Maria & Nick's Perfect Wedding Gift Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:30 | Winning time: 5m 26.38s

Dr Waksman²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Freddie Gordon| T: C Gordon

15/2

Fair form in maidens on the Flat (stays 10.5f) for Andrew Oliver in Ireland and much better effort over hurdles when second here (2m) in February. Open to further improvement in this sphere but was well held on that Flat 2 starts.

Form: 52-

Le Flying Ferret²¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: James Davies| T: N J Gifford

50/1

£22,000 Choeur Du Nord gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/top-class chaser (stayed 25f) Uxizandre. 7/1, well-held fifth of 6 in bumper at this course (17.8f, good) on NH debut. Off 7 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 5

Manigod^t²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: James Bowen| T: W Greatrex

11/8

Half-brother to high-class hurdler Vauban. Fair form on Flat in France, placed 4 times. Left P. Decouz €40,000 in July and offered something to work on making hurdling/yard debut over C&D 4 weeks ago Can put that experience to good use.

Form: 2

The Boss Bear²¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Tom Cannon| T: G & J Moore

5/4

Pedigree nothing out of the ordinary but showed plenty in bumpers in the spring, winning in good style at Fontwell. Interesting hurdling debutant.

Form: 2-1

Masked Mistress³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: S Bowen| T: J & S Best| C

17/2

Masked Marvel filly who has won a couple of bumpers this season. Not up to listed level last time but ought to me making an impact here on hurdling bow,

Form: 3110

Forecasts

The Boss Bear (5/4), Manigod (11/8), Dr Waksman (15/2), Masked Mistress (17/2), Le Flying Ferret (50/1)

THE BOSS BEAR showed plenty in a couple of bumpers in the spring and looks up to making a winning start over hurdles. French-recruit Manigod offered something to work on over C&D last month and is an obvious threat.