12.40 2m. 5 Declared. Mark Jackson & Neil Keenan Memorial Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) (Class 4 ) of £8,000.00 4-y-o plus
1st - €4,225.00 2nd - €1,944.00 3rd - €972.00 4th - €486.00 5th - €242.00
Formscan - GROOM DE COTTE made the frame behind the rapidly-improving Blenkinsop at Exeter at the beginning of December and is expected to fare even better now returned to the C&D of his encouraging third a month earlier. The juvenile Non Stop is also one to note now entering handicaps, while Ocean Heights is having his second run since undergoing wind surgery and must be taken seriously for a powerful yard.