Snellings Norfolk National Tuesday 8th May Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:50 | Winning time: 5m 40.25s

Ckalco Des Loges²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR: 106

9/4

Dual hurdles winner who posted best chase effort when stepping up in trip to finish 8L third over 3m at Kempton (soft) last time out. Won't mind the better ground here (has won on good) and top-weight may not stop him.

Form: 53PP63

Royals And Rebels^b,t³³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: Harry Bannister| T: C J Mann| OR: 105

9/2

Fair but inconsistent handicap chaser who twice won over 3m at Plumpton last spring. Badly lost his way after that but not beaten far in two recent chases on testing ground and a better surface here will suit. Dangerous to dismiss.

Form: PPP733

Little Windmill^p,t⁴⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: T E Whelan| T: N B King| OR: 103| CD

14/1

Has his limitations but has popped up with four chase wins, including over this C&D (heavy) on New Year's Day, albeit in a lesser grade. Has struggled twice since then, however, and has no margin for error.

Form: 23P1P2

Heresmynumber^p,t²²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: G Sheehan| T: A Stronge| OR: 97| CD

4/1

Moderate maiden over hurdles but already doing better over fences, winning a four-runner novices' handicap over C&D (soft) last month, despite idling and jumping awkwardly at the last. Bigger questions asked now but remains open to improvement.

Form: 2/F-0331

Global Domination^p,t²⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 10-5| J: S Bowen| T: Mrs Caroline Bailey| OR: 85| CD

15/8

Lightly-raced for his age and was a winner over C&D just over two years ago on soft ground. Produced his best effort since then when going close from this mark at Huntingdon (2m4f, soft) last month but this is a better race.

Form: 1/63232

Forecasts

Global Domination (15/8), Ckalco Des Loges (9/4), Heresmynumber (4/1), Royals And Rebels (9/2), Little Windmill (14/1)

Fairly moderate stuff and it may not be beyond CKALCO DES LONGES to exploit a potentially favourable chase mark considering he is rated a stone higher over hurdles. Dan Skelton's charge hinted at better things to come when finishing third on ground more testing than ideal at Haydock last time and probably wouldn't need to improve much on that to win this. Royals And Rebels is also likely to appreciate the better ground and may prove most troublesome, though Heresmynumber was value for more than the winning margin suggests over C&D last time, albeit in a weak race.