Supporting Home Run Hounds North West Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
3rd	1	—	Elusive Pb (G) HT Fair form when third in 2 bumpers. Given a considerate introduction to hurdling when fifth of 14 in maiden at Exeter (17f, good to soft) 20 days ago. May do better.	335	Lorcan Murtagh Nick Scholfield	5	72.6kg	6 5/1
—	2	—	Georgemani (G) Pulled Up Fifth on his sole start in point bumpers last March but offered little obvious promise on his Ludlow hurdle debut in January.	5-P	Charlie Maggs David Dennis	5	72.6kg	126 125/1
5th	3	—	Granite Sands (G) H Encouraging fourth in a bumper last March but well beaten in a similar race at Southwell 8 months later. of for a further 5 months ahead of this switch to hurdles with a hood added,	4/95-35	Nick Slatter D Killahena & G McPherson	5	72.6kg	34 33/1
1st	4	—	Neon Dream (G) FAV £105,000 point recruit who has been placed on all 3 hurdle starts, returning from a breathing operation to finish 13 lengths second of 12 over C&D (good to soft) last month. Sets the standard.	P/1-332	Thomas Bellamy A King	6	72.6kg	1.67 4/6
—	5	—	Sea Of Fortune (G) Pulled Up T Well held in a Chepstow bumper in November and unseated at the first when 33/1 for Southwell hurdle debut 4 months later.	0U	Harry Bannister K Bailey & M Nicholls	6	72.6kg	101 100/1
—	6	—	Shantou Premier (G) Pulled Up £40,000 purchase after finishing in an Irish point last spring. One to note in the betting now hurdling	4-	R T Dunne Christian Williams	6	72.6kg	19 18/1
4th	7	—	Untapped Potential (G) Sold for €47,000 soon after getting off the mark in Irish points at the third attempt in February. Starts out over hurdles in a race lacking depth and it'll be interesting to see what the betting mak…	F31	Lorcan Williams Henry Oliver	6	72.6kg	10 9/1
6th	8	—	Yellow Warning (G) Point winner but failed to get beyond the first when sent off at 80/1 for his C&D hurdle debut 19 days ago.	U1U6	Sean Houlihan Sheila Lewis	5	72.6kg	101 100/1
8th	9	—	Ample Warning (M) After 20 months off, shaped up well when fourth of 15 in novice at Ludlow (2m, soft) on hurdling debut in December but failed to build on that when seventh at Warwick (2m again) 12 weeks later. Up in…	0/47	Jack Hogan A Ralph	6	69.4kg	67 66/1
2nd	10	—	Ballymoreen (M) Made her third start in bumpers a winning one at Wexford in October and some encouragement on both hurdle starts for Emma Lavelle, latterly fourth of 13 over 2m here 6 weeks ago. Open to improvement …	4-4164	Liam Harrison Miss E C Lavelle	6	69.4kg	4.33 10/3
7th	11	—	Lady Blackmore (M) Runner-up both starts in Irish points but more one for the longer term based on her efforts in a bumper and 2 Ludlow hurdles this year.	22556	David Bass A Ralph	5	69.4kg	67 66/1

Betting forecast: Neon Dream (4/6), Ballymoreen (10/3), Elusive Pb (5/1), Untapped Potential (9/1), Shantou Premier (18/1), Granite Sands (33/1), Lady Blackmore (66/1), Ample Warning (66/1), Yellow Warning (100/1), Sea Of Fortune (100/1), Georgemani (125/1)