Thursday 1 April · Uttoxeter, England

15:10 Sky Sports Racing On Sky 415 Handicap Hurdle

Distance: 2m 7f 70y
Going: Good
Class: 4
Prize: GBP 7200
Runners: 9

Race preview

ANIMAL has shown promise in three hurdle starts, most notably when third at Wincanton on his penultimate outing, and the return to a sounder surface appears likely to bring about plenty of improvement on his handicap bow. Frisco Bay didn't run up to scratch when down the field at Hereford last month but he is capable of bouncing back based on his consistency prior to that effort, while Oscar Asche and Off The Hook appear best of the remainder.

Pos	Horse	Form	Jockey	Trainer	Wgt	SP
1	Frisco Bay	272337	R P McLernon	J & A O'Neill	11 7	14-1
2	Young Offender	2-8P804	C Gethings	S Edmunds	12 0	7-1
3	Evenstevens	2-7093P	J J Burke	A Ralph	10 11	13-2
4	Espinator	666-507	James Davies	A Wintle	10 4	28-1
5	Animal	1-8535	M G Nolan	Miss S Smith	12 0	9-1
6	Fricka	344789	Graham Carson	A Carson	11 12	28-1
7	Off The Hook	32-7534	Harry Skelton	D Skelton	11 12	4-5
8	Oscar Asche	PUP003	Bryony Le Clerc	Miss R Curtis	11 10	9-1
-	Bryden Boy	1-52507	Lorcan Murtagh	J Candlish	11 13	40-1
NR	Lisdoonvarna Lad	57230-9	Non Runner	C E Longsdon	11 10
NR	Compadre	2-3185P	Philip Armson	H J Evans	11 0