bet365 Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 18:10 | Winning time: 5m 25.62s

Do It Like A Dude^t1⁷³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Callum Pritchard⁽⁵⁾| T: B PaulingWS

11/2

£30,000 5-y-o, Libertarian gelding who won sole start in Irish points (May 2023). Makes belated Rules debut with a tongue strap fitted having undergone wind surgery and he's very much one to note.

Form: 1/

El Galactico

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: R P McLernon| T: N P Mulholland

28/1

€9,500 3-y-o, Hillstar gelding. Dam, little impact in points, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (stayed 3m) Acriveen. Betting can prove a useful guide ahead of debut.

Form:

La Higuera³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: K Brogan| T: T Lawes

13/2

Placed on 2 of 3 starts in Irish points and shaped like a stayer when fourth of 8 sole outing in bumpers. However, has looks more of a longer-term project judged on each of his 2 runs in maidens 5 months apart.

Form: 3534/54-

Easy Love⁶⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: A J Honeyball

30/100

Cost €80,000 after winning an Irish point and she boasts a progressive profile in bumpers, successful on second start at Plumpton and best effort yet when third in mares' listed company at Sandown (2m) in March. Appeals as a likely type to make her mark now hurdling over this longer trip.

Form: 1/413-

Gorcombe Blueskye²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Harry Kimber| T: R Walford

150/1

Big prices and showed little in pair of mares' maiden hurdles in recent months.

Form: P5-

Non-Runners

Fortune Timmy¹¹⁶

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: C Gordon J: Rex Dingle

Forecasts

Easy Love (30/100), Fortune Timmy (11/4), Do It Like A Dude (11/2), La Higuera (13/2), El Galactico (28/1), Gorcombe Blueskye (150/1)

EASY LOVE was progressive in bumpers, opening her account at Plumpton before advancing her form when a good third in listed company at Sandown in March. She appeals as a likely type now hurdling over this longer trip and earns the vote. Rules debutants Do It Like A Dude and Fortune Timmy may emerge next best before market clues.