Bright Maize 'Introductory' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 12:20 | Winning time: 5m 8.29s

Freshers Week²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Lily Pinchin| T: C E Longsdon| D

13/2

€30,000 3-y-o, £50,000 4-y-o, Crystal Ocean gelding. Dam, ran twice over hurdles, sister to fairly useful hurdler/very smart chaser Gold Present. Won 4-runner event only start in Irish points in April and followed up over hurdles at Market Rasen 3 weeks ago (20.6f). Bare form is ordinary.

Form: 1-1

Tiptoptim³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden| BF

1/4

£70,000 Irish point recruit who built on debut bumper promise when easily landing the odds in similar company at Newcastle in March. Shaped well when second on hurdles debut at Uttoxeter a month ago (2m) and there's more to come over this trip. One to beat.

Form: 1/31-2

Hopeless Dancer⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

11/2

Quietly progressive when places all 3 starts in bumpers this autumn, second of 9 from the front at Ffos Las. Makes hurdles debut up in trip.

Form: 322

Forecasts

Tiptoptim (1/4), Hopeless Dancer (11/2), Freshers Week (13/2)

Having won a bumper TIPTOPTIM made a very positive start to his hurdles career when a keeping-on second over 2m at Uttoxeter a month ago. Sure to relish this trip he' ll take some stopping. Freshers Week won last time but a penalty makes life tough, so Hopeless Dancer could be the chief threat.