BetMGM Elite Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:55 | Winning time: 3m 30.90s

Rubaud²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Harry Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 147| CD

11/10

Made up into a smart hurdler last term, taking a Kempton listed race before following up in this race 3 weeks later. Limitations exposed slightly at a higher level to end the season but he's charting a similar path this term having produced a career best when successful in that Kempton race again.

Form: 12456-1

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Aspire Tower²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 148

3/1

Well prepared following 8 months off when landing 4-runner minor hurdle at Punchestown last month. That snapped a losing sequence stretching back to 2020 and he'll need to step up on that level of form here.

Form: 3342F-1

Brentford Hope^t¹⁹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Paul O'Brien| T: Harry Derham| OR: 148| CD

2/1

Talented on the Flat and enhanced excellent strike rate over hurdles with a brace of handicap wins in March, Even better form when runner-up off top-weight at Punchestown a month later and that makes him a major player.

Form: 132112-

Non-Runners

Forever William⁵

Weight: 11-2| Age: 6

T: D Skelton J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Rubaud (11/10), Brentford Hope (2/1), Aspire Tower (3/1), Forever William (50/1)

BRENTFORD HOPE showed he's still on the up as a hurdler when a cracking second at Punchestown in April and, while he doesn't have the race fitness last year's winner Rubaud has on his side, the 6 lb he receives may prove to be pivotal.