Race cards · Sat 5 Feb
Saturday 5 February · Sandown, England
14:55 Virgin Bet Heroes Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) (GBB Race)
- Distance
- 2m 7f 98y
- Going
- Good to Soft
- Class
- 1
- Prize
- GBP 100000
- Runners
- 17
Race preview
Cases can be made for plenty of these but the casting vote goes to JESUITIQUE, who seemed to have plenty left in the tank when he cruised to victory at Haydock in December. The seven-year-old gelding was given a 10lb rise for that success but that might not be enough to stop him. Dolphin Square could be the main danger in his pursuit of a hat-trick after a pair of wins at Cheltenham and Newbury this winter, while Beauport, Green Book and Orbys Legend also make the shortlist.