William Hill Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
3rd	1	—	Favour And Fortune (G) Confirmed himself a very useful top-end handicapper when third in this race last year, and he shaped as if retaining plenty of ability on reappearance at Kempton in February. Makes plenty of appeal w…	6403-63	Thomas Bellamy A King	8	76.2kg	10 9/1
11th	2	—	Rambo T (G) Now only 1 lb higher than when making successful reappearance in the Silver Trophy at Chepstow, though may again find this too competitive, as was the case in the BetMGM Cup at Cheltenham last time.	198000-	K Brogan O Murphy	9	75.3kg	101 100/1
8th	3	—	Indeevar Bleu (G) FAV Chased home Tutti Quanti in the Gerry Feilden on reappearance prior to being seen to good effect when successful over C&D on Boxing Day. Now pitched into a much deeper race on the back of another bre…	4/131-21	S Bowen O Murphy	8	75.3kg	6 5/1
21th	4	—	Fingle Bridge (G) As good as ever when runner-up on return to hurdles at Warwick (21f, soft) in early-February and should appreciate going back up in trip, having struggled to land a blow in a strongly-run Imperial Cu…	1-21320	Jack Tudor O Murphy	8	74.8kg	34 33/1
19th	5	—	Joyeuse (M) P Impressive winner of William Hill Hurdle at Newbury last year and confirmed herself right back on song (in retained cheekpieces) when third in County at Cheltenham last time. Better than the result o…	9-22943	N de Boinville N J Henderson	7	74.8kg	11 10/1
13th	6	—	Fiercely Proud (G) Back to his best when narrow winner of a useful Ascot handicap (19f) but was seemingly undone by a 4 lb rise/more aggressive ride when finishing mid-field in the Martin Pipe at Cheltenham.	PP-5010	Callum Pritchard B Pauling	7	74.8kg	34 33/1
1st	7	—	Wellington Arch (G) Winner of the corresponding race in 2025 who posted a career-best when successful in competitive 14-runner handicap at Uttoxeter last time, going one better than the year previous. That bodes well fo…	213-921	Jonjo O'Neill Jr. J & A O'Neill	7	74.8kg	7 6/1
9th	8	—	Act Of Authority (G) P Arrives on the back of another storming run in the Martin Pipe, coming from further back than ideal to finish fifth, and should be seen to good effect off a likely strong pace here.	7-43485	Lewis Saunders O Murphy	8	74.4kg	26 25/1
—	9	—	Captain Teague (G) Pulled Up Useful Grade 1 novice hurdle winner in 2023/24 who went with more encouragement than on his return when sixth behind Fiercely Proud at Ascot in mid-February, though it's hard to be confident he retai…	10/14-P6	H Cobden P F Nicholls	8	74.4kg	26 25/1
18th	10	—	Swindon Village (G) Six-figure point purchase won pair of 2½m novices (soft/heavy) prior to flying too high in Grade 1 Albert Bartlett. Goes handicapping now and his mark looks stiff.	6-31310	J J Burke C E Longsdon	6	73kg	26 25/1
6th	11	—	Jet To Vegas (G) T Useful novice last season, who having failed to take to chasing, shaped better than the distance beaten (following a second breathing operation), when eighth of 17 in the Morebattle in late-February.…	4-22686	D R Fox L Russell & M Scudamore	7	73kg	29 28/1
14th	12	—	Hot Fuss (G) V Useful Flat performer reversed Ascot form with subsequent County winner Wilful when successful at Windsor in January and bounced straight back to his best when excellent second in the Martin Pipe at …	6241P2	David Bass Tom Dascombe	5	72.6kg	12 11/1
12th	13	—	Bowmore (G) Useful sort but he found the County Hurdle too competitive last time, and it's hard to imagine a step up in trip (struggled beyond 17f over fences) will bring about the requisite improvement.	3/21300-	Daire James McConville C E Longsdon	8	72.6kg	126 125/1
15th	14	—	Faivoir (G) 2023 County Hurdle winner arrives on an ever-growing losing run, but he retains more ability aged 11 than a cursory glance at this season's exploits might suggest, doing best of those held up when th…	6/83873	Miss Heidi Palin D Skelton	11	71.7kg	26 25/1
20th	15	—	Fiveonefive (G) Tends to save his best for Cartmel (three-time winner of valuable June handicap there), and he's more than likely one for another day.	P00-843	Jordan Gainford C Collins	8	71.7kg	41 40/1
5th	16	—	Jazzy Matty (G) FAV P Former Fred Winter winner came agonisingly close to making it back-to-back victories in the Grand Annual at Cheltenham last time, and he should give his running back up in trip from appreciably lower…	6P-0562	Danny Gilligan C Collins	7	71.7kg	6 5/1
4th	17	—	Emid'io Pepe (G) Useful hurdler in France who rallied to land a 14-runner handicap at Pau (17f) on final start for J-P. Daireaux in December. Well worth another go over 2½m on that evidence and could be favourably tr…	1124-71	Harry Skelton D Skelton	5	71.7kg	10 9/1
7th	18	—	Ballykinlar (G) T Developed into a useful performer for Donncha Duggan in Ireland and caught the eye when finishing mid-field on stable debut in the Martin Pipe latest, powering into contention before 5-month absence …	432070-	James Bowen M Bowen	7	71.2kg	34 33/1
10th	19	—	Top Jimmy (G) Continued theme of race-by-race progression when chasing home subsequent (impressive) winner Scorpio Rising in strong novice at Windsor but was let down by his jumping in the Imperial Cup last time. …	4-1132F	Sam Twiston-Davies N & W Twiston-Davies	6	70.8kg	21 20/1
17th	20	—	Trustintimes (G) Beat a couple of subsequent winners to land 4-timer on handicap bow at Ascot in November. The form of his Kempton second the following month has worked out well, too, and this unexposed sort could be…	1-11120	Bryan Carver H Fry	5	70.3kg	13 12/1
2nd	21	—	Ike Sport (G) HT Creditable fifth in this race last year and ran about as well as could be expected (having taken strong hold) when ninth of 24 in the Pertemps Final at Cheltenham. Tongue strap back on but losing run…	526692-	Harry Atkins N P Mulholland	8	69.9kg	15 14/1
16th	22	—	Sir Galahad (G) P Only fair on Flat but proved a progressive 4-time winner over hurdles last summer. Shaped as though worth a try over further when sixth of 12 in 2m Grade 2 novice at Cheltenham on latest start in Oct…	4260-21	Lewis Stones O Murphy	5	69.9kg	41 40/1

Position	Prize
P1	42202.0 GBP
P2	15900.0 GBP
P3	7958.0 GBP
P4	3975.0 GBP
P5	1995.0 GBP
P6	998.0 GBP
P7	495.0 GBP
P8	255.0 GBP