C4 | 4+
Winner GBP £8,978 - 15 runners
1m 7f 124y
Going: Soft
Surface: T
The unexposed KOUKEO (5) finished runner-up both hurdle outings and may do better now switching to handicap company. Makes the long journey north racing for the Jonjo and A J O'Neill team. Consider. Two-time flat winner BOOK OF TALES (6) ran well on handicap hurdle debut when second at Doncaster during December. Might go close off a 3lb higher mark with that outing under his belt. MR MACKAY (2) has run well in stronger handicap hurdles on this sort of rating in the past. Cannot be left out. SCOTS POET (9) might find the placings.