C2 | 4+
Winner GBP £21,784 - 15 runners
2m4f118y
Going: Good to Soft
Surface: T
FRENCH SHIP (3) was able to make amends for a costly fall when running out a commanding winner of a handicap hurdle at Cheltenham in latest. This improving five-year-old could have more to give and a 12lb climb in weights might not be enough to halt progress. LUD'OR (4) won with any amount in hand returning at Bangor seventeen days ago. Respect despite a steep climb in the weights ahead of this outing on expected quicker ground. Previous course and distance winner GUARD DUTY (8) was progressing well before a poor effort at Uttoxeter in March. May bounce back following a lengthy absence. EAST INDIA EXPRESS (5) makes each-way appeal.