Never Ordinary At bet365 Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:33 | Winning time: 3m 45.8s

Alnilam^h1¹⁶⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: S Bowen| T: O Murphy| OR: 125| D

12/1

Fairly useful winner on the Flat who doubled his hurdles tally on yard debut at Kelso (18.1f) in April. Raced freely and dropped away when ninth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Aintree (20f) in May but fitting of a hood can help on return and he's still lightly raced at 2m.

Form: 4171-9

Williethebuilder¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR: 125| BF| D

13/8

Novice campaign somewhat stalled following a promising start but off 8 months/following wind surgery, he got firmly back on track when just failing to land 6-runner C&D handicap 17 days ago. Very much one to be interested in with the prospect of more to come.

Form: 14506-2

Salsada^p²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: H Cobden| T: B Ellison| OR: 115

8/1

Useful Flat winner who showed benefit of a spin on Flat when second of 7 in handicap hurdle at Hexham (16.2f) 4 weeks ago, edged out on line. Nudged up just 1 lb and booking of Cobden a plus but she wouldn't be certain to be in same form here.

Form: 30-U662

Goblet Of Fire¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: James Bowen| T: N J Henderson| OR: 114| D

15/8

Most progressive on Flat for this yard and got back on the up in this sphere when comfortably landing 9-runner handicap hurdle at Southwell (15.8f, good) 10 days ago. Another meriting serious respect from 6 lb higher mark.

Form: 414-41

Piecederesistance^h¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: B S Hughes| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 105

33/1

Exploits rather up and down on Flat this summer but matched previous hurdles best when 9 lengths second of 8 in a Fakenham novice (2m) 15 days ago. Switch to handicaps in his favour now but others appeal more for win purposes.

Form: 3432/2

V Twelve¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-4| J: William Maggs⁽⁵⁾| T: M Todhunter| OR: 102| BF| CD

11/2

Successful over C&D in March and went in again under positive ride on Flat at Hamilton (11f) in July. Placed all 3 starts under both codes subsequently and his rider takes off a handy 5 lb here.

Form: 52561-3

Non-Runners

Spirits Bay²²⁴

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: N & W Twiston-Davies J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Williethebuilder (13/8), Goblet Of Fire (15/8), Spirits Bay (4/1), V Twelve (11/2), Salsada (8/1), Alnilam (12/1), Piecederesistance (33/1)

WILLIETHEBUILDER was firmly back on track after 8 months off/following wind surgery when narrowly denied in a C&D handicap 17 days ago and with further progress on the cards, he could well be the answer here. Southwell scorer Goblet of Fire is another improving sort and he's feared, along with the returning Spirits Bay.