9.00 2m. 7 Declared. FBC Manby Bowdler Handicap Hurdle (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 - The key to this race looks to be the recent clash between NIBRAS GOLD (first) and John Betjeman (second) at Ffos Las, and it is the former who is taken to uphold that form at a track where he won comfortably last June. Striking Out is interesting on his return to hurdles, while Gerard Mentor is another to note and can go well if bouncing back to form.