Injured Jockey's Fund Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 15:27 | Winning time: 3m 52.14s

Romany Brown³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Harry Bannister| T: B I Case| OR: 117

4/1

Off the mark in a 16-runner Killarney maiden hurdle (17f, good) on final outing for previous connections in May. Having changed hands for £42,000 the following month, he has proved rather disappointing in 2 starts for this yard and is probably worth taking on under his penalty.

Form: 334-139

Sun Art^t²²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Burke| T: F O'Brien| OR: 113| D

5/6

Confirmed initial hurdles promise when, ridden more positively with a tongue strap replacing a hood, landing a 5-runner Ludlow novice (15.8f, good) on his latest start in March. That wasn't much of a race, but he commands plenty of respect here nonetheless.

Form: 63351-

Constantinian^t²³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: David Bass| T: O Signy

15/8

Shaped well when third on debut in a Wincanton bumper in January and accounted for his 2 rivals in a first-time tongue strap at Market Rasen (16.6f, good) next time. The second in that bumper won on his hurdles debut last month and this 5-y-o will be a serious player if his jumping passes the test.

Form: 31-

Emaculate Soldier^p¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Ben Godfrey| T: Kathy Turner

25/1

Dual AW Flat winner for Archie Watson, but he hasn't pulled up any trees in a couple of runs over hurdles so far.

Form: 74

Kaviar Wood⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Conor Ring| T: Evan Williams

200/1

Maiden pointer who has offered little in a Chepstow novice and Fontwell maiden since switched to hurdles.

Form: 2334-07

Meridian Way^p1,h³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Houlihan| T: P Hobbs & J White

66/1

Little form of worth on the Flat for Charlie Johnston last year and, judged on what he's shown in a couple of novice events at Newton Abbot, he doesn't look destined for great things in this sphere. Cheekpieces applied.

Form: 6P

Liasse D'argent

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: R T Dunne| T: T R Gretton

125/1

Tirwanako mare. Half-sister to fair hurdler Risk D'argent, stays 2¼m, and French 19f chase winner L'Arceliere. Yard is not a regular source of winning newcomers, but this mare needs a second look in the betting.

Form:

Forecasts

Sun Art (5/6), Constantinian (15/8), Romany Brown (4/1), Emaculate Soldier (25/1), Meridian Way (66/1), Liasse D'argent (125/1), Kaviar Wood (200/1)

It was just a three-runner bumper that CONSTANTINIAN won at Market Rasen, but the runner-up has since won well on his hurdles debut, so the form may actually prove to be pretty decent and Oliver Signy's charge is taken to make a winning start in this sphere, too. Sun Art got the job done at Ludlow when last seen in March and he rates the main danger ahead of Irish import Romany Brown, who has proved a shade disappointing in his two starts for this yard.