Ladies Day Sunday 16th August Handicap Hurdle

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
4th	1	—	Hidor De Bersy (G) Down in the weights and off the mark for this yard at the third attempt in 3-runner handicap hurdle at Wincanton (2½m, soft) in December. 3 lb rise fair enough but this is a tougher assignment.	1P2/4-21	Mrs Vicki Sollitt Mrs M Rowley	9	76.2kg	6 5/1
—	2	—	Jaffa Cake (G) Pulled Up Second on bumper debut last March. Hasn't really managed to build on that since but best effort over hurdles when 22 lengths fourth in 16.5f Taunton last month and he's unexposed now handicapping ove…	704PP7-	Ben Jones B Pauling	6	76.2kg	10 9/1
3rd	3	—	Kastellion (G) FAV Second on sole start in Irish points last spring. Has shown a bit of promise in 3 qualifying runs over hurdles this winter and probably up to making an impact from this sort of mark. Stablemate of Hi…	2-64634	Charlie Hammond Mrs M Rowley	6	76.2kg	3.50 5/2
—	4	—	Heaven Smart (G) Pulled Up Largely in decent form over fences for this yard, including a 2½m Perth success in the autumn. Creditable third of 8 at Musselburgh (2½m, good to soft) last time. Respected back hurdling under Brian …	P-412P3	B S Hughes L Morgan	9	75.7kg	13 12/1
—	5	—	Caramelo Rapido (G) Remains a maiden and that isn't obviously likely to change soon judged on last month's remote sixth at Wetherby.	8-59618	Jamie Hamilton M Walford	7	75.3kg	17 16/1
1st	6	—	In The Purple (G) In good hands but has yet to show much around 2m, including Uttoxeter handicap debut at the turn of the year. The step up in trip needs to spark improvement.	8700	S Bowen O Murphy	5	74.8kg	12 11/1
6th	7	—	Farmer Jimmy (G) Wetherby win over 2½m on heavy last February. Also runner-up over 3m there in November but he needs to shrug off lesser efforts on his last 2 outings.	724P76	Mr Paddy Barlow M Walford	6	73.9kg	10 9/1
2nd	8	—	Ever Ready (M) Modest form in bumpers/over hurdles, including sixth on last month's Market Rasen handicap debut. Races beyond around 2m for the first time now.	586246	Paul O'Brien Mrs P Sly	7	72.1kg	23 22/1
8th	9	—	Snapaudaciaheros (M) T Made the frame all 3 starts in bumpers but has yet to better poor form over hurdles, including 3 handicaps this season. Tongue tied first time here.	5851-P1	Nathan Moscrop R Menzies	6	68kg	15 14/1
9th	10	—	Ker D'oudairies (G) Lightly-raced maiden hurdler who produced his best effort yet when fifth of 11 in 2½m Ffos Las handicap in November. Never involved over 3m there last month and quickly drops back in trip.	55P05P	Jack Tudor Christian Williams	6	66.2kg	17 16/1
7th	11	—	Huckleberry Sting (G) H No impact in novice hurdles for Dan Skelton in 2023/24 season but won a point with a hood added (retained) last March and interesting now switching to a handicap on his Rules return. Market confidenc…	771-231	Jack Andrews T Ellis	7	64.9kg	3.75 11/4
5th	12	—	Sweet Serene (M) T Remains with little form and likely booked for another struggle from out of the weights back from 6 months off (has had wind surgery).	6-86075	Tabitha Worsley G Howell	6	64.4kg	151 150/1

Betting forecast: Kastellion (5/2), Huckleberry Sting (11/4), Hidor De Bersy (5/1), Farmer Jimmy (9/1), Jaffa Cake (9/1), In The Purple (11/1), Heaven Smart (12/1), Snapaudaciaheros (14/1), Ker D'oudairies (16/1), Caramelo Rapido (16/1), Ever Ready (22/1), Sweet Serene (150/1)