Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 4m 0.9s

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Silent Revolution⁵²

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 133| D

5/2

Made it 2 wins from 3 starts over hurdles in a novice at Chepstow in April. Disappointing chasing debut/reappearance at Newton Abbot but can have his latest run back over hurdles at Newbury easily excused (badly hampered 3 out). Not ruled out.

Form: 3/1P1-3P

Poseidon^p⁴⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Tudor| T: D Pipe| OR: 131| CD

33/1

Useful chaser at best who made a successful return to hurdling in a seller over C&D in January. Left Gordon Elliott after and was well back in a handicap at Sandown last time.

Form: 5P6-P18

Finest View²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: J Martin⁽⁷⁾| T: Andrew Martin| OR: 130| D

10/1

Completed her 4-timer at Cartmel in May. Faced a stiff task in Doncaster Grade 2 on her return for a new yard last month (formerly with Alan King) and this is more suitable.

Form: 1-11145

Boombawn⁸⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Bridget Andrews| T: D Skelton| OR: 128| D

4/1

Largely progressive sort who landed the odds in a 3-runner listed contest at Kempton on return before posting good second in Huntingdon handicap. Possibly unsuited by change of tactics when well held in intermediate handicap at Newbury last time and could bounce back after a break.

Form: 112-126

Amelia's Dance^h¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Bryan Carver| T: R Walford| OR: 118| CD

10/3

Enhanced good record over this C&D in December, clearing away to score by 7 lengths. Turned in a rare below-par display (may have come too soon) at Newbury 10 days later but wasted no time getting back on track when runner-up over C&D 2 weeks ago, finishing well. Much respected from 2 lb higher.

Form: 334152

Colonial Empire²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: Alan Johns| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 108| BF| D

11/4

Bumper winner who has got firmly on track in handicaps this season, off the mark at Leicester (15.5f) and building on that with a facile success at Ffos Las (15.8f). Well backed but came up short in her hat-trick bid at Exeter, however.

Form: 522116

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Galice Macalo²⁴

Weight: 11-11| Age: 7

T: Mrs J Williams J: David Noonan

Forecasts

Silent Revolution (5/2), Colonial Empire (11/4), Amelia's Dance (10/3), Galice Macalo (7/2), Boombawn (4/1), Finest View (10/1), Poseidon (33/1)

GALICE MACALO quickened clear of a subsequent winner at Chepstow on her penultimate start, so makes appeal returning to handicap company having run respectably in the face of a stiff task at Doncaster last time. Silent Revolution was stopped in his tracks just as the race was starting to take shape at Newbury in December and remains low mileage, with Boombawn and course-specialist Amelia's Dance others to consider.