Campbell & Rowley Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:51 | Winning time: 4m 10.41s

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Jeepydoff Meel¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Joe Williamson| T: P A Kirby| OR: 119

17/2

Failed to kick on from a few third placed efforts over the winter, never better than mid-field sporting first-time cheekpieces at Killarney (20f, good) earlier this month. Has since left Gordon Elliott (£16,000) and interesting to see if any market support arrives.

Form: 33340-7

Elham Valley^t¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: Jack Hogan⁽³⁾| T: F O'Brien| OR: 118| D

9/2

Bagged handicaps at Warwick and Newton Abbot last year. Returned to form following a string of below par performances when runner-up off this mark at Kempton and backed that up when filling the same spot at Southwell (15.8f, good) just over 2 weeks ago. In the mix.

Form: 12002-2

Yukon¹¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: William Shanahan⁽³⁾| T: James Moffatt| OR: 112| D

10/1

Fair maiden handicapper on Flat for David O'Meara made light of a 14-month absence to make a winning yard/hurdles debut at Sedgefield in October. Ran to similar level when in frame on both subsequent starts and he's one to look out for on return/handicap debut in this sphere.

Form: 134-

Battle Of Toro^v¹⁸⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Charlotte Jones| T: James Moffatt| OR: 110| CD

16/5

Useful on Flat in France earlier in career and he made it third time lucky over hurdles when bolting up in a C&D novice at this meeting 12 months ago. Continued in good nick until losing his action at Wetherby 6 months ago and presumably he's been saved for this.

Form: 63234P-

Lihyan^h1³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Aaron Anderson| T: R Menzies| OR: 107| D

11/5

Comfortable winner of Cork maiden hurdle (17f) last summer but still to reproduce his Irish form for current yard, looking a tricky customer when tailed off at Perth (20.2f, good to soft) last month. Hood applied and it's too soon to be writing him off.

Form: 417340-

Appreciate^t⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Bradley Harris⁽⁶⁾| T: M F Harris| OR: 107| D

6/1

Rattled off a quick-fire 4-timer over hurdles last spring/summer and added to his tally at Newton Abbot (16.7f, good to soft) in September. Shaped as if better for the run when mid-field at Huntingdon (19.6f, good to firm) 8 days ago so he's not out of things.

Form: 22179-5

Cuzco Du Mathan^p1⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Leah Noreci⁽¹⁰⁾| T: James Moffatt| OR: 104

16/1

Fairly useful hurdler/chaser in France but hasn't shown much in a handful of maiden hurdles for present yard, latest effort just 4 days ago. Now tried in cheekpieces and ridden by inexperienced rider for his handicap debut.

Form: 3U6P0-5

Forecasts

Lihyan (11/5), Battle Of Toro (16/5), Elham Valley (9/2), Appreciate (6/1), Jeepydoff Meel (17/2), Yukon (10/1), Cuzco Du Mathan (16/1)

BATTLE OF TORO was a wide-margin winner on this card 12 months ago and with his Wetherby effort back in November easy to put a line through (lost his action), Jimmy Moffatt's 7-y-o gets the verdict to double his tally in this sphere. Elham Valley has hit the crossbar on his last couple of starts and he may have to settle for silver once again, with the selection's stablemate Yukon rounding off the shortlist.