15:00 Ludlow

Wednesday 10 January 2018

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Join The Henry Daly Racing Club Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 6m 54.60s

Ready Token^t¹⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-13| J: J J Burke| T: C E Longsdon| OR: 121

50/1

4-20 over fences but under a cloud at present. Best form has come in the warmer months and probably best watched for now.

Form: 1P04-8P

Gorsky Island³⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: C Gethings⁽³⁾| T: T R George| OR: 120| CD

15/2

Twice a winner here in late 2014 but fleeting signs of promise amid interrupted career since. Tailed off at Wincanton a month ago, but capable of stepping up on that now on his favoured circuit.

Form: 43/P-82P

Nansaroy^p³²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Adam Wedge| T: Evan Williams| OR: 118| BF

6/1

Has failed to improve for a drop in grade on his last two starts over fences. His best form over these obstacles came here and that run would command respect if repeated.

Form: 224-4U8

Abracadabra Sivola^p,t¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: David Noonan| T: D Pipe| OR: 118

9/1

Struck form at the turn of 2017 and well-handicapped on that form. However, the signs prior to those efforts were more encouraging than they are here.

Form: 370854

Goohar^p⁴⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: Andrew Tinkler| T: H D Daly| OR: 117

11/1

In-form trainer would clearly like to win this race which sports his name and he has a candidate capable of doing so. Highly tried of late but now just 1lb above his last winning mark and into a class where he is 2-4.

Form: 2153-95

Grove Silver^p¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: Sean Quinlan| T: J Candlish| OR: 116

9/1

Punished by the handicapper for an 8L victory last March but now 2lb below that mark. Four of his five wins have come in this grade and the softer the ground the better for him. One to note in the market.

Form: 135-973

Bendomingo⁴⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 116

10/1

Won once over hurdles to date. Switched to chasing latest where a distant second (only three finished). Longer trip here to suit but little to suggest he is well handicapped.

Form: 43-1562

Bandon Roc²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: David Bass| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls| OR: 112

13/2

Landed a hat-trick over hurdles last February but not at his best over fences this term. Has always looked a chaser in the making and it is possible his handicap mark has been beyond him. Drops 5lb for this and that makes him interesting.

Form: 7111-P7

Freddies Portrait^t¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: W T Kennedy| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 110

14/1

Winner at 2m over hurdles but also placed over an extended 3m. Should strip fitter for two recent runs and stable going well, but hard to argue he is on a fair mark.

Form: 2155-56

Kilmurvy^p,t¹⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-13| J: Nick Scholfield| T: J Scott| OR: 107

17/2

Nicely weighted on his 2015 form, but his two runs back from an absence suggest he is a long way below those levels.

Form: 55/32-94

Tb Broke Her^p²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-4| J: Stan Sheppard⁽³⁾| T: M Sheppard| OR: 98

4/1

Ex-Irish mare landed a poor race in handsome style at Hereford before Christmas and a 7lb rise seems fair. Overall record of 3-41 suggests she is unlikely to follow up so soon, but in good hands and receives plenty of weight.

Form: 926531

Forecasts

Tb Broke Her (4/1), Nansaroy (6/1), Bandon Roc (13/2), Gorsky Island (15/2), Kilmurvy (17/2), Abracadabra Sivola (9/1), Grove Silver (9/1), Bendomingo (10/1), Goohar (11/1), Freddies Portrait (14/1), Ready Token (50/1)

Tb Broke Her hacked up at Hereford last time and she would be expected to go close here in receipt of plenty of weight from her rivals. However, GOOHAR could be another for the in-form Henry Daly team who are 4-10 in the last two weeks. The nine-year-old is more attractively weighted now and is back into a grade where he has reserved some of his best performances. Grove Silver is feared for similar reasons and a market move for him would be interesting, whilst Nansaroy and Bandon Roc are better than recent performances would have you believe.