bet365 Scottish County Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
8th	1	—	Kateira (M) Useful hurdler who made the most of good opportunity (sole rival amiss) when winning a listed mares' event at Wetherby (2m, good) in November. Creditable fourth in Grade 2 Ascot Hurdle 3 weeks later …	2-14389	Tristan Durrell D Skelton	9	76.2kg	10 9/1
4th	2	—	Williethebuilder (G) Not many improve for leaving Dan Skelton but this 7-y-o has done just that, winning pair of 2m Kempton handicaps in recent weeks. Raised another 6 lb but further progress can't be discounted in his c…	321140	Toby McCain-Mitchell Christian Williams	7	73kg	5 4/1
7th	3	—	Gibbs Island (G) Victor Ludorum winner at Haydock last winter and returned to make a successful start to his handicap hurdle career at Chepstow (2m, good to firm) in October. Two lesser efforts have followed, though.…	8/10577-	Stan Sheppard T Lacey	5	72.1kg	19 18/1
—	4	—	Welsh Charger (G) FAV Unseated Rider Winner at this meeting for the last 2 years, including this race 12 months ago. Has posted respectable efforts in top-end 2m handicaps at Cheltenham and Ascot this winter and has dipped to only 1 lb …	5-046U6	C Gethings A Ralph	8	68kg	4.50 7/2
3rd	5	—	Wise Eagle (G) Has tasted success here on the Flat and over hurdles but this useful sort had no apparent excuses when only sixth of 9 in 2½m course handicap on New Year's Day. Respectable seventh of 11 on AW Flat a…	2407-73	Joshua Thompson A Nicol	9	67.1kg	7 6/1
5th	6	—	Saligo Bay (G) Likeable type who won 5 times (1 Fla, 4 hurdle) between September and December but his run of good form came to a halt when well beaten in a valuable event at Windsor 15 days ago.	113421-	Jonathan England S England	8	66.7kg	29 28/1
2nd	7	—	Afadil (G) Won this in 2024 and length second to Welsh Charger 12 months ago. Warmed up for this year's renewal with a creditable 5¼ lengths fourth of 9 to Star of Guiting over C&D on New Year's Day. Losing run…	342575-	Freddie Keighley P F Nicholls	7	64.4kg	5 4/1
6th	8	—	City Of Diamonds (G) Improved again to make a winning handicap debut over C&D in November, driven out by 4¾ lengths from Star of Guiting. Not in the same form when behind that same rival over C&D on New Year's Day but no…	216600-	B S Hughes D McCain Jnr	6	64.4kg	19 18/1
9th	9	—	Static (G) H Fairly useful sort who has finished third in 2m handicaps at Huntingdon and Kelso on his 2 completed starts this season. Brian Hughes seemingly prefers City of Diamonds.	339110-	Charlie Maggs D McCain Jnr	5	64.4kg	17 16/1
1st	10	—	Star Of Guiting (G) Dual juvenile winner for Nigel Twiston-Davies last season and his strong-travelling style has proved well suited to this C&D for new yard, winning a 9-runner handicap on New Year's Day. 4 lb out of t…	211P58-	Sean Quinlan Ewan Whillans	5	64.4kg	9 8/1

Position	Prize
P1	20812.0 GBP
P2	9568.0 GBP
P3	4784.0 GBP
P4	2392.0 GBP
P5	1196.0 GBP
P6	596.0 GBP