Geno Mendola And Diane Dale Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 19:52 | Winning time: 5m 46.08s

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Selected odds by:

Royal Village³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: R Johnson| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 122

4/5

Had squandered winning opportunities by making late errors prior to landing a Perth novice hurdle last time. Jumped better but still made heavy weather of justifying his short price and the close third has been well beaten since.

Form: F13221-

Clo Sacre¹⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: P F Nicholls

14/1

Showed signs of ability in point-to-points but has shown little in two races under rules. In good hands and represents a yard that are 7-19 in hurdles here.

Form: U/27F-

Minella Treasure³³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Wayne Hutchinson| T: Noel Williams

6/1

Off the track since finishing third here 11 months ago. That form still looks well below the standard that will be required to win this.

Form: 22/3-

Mr Fenton⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Aidan Coleman| T: Miss E C Lavelle| OR: 115

9/4

Caught the eye at Kempton in March but showed signs of temperament at the same venue last time when he was reluctant to race. Given a considerate ride that day and was eventually left a remote second at the last. The bare form flatters him but he is improving.

Form: 445/052-

Forecasts

Royal Village (4/5), Mr Fenton (9/4), Minella Treasure (6/1), Clo Sacre (14/1)

Only the four runners line up for this but this is far from straightforward to unravel. A cautious vote is awarded to ROYAL VILLAGE who has been expensive to follow in the past with his jumping errors and he was in desperate need of the line when justifying a short price last time. This is no harder but he hardly appeals at present as one to take a short price about given his ability to make things difficult for himself. Clo Sacre and Minella Treasure have something to find on form but have the scope to make the necessary progress. Mr Fenton gave problems at the start last time but was not knocked about before finishing runner-up to the useful Laser Light. That effort flatters him but,in receipt of 6lb from Royal Village, he rates a big danger