Royal Hall to continue making his mark over hurdles

Royal Hall can continue his excellent run of form today in the Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Handicap Hurdle at Plumpton.

This six-year-old has been mixing it on the level and over jumps in recent months and has won his last three starts over hurdles.

He was value for more than the winning margin of 0.5 lengths on his most recent outing at this venue and a 2kg rise does not look insurmountable.

At Hereford Roll The Dough gets the nod in the HFT Forklifts Chase. This Philip Hobbstrained nine-year-old won successive races at Newton Abbot in September before finishing fourth at Stratford last month.

He needs to raise his game to rediscover the winning trail but is capable of doing so.

What's Occurring can make it a quick Hereford double in the Central Roofing Novices' Hurdle.

He made all for a two-length win last month and can follow up under a penalty for Oliver Sherwood.

Crowned Eagle can claim his first victory since March in the 32Red Floodlit Stakes at Kempton.

Marco Botti's charge has been relatively lightly campaigned this term, with just five starts through the summer, but has shown some glimpses of form in those limited outings.

His most recent effort was particularly commendable, finishing two lengths behind Thundering Blue in a Group 3 at Bro Park in Sweden in September.

While he never looked like troubling the winner, that was a decent run considering Thundering Blue has two Group 1 places to his name this season and Crowned Eagle was comfortably clear of the third.

This four-year-old had also shown up well in the likes of the Old Newton Cup during the summer months, so it is easy to see how his rating has climbed to 110 ahead of this Listed heat.

Proven on the surface having won the Rosebery Handicap earlier in the season, Crowned Eagle makes plenty of appeal ahead. - Press Association