Winning Connections Conference Hire Handicap Hurdle

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
2nd	1	—	Cadillac Ranch (G) Dual winning pointer but pulled up all 3 starts in that sphere in 2026. Shaped as if amiss on last month's hurdles debut but turned out 9 days later, he caused a huge surprise at this venue. Plenty w…	PP-P152	Miss Ellie Callwood L Morgan	6	76.2kg	19 18/1
4th	2	—	Character Testing (G) TV Went with bags of enthusiasm in a refitted visor when chasing home Littletown Lad over C&D in August. Shaped as though still in form despite finishing further behind that rival back here 3 weeks ago …	244244	Rebecca Hitchen M Walford	5	73.9kg	4 3/1
3rd	3	—	Littletown Lad (G) FAV T Strong traveller who has settled better of late and it has resulted in a pair of C&D wins, produced to lead close home 3 weeks ago. Up further 7 lb but remains one to be very positive about.	U21131	Jonathan England S England	6	73kg	2.63 13/8
9th	4	—	American Empire (G) BT Fair bumper winner. Long way below his (placed) maiden hurdle form in handicaps since May but this trip is at least more suitable than last time. Blinkers replace cheekpieces.	337589	William Maggs D McCain Jnr	6	71.7kg	6.50 11/2
7th	5	—	Natural Ability (G) PT Placed twice over fences during the spring before suffering a heavy defeat at Hexham in May. Off since and this a very rare hurdling start.	4532-P7	Danny McMenamin C Grant	8	70.8kg	51 50/1
—	6	—	The Poet's Way (M) Pulled Up H No form for T. G. McCourt in Ireland. Hood back on.	PP0-09	B S Hughes Micky Hammond	5	69.9kg	21 20/1
1st	7	—	Clean Getaway (G) V Capitalised on a drop in the weights when scoring over fences here (2m) in April, his fifth course success. Mixed record since, though, merely keeping on at the one pace when third of 5 over fences l…	534531	Joe Williamson P A Kirby	9	67.6kg	6.50 11/2
6th	8	—	Battle Stride (G) HT Remains winless and little in the way of worthwhile form over hurdles for this stable.	05-FP86	Philip Armson R J Armson	4	64.9kg	101 100/1
8th	9	—	Sweet Cicely (F) P Long-standing maiden on the Flat and hard to draw many positives from her qualifying runs over hurdles.	777	Joshua Thompson M E Sowersby	4	64.9kg	201 200/1
5th	10	—	Mr Globalist (G) P Long-standing maiden who ran one of this season's better races when third to Littletown Lad over C&D last month. Fared as well as could be expected from out of the weights back here latest.	348365	Sean Quinlan Lizzie Quinlan	7	64.4kg	9 8/1

Betting forecast: Littletown Lad (13/8), Character Testing (3/1), Clean Getaway (11/2), American Empire (11/2), Mr Globalist (8/1), Cadillac Ranch (18/1), The Poet's Way (20/1), Natural Ability (50/1), Battle Stride (100/1), Sweet Cicely (200/1)