Bryan And Ilva Westcott Memorial Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 14:51 | Winning time: 5m 45.25s

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Selected odds by:

Whoshotwho^h⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: Dr R D P Newland| OR: 127| BF| CD

4/6

Won over C&D in July when trained by Nicky Henderson and three runs for current yard have yielded two seconds and an unplaced effort at this track. Has to shoulder a penalty in testing ground.

Form: 131282

Good Man Vinnie¹⁵⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Nick Scholfield| T: P Henderson

16/1

Dual point-to-point winner in Ireland who make his debut for this stable. Has already run over hurdles, when finishing a fair eighth of 23 at Cork over 2m, and the extra distance of this race should suit.

Form: 0851-1

Hogan's Height^t1¹⁸⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden

4/1

Showed he could handle this type of ground when second on his hurdles debut at Lingfield despite losing a shoe, but was keen when failing to build on that at Warwick last time. Tongue tied for the first time, he needs to return to his earlier form.

Form: 32526-

Mister Drifter¹⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: T Scudamore| T: D Pipe

33/1

Unplaced in two bumpers before finishing out of the frame on his hurdles debut at Ffos Las. Needs to show big improvement for his leading connections.

Form: 67-5

Quiz Master^t¹⁹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: R M Power| T: C L Tizzard

20/1

Not much to shout about in a bumper and three novice hurdles last season. Much more is required following his summer break

Form: 6P33-

The Hollow Ginge¹⁹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Jamie Bargary⁽³⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies

5/1

Only third of four on his debut in a Hereford bumper, but showed much more when fifth of 20 in a much better contest at Newbury next time. Stable in excellent form and interesting if the market speaks in his favour.

Form: 35-

Forecasts

Whoshotwho (4/6), Hogan's Height (4/1), The Hollow Ginge (5/1), Good Man Vinnie (16/1), Quiz Master (20/1), Mister Drifter (33/1)

Whoshotwho sets the standard despite his penalty, but he is unproven on this sort of ground and may be worth opposing. Quiz Master could do better for his top stable this season, a remark which applies to The Hollow Ginge. Hogan's Height needs to return to the form he showed on his hurdling debut to figure, so the suggestion is GOOD MAN VINNIE, a winner of two point-to-points and likely to be better at this trip after running respectably over 2m on his hurdling debut.