Alfa Aggregate Products Novices' Chase

Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 4m 18.35s

Tree Of Liberty³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: J E Moore| T: Kerry Lee| OR: 145| CD

1/20

Decent novices' chaser who won over C&D on debut (soft) in January, finished within 10L of Saint Calvados at Newbury next time and then won a Leicester novices' handicap by 20L last month. Should outcless this field under his penalty.

Form: 21P-121

Cap'n¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Brendan Powell| T: Miss C Dyson| OR: 98

20/1

Rated 98 over hurdles, where he has made the frame once from four attempts, albeit it last of three in a Sandown Listed event, 41L behind Buveur D'Air. Bred to jump a fence, so could improve, but likely to have to wait for other days.

Form: 0354

Over To Midnight²⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-5| J: Miss L Brooke⁽⁷⁾| T: Lady S Brooke| OR: 80

25/1

0-13 over hurdles, where she is rated a lowly 80 and has made the frame just once. Very little hope that she can make an impact on her belated chase debut on that evidence.

Form: 556-P68

Forecasts

Tree Of Liberty (1/20), Cap'n (20/1), Over To Midnight (25/1)

Kerry Lee looks to have found a very good opportunity of picking up a good pot and another win here for the penalised TREE OF LIBERTY, who is easily the best of the trio in the field and should have a formality given a clear round. The other pair jump fences in public for the first time and the suggestion to follow home the selection is the higher rated of that pair over hurdles, Cap'n.