16:50 Cartmel

Saturday 22 July 2017

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:25

BBQ Shop At Hayes Garden World Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:52 | Winning time: 6m 59.39s

Bafana Choice²⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 11-12| J: B S Hughes| T: C Grant| OR: 99

13/2

Five time point-to-point winner, and runner up in two prestigious northern hunters chases in the spring (Buccleuch Cup and The Heart of All England), but hasn't looked sharp enough to strike in handicaps and beaten 15+L when third to Presenting Junior over C&D latest.

Form: 42-2653

Cruising Bye^p,t²⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 11-10| J: Conor Shoemark| T: G Hanmer| OR: 97

10/1

Not the most reliable, but has won four races, including on his penultimate start from a 4lb lower mark at Bangor (3m good to soft) in May. Likely to be doing all of his best work late in the race.

Form: 9528-13

Don Franco^v¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: R Johnson| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 97

11/4

8L runner up to Camillas Wish over C&D in June (good to soft), and a winner at Perth in May, but no show back over hurdles at Bellewstown latest, so hopefully that hasn't taken the edge off him for the moment.

Form: 30-1520

Mclaren Vale¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-9| J: Rachael Blackmore⁽³⁾| T: Thomas Coyle| OR: 82

9/2

23 race maiden, but back from a spell in points and just about competitive over fences at Wexford and hurdles at Tipperary recently. Needs to do more but not inconceivable he could reach the frame.

Form: 6PP5-43

More Madness^p,t²²

Age: 10| Weight: 10-9| J: Henry Brooke| T: Julia Brooke| OR: 82

3/1

Not 'won' since March 2014 (disqualified) and plummeted down the weights accordingly since switched these shores. Beaten less than 2L when fourth to Brother Scott and Dica latest and a chance on that showing from the same mark.

Form: 656-444

Miss Joeking^p,t²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: D R Fox| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 79

5/1

Upped in trip in the first time cheek-pieces at Hexham (3m good) last month when proving a ½L too good for Johnny Go. That was her first career success since November 2015 and she didn't look an obvious future winner once reassessed (up 6lb), but must have claims in this contest.

Form: P34-551

Volcanic Jack³

Age: 9| Weight: 10-4| J: S Mulqueen⁽³⁾| T: M C Chapman| OR: 77| C

25/1

50/1 winner here in June 2016 (2m5f+), but finished lame and off the track for twelve months thereafter. Never in the hunt on his reappearance last month and well beaten on the Flat on Wednesday, so tough to consider.

Form: P/56U1-7

Trouble In Paris³⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: Lorcan Murtagh⁽⁷⁾| T: F P Murtagh| OR: 67

25/1

Has flattered to deceive on more than one occasion but finds little at the business end of races usually finishing weakly. Another one to treat with extreme caution (35 race rules maiden) although he'll probably move into the race with a chance at some point, that'll be the time to keep hitting the lay button.

Form: 4P45-85

Non-Runners

Pena Dorada⁵⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 10

T: A C Whillans J: Craig Nichol

Trillerin Minella²²

Weight: 10-13| Age: 9

T: J K Hunter J: Thomas Dowson

Forecasts

Don Franco (11/4), More Madness (3/1), Mclaren Vale (9/2), Miss Joeking (5/1), Bafana Choice (13/2), Pena Dorada (8/1), Cruising Bye (10/1), Trouble In Paris (25/1), Volcanic Jack (25/1), Trillerin Minella (66/1)

An unconvincing bunch, so the unexposed (over fences) Miss Joeking must have reasonable claims of backing up her Hexham success now that connections have seemingly found her optimum trip. The long Cartmel run-in should see Cruising Bye kicking in the turbo from well off the pace whilst the veteran More Madness has been far from disgraced in his last couple of outings. However, a chance is taken on the belief that PENA DORADA is essentially better than a Class 5 handicapper and returning to the scene of his last career success (July 2015), the visor might just be helpful enough in terms of encouraging him to strike once more for Alistair Whillans.