WEAPONS AMNESTY 1st @ 10/1 
BIG ZEB 1st @ 10/1
Unfortunately Thursday see's a poor day as far as stats are concerned as we have 4 Handicaps , don't do them , and the RyanAir chase which has only been run 5 times .
That leaves the WORLD HURDLE of which the most striking is the fact that, including 2004 all the win/placings have concerned the top 5 in the betting.
Add in
16/19 had won that season ,
17/19 were rated over 160 and
22/22 finished in the first 4 last time out .
Apply all 3 Trends and we are left with BIG BUCKS , SENTRY DUTY , TIDAL BAY and TIME FOR RUPERT .
SENTRY DUTY is unproven over 3m as he has never tackled a distance further than 2m5f and ,more importantly, has been well beaten in both previous races at the Festival.
TIME FOR RUPERT could well be one for a place but at this stage of his career where he has only won at Listed grade and never ran at the Festival meeting puts me off his chance .
Slightly under the preferred Rating at 159
BIG BUCKS is a justified odds-on Fav but i'm going for
TIDAL BAY @ 3/1 WITHOUT BIG BUCKS