Watch Racing TV Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 12:45 | Winning time: 3m 54.7s

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Birthday Angel²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: M Goldstein| T: Mrs L Richards

6/1

Brother to useful hurdler Teqany (winner around 2m) and fairly useful hurdler Castel Gandolfo (winner around 2m). Fair maiden on Flat and showed aptitude for hurdling after 6 months off at Plumpton for new yard recently. Should come on for that.

Form: 3

Call Your Bluff³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Fergus Gillard| T: T Ellis

50/1

80/1, mistakes and well beaten on hurdles debut at Fairyhouse last month for John Joseph Hanlon.

Form: 7

Guinness Lad^h²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: R P McLernon| T: N P Mulholland

100/1

Well held in bumper/Plumpton novice hurdle (hooded, settled better).

Form: 75

HMS President¹⁹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Tom Cannon| T: A King| BF

2/7

Useful handicapper on Flat lightly raced in recent times, easy to back and showing a bit on hurdles debut at Plumpton in February. Shaped as if amiss back on the level next time and while he's not been seen since, he has to make plenty of appeal here.

Form: 2-

Most Wanted⁴⁸²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Brendan Powell| T: D G Bridgwater| BF

18/1

Fairly useful form on Flat, placed all 4 starts up to 1¼m for Andrew Kinirons. Long absence to overcome now hurdling but this isn't a deep novice he returns in.

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Villalobos^p⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: James Davies| T: S Hodgson

28/1

Modest on Flat (stays 1¼m), mainly creditable efforts since winning in March. Improvement needed now hurdling.

Form:

Golden Dove^h¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: James Best| T: Simon Earle

9/1

Fair on the Flat (stays 1½m) and some promise on recent hurdles debut at Wincanton despite racing freely in first-time hood.

Form: 7

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Piper Park²⁸²

Weight: 10-7| Age: 5

T: T Lacey J: Stan Sheppard

Forecasts

HMS President (2/7), Piper Park (4/1), Birthday Angel (6/1), Golden Dove (9/1), Most Wanted (18/1), Villalobos (28/1), Call Your Bluff (50/1), Guinness Lad (100/1)

PIPER PARK fetched a tidy sum after her point win and offered a fair bit in a Wetherby bumper in February. She returns for her hurdles debut in a pretty thin contest and is worth siding with over HMS President, who is presumably pretty fragile and didn't get the job done back from a similar absence first time up over timber in a weak race at Plumpton. Most Wanted completes the shortlist.