Virgin Bet Novices' Handicap Hurdle

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
—	1	—	Tilehurst (G) Bumper scorer who made a positive start over hurdles at Worcester last summer. Below form when third of 12 in novice at Stratford (16.3f, good) in September but has been given a break since and must …	23324-5	C O'Farrell N P Mulholland	5	76.2kg	6 5/1
2nd	2	—	The Resdev Tyke (G) Improved at the third time of asking in handicaps when justifying market support at Wetherby (16f) on Boxing Day and showed a good attitude when following up at Market Rasen (16.6f, good to soft) 43 …	33-9611	Tom Midgley M & D Easterby	5	76.2kg	3.50 5/2
—	3	—	Chevington (G) Back from 20 months off when creditable second of 15 in handicap hurdle at Hereford (16.2f, soft) 70 days ago. Just 2 lb higher now and must enter calculations.	8648/2-2	C Gethings A Ralph	7	74.8kg	5 4/1
—	4	—	Captain Cool (G) FAV Unseated Rider T Irish point winner who opened account over timber at Sedgefield (16.8f) in October and got back to that sort of form, in first-time cheekpieces, when creditable fourth of 9 in handicap hurdle (12/1) …	2-11221	Luke Scott J Candlish	6	74.4kg	2.75 7/4
1st	5	—	Caramelo Rapido (G) Remains a maiden and arrives on back of poor effort at Wetherby in January. Work to do.	8-59618	James Bowen M Walford	7	73kg	3.75 11/4
3rd	6	—	Animato (G) PT Multiple winner on Flat (stays 17f) but hasn't bettered modest form over hurdles, well beaten at Sedgefield latest.	453473-	Theo Gillard D McCain Jnr	7	72.6kg	29 28/1
5th	7	—	Prized Jet (M) H Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules who looked set to make a winning chase debut when coming down 4 out at Sedgefield in October. Not in same form for new yard since, however, including in this spher…	8UF665	I J Power J Candlish	6	70.8kg	23 22/1
6th	8	—	New Invention (G) PT Ran with promise at Newcastle on hurdles bow in February of last year but failed to progress in 4 starts since. Returns to minimum trip now but is hard to fancy.	0P8P69-	Toby Wynne O Greenall & J Guerriero	6	68kg	29 28/1
—	9	—	Romancier (G) P Found a little improvement when fifth at Musselburgh in December but ran badly at Catterick last time and has subsequently had a breathing operation. Cheekpieces on first time. Bit to prove at presen…	B5-575P	Non Runner D McCain Jnr	5	67.6kg	17 16/1
4th	10	—	Yummy (G) Never dangerous in bumper and 3 starts over hurdles and remains to be seen if switch to handicapping brings about improvement.	60074	Tristan Durrell D Skelton	5	65.8kg	8.50 15/2

Position	Prize
P1	4330.0 GBP
P2	1993.0 GBP
P3	996.0 GBP
P4	499.0 GBP
P5	248.0 GBP