bet365 Morebattle Hurdle (Handicap) (GBB Race)

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
5th	1	—	Laafi (G) Useful on the Flat for William Haggas and quickly translated that ability to hurdles last winter. Better effort in handicaps this time round when fifth of 17 at Leopardstown (2m, good) over Christmas…	3/055D-2	Patrick M O'Brien W Durkan	6	76.2kg	41 40/1
6th	2	—	Cracking Rhapsody (G) Excellent servant to connections who is seeking a hat-trick of wins in this race. Also landed last year's Scottish Champion Hurdle at Ayr. Yet to fire this season but this has presumably been the tar…	71-0666	Craig Nichol Ewan Whillans	7	75.7kg	7 6/1
8th	3	—	Jet To Vegas (G) T Won the Grade 2 Premier novice on this card 12 months ago. Useful efforts in defeat over fences this season and returns from a wind operation with his stable back in better form after being quiet in …	4-22686	B S Hughes L Russell & M Scudamore	7	75.3kg	15 14/1
11th	4	—	Hamlet's Night (G) Yet another success story for this yard, winning maiden/novice hurdles in September before showing even better form in defeat later in the autumn. Back from a break to win on AW Flat last week. Has t…	12205-0	S Bowen James Owen	5	74.8kg	17 16/1
2nd	5	—	Serious Challenge (G) Borderline smart on the Flat in Ireland and progressive over hurdles when rattling off a hat-trick in maiden/novice company last season. Excuses first 2 starts this term and firmly back on the up wit…	14-4P12	J J Burke F O'Brien	6	73.9kg	17 16/1
—	6	—	Hot Fuss (G) Pulled Up V Useful on Flat and similar standard over hurdles, gaining some reward for some fine efforts in handicaps when bagging a valuable prize at Windsor (2m, soft) last month. Likely to give it his usual go…	6241P2	David Bass Tom Dascombe	5	73kg	9 8/1
1st	7	—	Captain Hugo (G) Created a good impression when making a winning hurdle debut at Newbury (2m) in November. Couldn't live with an exciting prospect at Aintree next time but back to winning ways in Haydock novice over …	1121F1	Sean Houlihan P Hobbs & J White	6	72.6kg	15 14/1
9th	8	—	Spectacularsunrise (G) FAV Imposing sort who has taken really well to hurdling, winning Bangor novice before making a mockery of an opening mark of 122 over C&D in December. Creditable 8¾ lengths sixth of 14 to Hot Fuss in val…	311269	Toby McCain-Mitchell N & W Twiston-Davies	6	72.1kg	4 3/1
13th	9	—	Serious Operator (G) T Gradually worked his way back to form this autumn and he duly capitalised on a sliding mark in 6-runner handicap at Newcastle (2½m) in November. Good second of 8 at Aintree (2½m again) since but this…	6-43120	P W Wadge L Russell & M Scudamore	9	71.7kg	26 25/1
3rd	10	—	Wise Eagle (G) Useful on the Flat and over hurdles. Creditable third of 10 in Scottish County Hurdle at Musselburgh (2m, good to soft) 4 weeks ago. Capable of being very competitive in a race like this.	2407-73	Ryan Mania A Nicol	9	71.2kg	17 16/1
10th	11	—	Lucky Manifest (G) Ended his time with James Ewart with a 21f course maiden win last spring and followed up in 2¾m handicap here for new yard 6 months later. Better form in defeat since but he does need to prove his ef…	112830	Stan Sheppard T Lacey	6	69.9kg	19 18/1
—	12	—	Dedicated Hero (G) Pulled Up P Course bumper/maiden hurdle winner. Some flat displays over hurdles this season but produced a promising first effort over fences when second in 2m novice at Ayr last month. Unseated at the first at …	782UP1	Danny McMenamin A M Thomson	7	69.9kg	8 7/1
7th	13	—	Bespoke Tailor (G) T Fairly useful bumper winner who has quickly shown similar form when placed on all 4 starts over hurdles, bumping into a promising sort at Newbury (2m, good to soft) last month. Makes handicap debut w…	1-33227	G Sheehan O Signy	6	68.5kg	17 16/1
12th	14	—	Bertie's Ballet (G) Course bumper winner who was successful in a handicap hurdle at Haydock last winter. Better for reappearance when fourth of 9 over C&D over C&D last month and may come on again.	312-740	Sean Quinlan Mrs Dianne Sayer	8	67.6kg	23 22/1
14th	15	—	City Of Diamonds (G) T Improved again to make a winning handicap debut at Musselburgh in November. Saw off the progressive Star of Guiting on that occasion but hasn't been able to reproduce that level when finishing behind…	216600-	William Maggs D McCain Jnr	6	66.7kg	51 50/1
4th	16	—	Quaviste (G) Looked useful when winning a Huntingdon bumper on debut last February. Disappointing favourite on hurdle debut in October but has shown greater promise since, staying on gradually without being knock…	10-8U25	Harry Skelton D Skelton	6	65.3kg	8 7/1
—	17	—	Heart Above (G) Pulled Up Has won twice at this venue, most recently over 21f in November, and bounced back to form when fourth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Musselburgh on New Year's Day. A good Kelso record makes him a tough o…	P97-1P9	Peter Kavanagh Mrs Dianne Sayer	8	64.4kg	51 50/1

Betting forecast: Spectacularsunrise (3/1), Cracking Rhapsody (6/1), Quaviste (7/1), Dedicated Hero (7/1), Hot Fuss (8/1), Captain Hugo (14/1), Jet To Vegas (14/1), Serious Challenge (16/1), Wise Eagle (16/1), Bespoke Tailor (16/1), Hamlet's Night (16/1), Lucky Manifest (18/1), Bertie's Ballet (22/1), Serious Operator (25/1), Laafi (40/1), City Of Diamonds (50/1), Heart Above (50/1)