Lorna Brooke Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:52 | Winning time: 5m 10.24s

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Pyramid Place^h³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Miss Gina Andrews| T: M F Harris| OR: 115

18/5

Capitalised on sliding mark at Wetherby (19.7f) in February and essentially run with credit all 3 starts since, taking a while to wind up when making late headway in to fourth over 2m latest. Return to further back on better ground should hold no fears.

Form: 321344-

Tiger Orchid^p¹⁸⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr Jason Dixon| T: Dr R D P Newland| OR: 112| C

7/1

Dual bumper winner who crucially avoided serious mistakes when doubling hurdles tally over extended 23f here in October. Proved a shade free to see things out when third in a C&D handicap a month later but returns with yard amongst the winners. Not out of things.

Form: 132513-

Ike Sport^t¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr Tommie M O'Brien| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 112| BF

6/1

Raised his game considerably back from 4 months off when seeing off a subsequent winner at Taunton (19f) in March prior to good second at Huntingdon next time. Not in same form faced with much quicker conditions at Fontwell (19.2f) latest but it remains early days with him.

Form: 264126-

Gwennie May Boy²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr Anthony O'Neill⁽⁵⁾| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 107| BF

2/1

Fair hurdles winner at around 2m during the autumn. Yet to reproduce that form in handicaps, jumping none too fluently when fourth at Chepstow (19.4f) 4 weeks ago. Still his previous Sandown display highlighted he's not one to be writing off and the assessor is relinquishing his grip.

Form: 12634-

Lelantos^p¹⁶⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr Henry Main⁽⁵⁾| T: N J Henderson| OR: 105

20/1

Gained third hurdles win at Bangor (23f) in July and similar form in defeat on 2 of his 3 starts since (disappointed sole chase try) left behind between last 2 back over hurdles at Southwell (24.2f) in November.

Form: 1/312P3-

Prince De Juilley³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Murray Dodd⁽⁷⁾| T: A Ralph| OR: 102

5/1

Irish point winner who fared a bit than previously when third on qualifying run in a maiden here (23.8f) in February. However, couldn't build on that in a C&D handicap next time and others make greater appeal on balance.

Form: 41/5P34-

Malina Ocarina¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-3| J: Alice Stevens⁽³⁾| T: G Hanmer| OR: 90

10/1

Bagged second victory over hurdles in a Uttoxeter seller during summer 2021 and similar form when runner-up on 2 of her 3 starts in handicaps last summer. Below form fifth back from 9 months off (has gone well fresh) at Stratford 16 days ago and she goes up in trip now.

Form: 41/2425-

Forecasts

Gwennie May Boy (2/1), Pyramid Place (18/5), Prince De Juilley (5/1), Ike Sport (6/1), Tiger Orchid (7/1), Malina Ocarina (10/1), Lelantos (20/1)

A competitive opener with the narrow vote in favour of IKE SPORT. Off the mark in handicaps at Taunton in March prior to a good second at Huntingdon later that month, he may have found much quicker conditions against him on his latest outing and he could well be up to defying this sort of mark. Gwennie May Boy needs to shrug off a lesser effort latest but there's an air of unfinished business about him in handicaps, whilst Pyramid Place is also worth a second look.