15:37 kempton Saturday 27th December 2025

This looks weaker than the valuable handicap hurdle that INDEMNITY (5) ran an excellent third in at Newbury last time. Emma Lavelle's three-time hurdles winner should appreciate this return to a sounder surface and a 2lb nudge up the weights will unlikely pose any problems. WANDERING EGO (6) plugged on to finish a fair fourth under a penalty in a course and distance novices' hurdle and might yet have more to offer now switched to handicaps. Winning machine TRUSTINTIMES (4) cannot be left out of the equation after making it three from three over hurdles with a hard-fought success over a subsequent scorer at Ascot last time. WILLIETHEBUILDER (7) needs to be considered.