Racing To School Claiming Hurdle

No win since August 2024 (Ballinrobe, 2m2f; for Jessica Harrington) but has finished runner-up on both visits to this track, including when racing too freely on return from a seven-month break over 2m4f (33-1) latest; top-rated, and dropping back in trip should suit; key player.

9-63; nowhere near peak since winning at Uttoxeter (2m, good; 9-2) last June; failed to beat a rival (beaten 6l) when last in action at Market Rasen (2m; on second run for this trainer) in December; Oscar Palmer's 7lb claim helps but he has a bit to prove for now.

Nine runs since winning readily at Carlisle (2m1f, Class 4) in October 2024; shaped okay here on last two appearances (2m-2m4f; found wanting in the finish); this is easier, even if a few of the others are better treated; no forlorn hope.

Seven-race maiden; no impact whatsoever from a lowly base for handicap debut at Newcastle (2m1f; seventh of eight, beaten 21l) in December; off for 83 days since; rates as an unlikely candidate.

Longstanding maiden (0-25); fell at the first at Sedgefield (2m1f; 16-1) on his latest appearance; lowest rated in this field, so nigh impossible to consider on such vastly unfavourable terms.