LiveScore Bet Best Odds Daily Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 4m 16.44s

Bashful^p,t²²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Danny McMenamin| T: I Jardine| OR: 116| C| D

11/2

Landed Musselburgh handicap hurdle (for second year in a row) last month having seemingly been laid out for the race and better than ever when following up from an 11 lb higher mark at Kelso (16.2f, soft) just over 3 weeks ago. Up another 5 lb but hard to discount in his current mood.

Form: 1-85511

Mack The Man^v²²

Age: 11| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr Kit Alexander⁽⁵⁾| T: N W Alexander| OR: 115| CD

12/1

Veteran who responded well to fitting of a visor, gaining a third win of 2024 over C&D in November. Found his run of good form coming to a halt of late, losing touch 4 out at Kelso just over 3 weeks ago. Others in better heart at present.

Form: 41340P

Apologise^p²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr O McGill⁽⁵⁾| T: Gary McGill| OR: 115| D

9/4

Signed off for Greenall/Guerriero with a win in November 2023 and picked up from where he'd left off when landing 18-runner handicap at Limerick over Christmas. Took another big step forward when scoring at Clonmel recently (in cheekpieces) and the British handicapper has reacted accordingly.

Form: P/691-11

Perseus Way¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Sam Coltherd| T: W Coltherd| OR: 114| D

5/1

Useful winning juvenile hurdler for Gary Moore in 2022/23. Recorded couple of respectable placed efforts on Flat for Owen Burrows in autumn 2023 but no show over hurdles in 4 starts for Christian Williams and it was a similar story for his new yard here recently.

Form: 7/667-97

Freddy Robinson³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Craig Nichol| T: B Ellison| OR: 112| D

11/1

Had a productive time of it on the Flat last year and continued the good work in this sphere, runner-up at Musselburgh in November before filling same spot at Sedgefield in January. Possibly found the race coming too soon at former course 6 days later so given a 5-week break to freshen up.

Form: 33/1-228

Thereisnodoubt^p,t³³

Age: 12| Weight: 11-2| J: D R Fox| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 108| D

4/1

Veteran returned to form when fourth at Haydock in December. Not so good at Newbury in January but ran respectably in first-time cheekpieces having reverted to making the running when third at Carlisle (17f, soft) last time. Down another 2 lb but others more appealing for win purposes.

Form: 42-9453

Medieval Gold⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Emma Smith-Chaston⁽³⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 108| D

8/1

Fairly useful on Flat for William Haggas and made a good start over hurdles for new yard last year, going one better than on debut when winning maiden at Perth in May. Matched that form on handicap debut/return when third at Haydock (18.9f, heavy) 11 weeks ago and fancied to build on that.

Form: 2-13

Forecasts

Apologise (9/4), Thereisnodoubt (4/1), Perseus Way (5/1), Bashful (11/2), Medieval Gold (8/1), Freddy Robinson (11/1), Mack The Man (12/1)

Cases can be made for most of the septet, but the suggestion is MEDIEVAL GOLD, who matched his previous exploits over hurdles switched to a handicap when third on return at Haydock in December and Micky Hammond's 5-y-o remains unexposed in this discipline. Apologise is thriving at present, so he heads up the dangers in search of an impressive 4-timer, with Bashful and Freddy Robinson taken to fight out minor honours.