Coral Racing Club 'Join For Free' Handicap Hurdle

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
2nd	1	—	Felicie Du Maquis (M) T Course winner who wasn't disgraced on just his third run over fences when fourth of 6 in handicap chase at Chepstow (23.6f, good to soft) last month. Reverts to hurdles after a wind op and this veter…	6D14-74	R Patrick C Boultbee-Brooks	11	76.7kg	13 12/1
4th	2	—	Rocheval (G) Course winner who posted a solid fourth of 6 in handicap hurdle at Carlisle (25f, soft) 46 days ago. Merits consideration eased 1 lb.	F6-P644	P W Wadge L Russell & M Scudamore	6	74.4kg	6 5/1
6th	3	—	President Scottie (G) P Course scorer who shaped as if back in form in first-time cheekpieces when eighth of 11 in handicap chase at Kelso (32.4f, soft) 53 days ago, close up until bad error 4 out. Not ruled out back over h…	P-48665	Danny McMenamin N G Richards	8	74.4kg	8.50 15/2
9th	4	—	Carismatic Soldier (G) P Made an encouraging return when third at Wetherby (21f) in November but made mistakes when last of 5 at Uttoxeter following month. Sent off odds-on there and worth another chance with cheekpieces fit…	35958-8	S Bowen O Murphy	7	73.5kg	5.50 9/2
8th	5	—	Buzz Iceclear (G) FAV P Much improved this season, scoring over C&D and at Wetherby. Excellent third of 9 off a 10 lb higher mark in 3m Ascot handicap last time so he's a likely player with cheekpieces now added.	67-1138	Jamie Hamilton M Walford	6	72.1kg	4.33 10/3
5th	6	—	Fox's Fancy (M) A fair winning hurdler but she's yet to hit top form this term, coming in a well-held fourth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Kelso (22.7f, soft) 53 days ago. Needs to take a big step forward despite a sl…	3-F4451	D R Fox L Russell & M Scudamore	8	72.1kg	10 9/1
—	7	—	Gaillimh A Stor (G) Pulled Up VT It's now 15 runs since his sole win in 2022 and he came in only seventh (on the back of a wind op) in C&D handicap 27 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.	P8P-9P7	Dominic Hislop N W Alexander	10	71.2kg	15 14/1
—	8	—	Theme Tune (G) Pulled Up P Landed a pair of 3m handicap hurdles in 2022/23. Lightly raced since and below par, a remote fifth of 7 at Haydock (24.3f, good) 57 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.	6/956-75	Bruce Lynn N W Alexander	11	69.9kg	41 40/1
10th	9	—	Canunclecani (G) Fair maiden hurdler who comes here in decent nick, fourth of 11 in novice here (20.4f, soft) 27 days ago. May do better still now going handicapping so possibilities.	52-0240	Sean Quinlan Mrs J Stephen	7	69.4kg	17 16/1
1st	10	—	Shoeshine Boy (G) T Capitalised on a much-reduced mark when gamely bagging a third C&D victory in 10-runner handicap 16 days ago. Back up 4 lb but this veteran can't be discounted.	2F1135-	Craig Nichol D W Whillans	10	67.1kg	12 11/1
—	11	—	Adveram (G) Pulled Up P Ended a long losing run reverted to hurdles in 9-runner handicap at Hexham (23.3f, heavy) 50 days ago, holding on gamely. Needs to back it up now off a 3 lb higher mark.	371PPP-	Callum Bewley I A Duncan	7	66.7kg	10 9/1
3rd	12	—	Grand Voyage (G) TP A fairly useful winning hurdler/chaser at his best but he arrives well out of sorts, last of 7 in handicap hurdle here (19.5f, heavy) 59 days ago. Hard to warm to.	45P873	Joshua Thompson W Coltherd	10	64.4kg	41 40/1
7th	13	—	Pure Sirloin (G) V Just the one win to his name when landing a Navan handicap hurdle back in 2023 for Gavin Cromwell. More miss than hit for present yard and looks up against it from 5 lb out of the weights here.	3-P3673	Harry Reed Miss S E Forster	8	64.4kg	34 33/1

Betting forecast: Buzz Iceclear (10/3), Carismatic Soldier (9/2), Rocheval (5/1), President Scottie (15/2), Fox's Fancy (9/1), Adveram (9/1), Shoeshine Boy (11/1), Felicie Du Maquis (12/1), Gaillimh A Stor (14/1), Canunclecani (16/1), Pure Sirloin (33/1), Grand Voyage (40/1), Theme Tune (40/1)