Virgin Bet A Good Bet Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
9th	1	—	Royal Infantry (G) T Useful hurdler who matched the form of his solid reappearance third at Chepstow in October when chasing home a progressive, unexposed type over C&D 3 weeks ago. Perhaps not on quite as competitive a …	343529	Tristan Durrell D Skelton	7	76.2kg	11 10/1
11th	2	—	The Four Sixes (G) Signed off last term with back-to-back victories in handicap hurdles at Bangor and Ayr. Winner twice over fences this season, too, but he was pulled up on latest start in that sphere last month and a…	1P6074-	S Bowen O Murphy	8	75.3kg	26 25/1
13th	3	—	North Lodge (G) Highly promising novice during 2021/22 campaign, featuring a Grade 2 success at Cheltenham and a good third in the Mersey Novices' Hurdle at Aintree. However, he's been absent since finishing third o…	11233/	Thomas Bellamy A King	9	74.4kg	17 16/1
8th	4	—	Double Powerful (G) FAV H Thoroughly progressive last term, winning first 4 starts of that campaign followed by a series of fine efforts in defeat, including when third in this 12 months ago. Again performed well here when se…	FU2582-	R P McLernon N P Mulholland	7	74.4kg	5 4/1
3rd	5	—	La Pinsonniere (M) P Useful form in France and posted best effort so far for present yard when runner-up in a listed contest at Cheltenham last spring. Wasn't given a hard time on belated reappearance at Warwick last mon…	2/332-93	N de Boinville N J Henderson	6	71.7kg	7 6/1
1st	6	—	Intosomethinggood (G) Won 3 times during the summer and returned to form when fourth in Grade 2 company at Cheltenham in December. Struggled at Doncaster last time, however, and looks on a stiff mark back in a handicap.	5284P1	Toby McCain-Mitchell N & W Twiston-Davies	5	71.2kg	15 14/1
10th	7	—	Marsiac (G) Runner-up in Irish point last February and duly built on encouraging hurdles debut fourth at Uttoxeter by winning an Aintree maiden and Hereford novice (both at around 2½m). Failed to improve when fo…	2-4114	C Gethings K Bailey & M Nicholls	5	70.8kg	7 6/1
6th	8	—	Nardaran (G) TP €135,000 purchase who got back on the up following a wind op by winning handicaps at Plumpton and Sandown on first 2 starts of this season. Form has dipped since, though, and there's a question mark …	11P663-	H Cobden P F Nicholls	5	69.9kg	19 18/1
2nd	9	—	Turndlightsdownlow (G) Low-mileage, progressive sort who readily landed a brace of C&D handicaps in the autumn. Subsequent seconds at Sandown at Wincanton (both at around 3m) have represented further progress and while he …	211222	J J Burke M Keighley	6	69.4kg	6.50 11/2
7th	10	—	Fasol (G) TP Useful winning stayer on the Flat in France and, following victories in handicaps in this sphere at Wincanton and Musselburgh, he was a good fourth in the Lanzarote over C&D in January. Behind Royal …	144743-	Miss O Nicholls P F Nicholls	7	68kg	8.50 15/2
4th	11	—	The Gray Ghost (G) T Opened hurdles account at third attempt for current yard last season and regained the winning thread when accounting for 8 rivals in a 9-runner Newcastle handicap (17f, good to soft) 3 weeks ago. 3 l…	454414	Liam Harrison R L Llewellyn	7	67.1kg	13 12/1
5th	12	—	Le Tiep's Sacre (G) Fairly useful form in France for David Cotti and, having changed hands for €150,000, he confirmed the promise of his British debut when landing a Fontwell maiden (17.7f, good to soft) last March. Abs…	331-5	Caoilin Quinn G & J Moore	5	66.2kg	11 10/1
12th	13	—	Tranquil Sea (G) T Irish import who bagged a 3m Chepstow handicap in October but he has struggled in 3 runs since the turn of the year. Has undergone another wind op since latest start and needs to bounce back in a maj…	4801-41	Paul O'Brien D Skelton	6	65.8kg	34 33/1
—	14	—	Moon Mission (G) Caught the eye of stewards when finishing with running left at Thurles over 2m on penultimate start. Subsequent handicap debut third upped to 21f at Punchestown was promising and this Irish raider is…	6430-15	Sean Houlihan P J Rothwell	5	64.4kg	11 10/1

Betting forecast: Double Powerful (4/1), Turndlightsdownlow (11/2), La Pinsonniere (6/1), Marsiac (6/1), Fasol (15/2), Le Tiep's Sacre (10/1), Royal Infantry (10/1), Moon Mission (10/1), The Gray Ghost (12/1), Intosomethinggood (14/1), North Lodge (16/1), Nardaran (18/1), The Four Sixes (25/1), Tranquil Sea (33/1)