Leicester Racecourse Ideal Self-Hire Wedding Venue Novices' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 5m 42.23s

Fox Cottage¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Daniel Sansom⁽³⁾| T: J W Mullins| OR: 92

11/2

Hinted at ability on sole outing in bumpers, but it's all been pretty low-key over hurdles so far and a chunk of improvement will be needed if he's to get competitive now handicapping.

Form: 575-34

Troop Ship²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Shane Quinlan⁽³⁾| T: Mrs M Rowley| OR: 89

9/4

Little impact in 3 qualifying runs and while it's by no means beyond the realms of possibility that he'll fare better now pitched into a handicap, others make more appeal all the same.

Form: 54-0

Getaway With You^p,t⁷^{(ex 7)}

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: Nick Slatter⁽³⁾| T: D Killahena & G McPherson| OR: 74

4/6

Finally off the mark in a race that fell apart at Lingfield (19.5f, good) last week, pulling away from his rivals approaching the second-last and never in any danger thereafter. Respected under a penalty, but his strike rate (1-27 overall) is hardly compelling.

Form: P45521

Non-Runners

Blue Universe²³

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: M J Attwater J: Ned Fox

Albie Littlewood²²

Weight: 11-9| Age: 6

T: D Skelton J: Tristan Durrell

Forecasts

Getaway With You (4/6), Troop Ship (9/4), Albie Littlewood (7/2), Fox Cottage (11/2), Blue Universe (6/1)

It's not hard to envisage ALBIE LITTLEWOOD taking a step forward now venturing down the handicap route over a new trip, and the hint should be taken if the market speaks in his favour. Blue Universe has shown enough to suggest that he will be competitive in a race of this nature off his present mark. He is feared most ahead of Getaway With You, who did the job well at Lingfield last week but that race rather fell apart and he has more on his plate under a penalty here.