still respected in refitted cheekpieces.

Form: 26U6-12

Shoeshine Boy⁴⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Fergus Gillard| T: D W Whillans| OR: 103| BF| D

5/1

Back to winning ways at Carlisle (25f) in April and good runner-up efforts on all 3 starts since. Should be competitive from an unchanged mark.

Form: 5012-22

Hill Of Tara³²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: Ned Fox⁽³⁾| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 92| BF

1/1

Much improved sent handicapping this season, winning in the mud at Ffos Las and Leicester last month. Beaten on hat-trick bid at Southwell but still ran well and the step up to 3m could unlock more improvement.

Form: 645-112

Forecasts

Hill Of Tara (1/1), Shoeshine Boy (5/1), Sporty Jim (11/2), Chris Cool (6/1), Front View (8/1), Best Trition (40/1)

HILL OF TARA is taken to get back to winning ways now stepping up to 3m. Front View took a step back in the right direction when third at Ffos Las recently and is feared most ahead of Chris Cool.