Bet Boost At bet365 Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:43 | Winning time: 3m 50.97s

Hope Rising²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden| OR: 116| BF| CD

5/2

Unreliable type (has refused to race) and she whipped round at the start for the second time in her last 3 runs when a length second of 5 (lost around 20 lengths at start) in handicap hurdle at Stratford (19f) 29 days ago. This C&D scorer must still enter calculations, though.

Form: 212R-32

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Edelak^p¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR: 118| D

4/6

A fairly useful winner at 1½m on Flat for Johnny Murtagh. On the up for his new yard over hurdles following a breathing operation, making it 2 wins from last 3 starts in 3-runner handicap hurdle at Stratford (2m) 12 days ago. Up 7 lb but he's a player once more for top yard.

Form: 6-211

Caelan^t⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Lewis Saunders⁽⁵⁾| T: O Murphy| OR: 108| D

4/1

Won 2m maiden hurdle at Worcester in September and plenty of good efforts since, latest when fourth of 8 in handicap hurdle at Aintree (17f) last month. Very much one to consider eased 1 lb.

Form: 52632-4

Non-Runners

Morning Mayhem¹⁶

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: Nick Scholfield J: Kielan Woods

Forecasts

Edelak (4/6), Hope Rising (5/2), Morning Mayhem (4/1), Caelan (4/1)

None of the quartet can be discounted but Dan Skelton's EDELAK scored easily on his handicap bow at Stratford and can defy a 7 lb rise in the weights at the chief expense of the handily-weighted Caelan. Hope Rising isn't one to rely on but rates a big danger if getting away on level terms having whipped round at the start last time.