Oddschecker Cheltenham Free Bets Handicap Hurdle

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
—	1	—	Diamond Ri (G) Pulled Up P Promising novice a couple of seasons back but has failed to fire both starts since returning from a lengthy absence. Hopes pinned on the first-time cheekpieces doing the trick.	142/P0P	Brendan Powell J Tizzard	7	73.9kg	29 28/1
—	2	—	Punta Del Este (G) Pulled Up PT Useful hurdler for Dan Skelton and, having slipped to a handy mark, he left previous efforts for this yard behind when third of 12 at Ascot (21.7f, good to soft) last month. This step back up in trip…	35-7P53	Jack Tudor D Pipe	7	73.5kg	11 10/1
—	3	—	Emailandy (G) Pulled Up BT Useful hurdler at his best but endured an underwhelming campaign last season and well below par both starts this time round, too, including with first-time blinkers added (retained) at Kempton recent…	0PP-P8P	H Cobden P F Nicholls	8	73.5kg	41 40/1
2nd	4	—	Turndlightsdownlow (G) FAV Low-mileage, progressive sort who readily landed a brace of Kempton handicaps in the autumn and improved further when finding only another upwardly mobile type too strong at Sandown (23.5f, soft) las…	211222	Freddie Keighley M Keighley	6	72.1kg	4 3/1
—	5	—	Rubber Ball (G) Pulled Up Irish point winner who also landed a brace of 2m maiden/novice hurdles last term. Yet to hit top form this season, though, and hopes now pinned on this sizeable step up in trip sparking a return to f…	47P180-	J M Quinlan N B King	6	72.1kg	9.50 17/2
—	6	—	Tommy The Tank (G) Pulled Up Point/maiden hurdle winner who made an inauspicious start to chase career on return at Sandown last month, struggling a long way out. Return to this sphere is a logical step but others make more appe…	2214-PP	Charlie Hammond Dr R Newland & J Insole	8	71.7kg	29 28/1
3rd	7	—	A Perfect Day (G) Runner-up sole start between the flags and made it 2-3 in this sphere when cosily landing the odds in a 6-runner Lingfield handicap (23f, good). 6 lb rise looks pretty generous and this unexposed typ…	1-31352	Thomas Bellamy Ben Clarke	6	71.7kg	4.50 7/2
—	8	—	Loverdose (G) Pulled Up P French Flat winner who thrived in this sphere last term, winning 3 times and runner-up twice from 5 runs. Failed to buld on reappearance second when mid-field at Newbury but that was a very competiti…	2112-28	Harry Kimber R Walford	7	70.8kg	7 6/1
—	9	—	Oh My Johnny (G) Pulled Up Successful at Uttoxeter and Hereford last season. Stepped up on his reappearance effort when finding just one too good back at Uttoxeter (23.3f, heavy) last month and he worth a second look off 1 lb …	7-52P33	Sean Houlihan P Hobbs & J White	6	70.8kg	15 14/1
1st	10	—	Champagne Chic (G) P Landed 15f Wincanton novice heavy last January and produced by far his best effort since when narrowly going down at Chepstow (23.6f, good to soft). One to consider.	0-62110	Lorcan Williams J Scott	6	70.8kg	4.33 10/3

Betting forecast: Turndlightsdownlow (3/1), Champagne Chic (10/3), A Perfect Day (7/2), Loverdose (6/1), Rubber Ball (17/2), Punta Del Este (10/1), Oh My Johnny (14/1), Diamond Ri (28/1), Tommy The Tank (28/1), Emailandy (40/1)