Beck's Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 5m 17.69s

Grand Albert³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 114

5/6

Winning Irish pointer who offered something to work on when second of 5 in bumper at Bangor on Rules debut in December. Better effort over hurdles when second in novice at Doncaster a month ago and looks the type to do better still.

Form: 31-232

Guard The Moon²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: James Turner⁽⁷⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 114| BF| C

1/1

Back-to-back wins in bumpers at Bangor in December and solid start over hurdles, again showing fair form when runner-up over C&D last time. Sets the standard and there might well be more to come, so leading claims.

Form: 61132

Jo Arengeot Bey Aa⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Theo Gillard| T: D McCain Jnr

40/1

Fetched £50,000 after winning his sole start between the flags. Showed a bit on first two starts under Rules but produced a tame display over hurdles at Wetherby last time. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 1-337

Kenny's Park^t¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Toby Wynne⁽³⁾| T: R L Llewellyn

80/1

£20,000 buy after finishing second in an Irish point in December but didn't offer a great deal when eighth in a novice at Hereford on hurdling debut. Others make more appeal.

Form: 28

Dragonball Prince^p¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Henry Brooke| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero

50/1

Ended his time on the Flat (for Hugo Palmer) out of form and didn't offer a great deal of encouragement when fifth in a juvenile at Stratford 12 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 5

Non-Runners

Galunggung¹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 8

T: D McCain Jnr J: Peter Kavanagh

Forecasts

Grand Albert (5/6), Guard The Moon (1/1), Galunggung (10/3), Jo Arengeot Bey Aa (40/1), Dragonball Prince (50/1), Kenny's Park (80/1)

GUARD THE MOON has the best form and there's scope for better, so he makes marginally more appeal than Grand Albert, who also has potential. Galunggung is another player if he retains all of his ability back from a lengthy absence.