C4 | 4+
Winner GBP £5,809 - 12 runners
2m 69y
Going: Soft
Surface: T
LIGHTNINGUPOURDAYS (3) filled the runner-up spot behind a subsequent G1 second before dropping back to 2m to make a winning handicap debut at Uttoxeter in December. Remains unexposed at this trip and a 5lb rise in the weights might not be enough to prevent the double. The lightly-raced NORN IRON (11) could be in the mix on his handicap bow after finishing a decent second in a maiden hurdle at Uttoxeter when last seen in October. Previous course and distance winner BUCEPHALUS (4) cannot be ignored racing off 2lb higher than placing second at Chepstow. Each-way claims go the way of KNIGHT TEMPLAR (12).