Virgin Bet A Good Bet Handicap Hurdle

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
5th	1	—	Baratablet (G) Progressed again when landing a handicap (20.3f, good to soft) in good style here on his reappearance in December. Might have found next run coming too soon when failing to land the odds at Kelso 18 …	131-145	B S Hughes N G Richards	6	76.2kg	5 4/1
3rd	2	—	Saracen Beau (G) Made successful hurdles debut for Nicky Richards last season. Shaped well on both starts for Lucinda Russell, latterly when runner-up on chase debut at Bangor in October on return. Re-joined Nicky Ri…	1P3/231-	Danny McMenamin N G Richards	7	76.2kg	7.50 13/2
1st	3	—	The Gray Ghost (G) T Opened hurdles account at third attempt for current yard last season and has been shaping up well in handicaps, caught further back than ideal when fourth at Musselburgh last time. One to note steppi…	454414	Callum Pritchard R L Llewellyn	7	74.8kg	5 4/1
8th	4	—	Seaview Rock (G) FAV H Sold for £72,000 after going close on sole start in points and made encouraging debut over hurdles when second to a progressive novice from the Skelton yard at Leicester. Confirmed that promise when …	3/218-2	Ben Sutton O Murphy	6	74.8kg	4 3/1
4th	5	—	Fromheretoeternity (M) PT A three-time 2m winner last term and in good form in early summer, not seen to ideal effect when fifth at Worcester. Not knocked about back from 7 months off when fourth at Sedgefield 4 weeks ago and…	54442-4	Sean Quinlan J Candlish	9	73.9kg	23 22/1
9th	6	—	That One (G) Won twice last season, including over C&D 12 months ago, and returned with a good second at Carlisle. However, produced a rare sloppy round of jumping when only sixth there 18 days ago and needs to b…	21/269F-	Callum Bewley J Walton	7	73kg	10 9/1
6th	7	—	Cormier (G) Did the job in decisive fashion on the Flat at Nottingham in October but it's been a long time since he came close to winning over jumps, just a respectable fourth at Doncaster last time.	0/06-746	Craig Nichol B Ellison	10	73kg	17 16/1
2nd	8	—	The Hatchet (G) £105,000 purchase after finishing runner-up in his only Irish point. Hurdle form is working out well, winning 2m novice at Perth prior to splitting a pair of subsequent winners when third under a pen…	7-13623	Jack Power L Russell & M Scudamore	6	73kg	8 7/1
7th	9	—	Party In The Park (G) T Runner-up sole start in Irish points and showed promise when third in Newcastle bumper on Rules debut. Best effort over hurdles when fifth of 12 in novice at Carlisle in a first-time tongue strap 18 …	236557	William Maggs Mrs A Hamilton	5	68.5kg	12 11/1

Betting forecast: Seaview Rock (3/1), The Gray Ghost (4/1), Baratablet (4/1), Saracen Beau (13/2), The Hatchet (7/1), That One (9/1), Party In The Park (11/1), Cormier (16/1), Fromheretoeternity (22/1)