Pertemps Network Challenger Two Mile Hurdle Series Final Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
7th	1	—	Williethebuilder (G) Winner of a pair of 2m Kempton handicaps this winter. Creditable fourth in a competitive race at Musselburgh (2m, good to soft) on penultimate start. Failed to feature in the County at Cheltenham but…	321140	Toby McCain-Mitchell Christian Williams	7	76.2kg	8 7/1
3rd	2	—	Bucephalus (G) TP Likeable front-runner who opened his account for the season in a 4-runner Newcastle handicap (17f, good to soft) 3 weeks ago but it was a race with little depth and he's worth opposing off 5 lb highe…	642P13-	Harriet Tucker N P Mulholland	9	75.7kg	15 14/1
2nd	3	—	We're Red And Blue (G) Free-going sort early in his career but looked more professional when gaining handicap breakthrough at Huntingdon (2m, soft) in December. Good placed efforts at Kempton (second to Williethebuilder) a…	7-01232	Jonjo O'Neill Jr. J & A O'Neill	6	71.2kg	7 6/1
6th	4	—	Mr Mcloughlan (G) Three hurdle wins this season and went down only to 2 improvers in a 2m Stratford handicap (good to soft) last time. Likely to give another good account.	181736-	Thomas Bellamy Jack Jones	6	69.9kg	10 9/1
1st	5	—	Dance And Glance (G) T Has done very little wrong since switched to handicaps, including big-field win at Ascot (2m, good to soft) just before Christmas. Good second at Sandown next time and shaped as if still in form when…	241251-	Sam Twiston-Davies A J Honeyball	6	68.9kg	5 4/1
5th	6	—	Smart Decision (G) P Won 5 of his first 6 completed starts over hurdles. Improved again when narrowly denied in a C&D handicap (good to soft) in January but hasn't reproduced that level in 3 subsequent outings. First-tim…	112475	James Bowen T D Easterby	5	68.5kg	12 11/1
8th	7	—	Marche D'aligre (G) P Started the season with good runner-up efforts in 2m handicaps at Wetherby and Sandown (both soft) but 2 lesser efforts have followed, beaten 23½ lengths into third at Newbury last time.	20-2293	Joe Anderson Jamie Snowden	5	68kg	21 20/1
9th	8	—	Ice In The Veins (G) FAV H Won back-to-back small-field novice hurdles on good/good to soft in November. Below that level in a pair of soft-ground handicaps since but could fare better now back under what are likely to be less…	749-P23	Harry Skelton D Skelton	6	67.6kg	4.33 10/3
4th	9	—	Frontier Prince (G) T Got off the mark in 2m Chepstow novice in October and has advanced his form since sent handicapping, third of 8 over 21f at Kelso 5 weeks ago. Enters calculations back at 2m in a first-time tongue ti…	135334-	J J Burke F O'Brien	5	67.1kg	9.50 17/2
—	10	—	Castelfort (G) Didn't take to fences in the autumn but more like it over hurdles more recently, finishing 1¾ lengths third of 6 over just short of 2½m at Hereford last time. Back down in trip. NON RUNNER.	575433	Non Runner Mrs J Williams	6	67.1kg	15 14/1
—	11	—	Tashan (G) Pulled Up Reappearance fourth at Chepstow worked out well and he improved again to make a winning handicap debut at Exeter (17f, soft) in November. Found to have bled when pulled up in Ascot handicap won by Da…	211-41P	H Cobden Miss E C Lavelle	5	66.2kg	11 10/1
10th	12	—	Inedit D'amour (G) B French recruit who made it third time lucky for Donald McCain in 2m Catterick maiden hurdle on New Year's Day but has struggled in 2 handicaps since. First-time blinkers replace cheekpieces.	301540-	Charlie Maggs D McCain Jnr	5	64.4kg	51 50/1

Betting forecast: Ice In The Veins (10/3), Dance And Glance (4/1), We're Red And Blue (6/1), Williethebuilder (7/1), Frontier Prince (17/2), Mr Mcloughlan (9/1), Tashan (10/1), Smart Decision (11/1), Bucephalus (14/1), Castelfort (14/1), Marche D'aligre (20/1), Inedit D'amour (50/1)