Weatherbys Design & Print Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
3rd	1	—	Dream Diamond (G) Made a winning start for the James Owen stable in 2m Worcester maiden last August. Has performed well below that level in 2 handicaps over longer trips since and now drops back in trip in a bid to re…	073-U23	Alex Chadwick James Owen	6	75.3kg	5.50 9/2
1st	2	—	Wandering Ego (G) FAV Bumper winner who struck at the second time of asking over hurdles in 2m Stratford novice (good to soft) at the end of October. Creditable second in 19f Taunton novice latest and he should make a bol…	614321	S Bowen O Murphy	6	75.3kg	1.44 4/9
11th	3	—	Bargain Hunter (G) Placed on completed start in points but well beaten in 2 bumpers/hurdles under Rules.	357890-	Kielan Woods D J Jeffreys	5	72.1kg	251 250/1
4th	4	—	Calvert (G) Fairly useful handicapper on Flat (should stay at least 2m), going down by only a nose on recent Wolverhampton reappearance. Should be up to making his presence felt in a race like this if taking to …	4444-23	James Davies R A Teal	5	72.1kg	19 18/1
8th	5	—	Man Of Riddles (G) Fairly useful staying handicapper on Flat earlier in his career but nowhere near that level these days. Well held back over hurdles here last week and looks booked for another struggle.	44078-0	Charlie Hammond M Young	8	72.1kg	301 300/1
10th	6	—	Saxon Cross (G) Runner-up on his completed starts in points and showed a fair level of ability in 3 bumpers last summer. Off 6 months ahead of hurdle debut for a new stable. Each-way shout in a race lacking depth.	2505-46	Lee Edwards S Edmunds	6	72.1kg	23 22/1
2nd	7	—	Secret Sniper (G) Brother to connections' useful performer Secret Squirrel and showed fair form in bumpers. Needed experience when seventh of 18 on Wincanton hurdle debut 3 weeks ago. May do better.	32-5722	J J Burke H Morrison	5	72.1kg	10 9/1
—	8	—	Bold Spirit (G) Ran Out Well held both starts on the Flat in Ireland ahead of this switch to hurdles for a new stable. Best watched unless the betting suggests otherwise.	—	Toby Wynne S Allwood	4	67.6kg	101 100/1
5th	9	—	Louie The Legend (G) Dual 7f/1m winner on the Flat but well held in a pair of juvenile hurdles in recent weeks.	655-36	Tabitha Worsley Dylan Cunha	4	67.6kg	51 50/1
6th	10	—	Mariole (G) Second in French bumper over 1½m for Mathieu Pitart last spring. Well held in a listed bumper at Cheltenham for new yard but shaped better when third on 19f Taunton hurdle debut 6 weeks later. In the…	036	James Bowen N J Henderson	4	67.6kg	6 5/1
7th	11	—	Wise Counsellor (G) Fairly useful maiden at best on Flat (stays 1¾m) for Andrew Balding but lost his way in that sphere at the end of last summer and showed nothing on his Kempton hurdle debut for new stable.	53354-0	Caoilin Quinn D Steele	4	67.6kg	251 250/1
9th	12	—	Argentum (F) Modest maiden on the Flat. Fit from the all-weather but she hardly has the profile of one likely to make a winning start over hurdles.	304568	J M Quinlan M Crawley	4	64.4kg	151 150/1

Betting forecast: Wandering Ego (4/9), Dream Diamond (9/2), Mariole (5/1), Secret Sniper (9/1), Calvert (18/1), Saxon Cross (22/1), Louie The Legend (50/1), Bold Spirit (100/1), Argentum (150/1), Wise Counsellor (250/1), Bargain Hunter (250/1), Man Of Riddles (300/1)