2:28 – Forever Des Long 11/4 (3/1 available in a couple of places)
I didn’t expect to be tipping him today as I thought he’d be a much shorter price, but the 3/1 on offer is too good to turn down.
Firstly, he’s one of my horses to follow for the season having improved for each start last term. He was crying out for a step up in trip today, which he gets, and he promises to be a better horse following a break.
Philip Hobbs has only had 8 runners at Hexham in the last 5 years, resulting in 5 winners (he’s 2 from 3 in novice hurdles here)
Scene Not Herd was very well supported last time and ran with credit, and the money is down again.
The drift on FDL is a slight worry but he has the best form in the race and with the prospect of further improvement for this step up in trip, 3/1 is simply too big.
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