LiveScore Bet Best Odds Daily Hogmaneigh Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:56 | Winning time: 5m 25.23s

1^st

Bold Light

810-12

7/2

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: Alan Doyle (5)

Midfield, slightly outpaced and niggled along 4 out, took closer order when ridden 3 out, headway to lead approaching last, ran on strongly flat, won going away op 4/1

2^nd

Ballygeary

811-2

8/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes

In touch, led 6th, pushed along 3 out, headed approaching last, stayed on flat op 15/2

3^rd

3 ¼

Liari

511-11

9/4f

T: P F NichollsJ: Ben Bromley (5)

Prominent, headway 4 out, pushed along when not fluent 3 out, kept on run-in, no extra towards finish

4^th

Sweet Fantasy

611-10

11/4

T: James OwenJ: Alex Chadwick (5)

In touch, headway into contention 4 out, bad mistake 2 out, stayed on same pace, not recover op 5/2

Also Ran

Benson

1012-0

9/2

T: A M ThomsonJ: Ryan Mania

Led, headed 6th, soon regressed to mid-division and chased along, pulled up before 3 out op 5/1

Bringbackmemories

610-9

28/1

T: I JardineJ: Danny McMenamin

Towards rear, ridden 4 out, pulled up before 2 out op 25/1

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.70Pl:£2.00, £3.20EX:£28.50Trifecta:£72.60SF:£28.93Swingers:£4.00, £2.00, £2.70

Forecasts

Liari (9/4), Sweet Fantasy (11/4), Bold Light (7/2), Benson (9/2), Ballygeary (8/1), Bringbackmemories (28/1)

BENSON arrives somewhat out of sorts but, having won the previous 2 renewals of this race, he gets the nod to complete the hat-trick with hopes pinned on a return to this venue sparking a revival. The main danger may emerge from Sweet Fantasy, who had a near-hopeless task from her position at Cheltenham last month, with Liari rounding off the shortlist stepping up to 2½m for the first time.