17:35 Haydock

Saturday 31 March 2018

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Smarkets Tim Molony Handicap Chase

Off time: 17:35 | Winning time: 8m 10.90s

Cloudy Too²¹

Age: 12| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Cook| T: J Parkinson & S Smith| OR: 128| C

11/1

Good effort in finishing 5L fourth in a veterans contest at Sandown (3m, heavy) in January. Held at Ayr since but has placed over C&D in the past.

Form: 3-60343

Muckle Roe²⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 124

5/1

Stepped up on his seasonal debut when finishing 1L second in a handicap chase over 3m5f at Warwick (soft) earlier this month. Interesting runner racing off a 1lb higher mark today.

Form: 323-162

Blameitalonmyroots³⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Harrison Beswick⁽⁷⁾| T: O Sherwood| OR: 123

10/1

Winner of three chases most recently on good-to-soft ground at Kempton in February last year. Below par at Warwick last time out and more needed today.

Form: 14-6725

Kilcullen Flem^p¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: A Nicol| T: P A Kirby| OR: 118

6/1

Appeared to appreciate the step up to 4m when making all to win at Hexham (heavy) earlier this month. Raised 3lb for that success and is an interesting runner today.

Form: 144-1P1

Milborough^b1²¹

Age: 12| Weight: 11-1| J: James Davies| T: I A Duncan| OR: 117

25/1

Fair fourth on seasonal debut at Catterick (3m6f, soft) in January but pulled up the last twice and wears blinkers for the first time today.

Form: 16P-4PP

Bassarabad^t,v⁶⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Alan Johns| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 116

16/1

Had wind surgery prior to winning impressively on heavy ground off a 10lb lower mark at Wetherby over 3m last time out. Tongue tie worn that day is retained and the visor returns for this contest.

Form: 145-P41

Streets Of Promise^p⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-12| J: T Scudamore| T: M Scudamore| OR: 114| BF

4/1

Progressive chaser in 2016 and returned to form when finishing third over an extended 2m7f at Chepstow (soft) recently. Has placed over this trip in the past and is well handicapped on her old form.

Form: 3-94673

Zerachiel^p²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: T J O'Brien| T: Ian Williams| OR: 112

9/2

Beaten a neck when finishing runner-up over an extended 3m5f at Bangor (heavy) last month and ran well to finish fourth over the same trip subsequently. Interesting runner int his contest.

Form: 51-2P24

Talk Of The South²⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 10-7| J: P J Brennan| T: P Henderson| OR: 109

4/1

Chasing a hat-trick following two wins at Warwick most recently on soft ground over 3m5f earlier this month. Had Muckle Roe back in second on that occasion and has to defy a 6lb rise in the weights today.

Form: U3P211

Non-Runners

Ckalco Des Loges¹⁴

Weight: 10-4| Age: 6

T: D Skelton J: Harry Skelton

Forecasts

Streets Of Promise (4/1), Talk Of The South (4/1), Zerachiel (9/2), Muckle Roe (5/1), Kilcullen Flem (6/1), Blameitalonmyroots (10/1), Ckalco Des Loges (10/1), Cloudy Too (11/1), Bassarabad (16/1), Milborough (25/1)

KILCULLEN FLEM showed his liking for a stamina test when winning at Hexham last time out and with trainer Phil Kirby in good form (4/20) at present he can follow up that success by taking the concluding event on the card. Muckle Roe has run well at this venue in the past and can finish runner-up today while Streets Of Promise, well handicapped on her form of a couple of seasons back can finish third.