carpetgallop.co.uk Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Affinisea gelding who went off at 4/7 and showed plenty to work on despite failing to land the odds when runner-up in a 6-runner bumper at Kelso (2m, good) on NH debut 166 days ago, pulling clear with a filly he was giving weight to. Leading player on hurdles bow having since left A. Slattery.

€22,000 3-y-o, £11,000 6-y-o, Diamond Boy gelding. Dam unraced. Winning Irish pointer but he was pulled up on his last start in that sphere and others make more appeal on hurdles debut.

£85,000 5-y-o, Mahler gelding. Closely related to bumper winner/fair hurdler Cash The Cheque, and half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Beaufort West. Winner of his sole Irish point outing in October 2025 and makes plenty of appeal on paper.

Spanish Moon gelding. Half-brother to French hurdler/chaser Sirba. Dam, winning French hurdler/chaser up to 21f, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 25f) Quarenta and fairly useful hurdle winner/useful chaser (stayed 3¼m) Fantastikas. Perhaps a longer-term prospect on paper.

£30,000 5-y-o, Jet Away gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to winning hurdler/chaser up to 2¾m Glenstar. Got off the mark in points at the fourth attempt. Others appeal as likelier sorts.

€70,000 3-y-o, Jeu St Eloi gelding. Half-brother to fair chaser Vision de Maine, stays 3¼m. Last of 5 finishers on his sole completed outing in points and was a faller last time, so will likely need to leave that form behind to score.

€10,000 3-y-o, Valirann gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Armed And Fabulous, stays 3m. Jockey bookings suggest Lipati is the stable's main hope.

€35,000 3-y-o, £20,000 4-y-o, Choeur Du Nord gelding. Dam maiden half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (stays 21f) Yccs Portocervo. Third of 4 finishers on his sole outing in points.

Made frame both completed starts in Irish points but tailed-off last of 7 in a Sedgefield bumper on Rules debut and offered little at huge odds on hurdles bow at Wetherby last week.