A difficult race to assess with a few trying fences for the first time. Red Hustler may be worth siding with being one of the few horse in the race to have shown ability on heavy ground. Although beaten 33 lengths on his most recent outing the form of the race has worked out quite well and a chance can be taken with him here as the TEAMtalk selection. Garden Party II has some good form in the book in the past but his most recent efforts have been poor and the ground is not sure to suit these days. The rest look fairly poor, to be honest, with perhaps Father Paddy being able to be given a chance on the best of his hurdle form with him having shown in the past he enjoys this course.
