16:40 Chepstow

Saturday 14 April 2018

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Bet On The Grand National With totepool Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:40 | Winning time: 4m 15.65s

Eddiemaurice⁴⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: J E Moore| T: J L Flint| OR: 120| D

7/1

Held in two outings since finishing runner-up at Kempton (2m, soft) in December. Interesting to see how he fares dropping in grade.

Form: P44265

Cesar Collonges⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Conor Ring⁽³⁾| T: Evan Williams| OR: 119

5/1

Novice hurdle winner at Carlisle (2m1f, soft) in November and ran well on his second handicap start when finishing runner-up there in February. One to note despite racing off a 4lb higher mark here.

Form: 1/5-4102

Ruby Yeats^b1¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: J M Quinlan| T: H Whittington| OR: 117| D

10/1

Pulled up on both starts since finishing runner-up at Taunton (2m2f, soft) in February and fitted with blinkers for the first time in this contest.

Form: 20-92PP

Great Lover³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: M G Nolan| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 112

20/1

Fair form in novice company including when finishing fourth on soft ground at Taunton in February. Held since and worth a check in the market on handicap debut.

Form: P845

Ardmayle⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Andrew Tinkler| T: A Stronge| OR: 111| D

5/1

Victorious on heavy ground at Leicester in January and ran well off this 4lb higher mark when third at Southwell subsequently. Return to this trip should suit.

Form: 4-04713

Delface^b,t¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: David Noonan| T: D Pipe| OR: 110| D

9/2

Dual winner over hurdles and finished runner-up on two of his last three outings. Raised 4lb for the latest of those placed efforts but remains of interest in this contest.

Form: 966252

Passam^t²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Daniel Hiskett⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss C Dyson| OR: 109

25/1

Bumper winner at Bangor (heavy) in December but generally held since including when making his handicap debut at Ludlow (2m, soft) last time out.

Form: 7-18539

Dont Be Robin¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Conor Shoemark| T: Mrs R Ford| OR: 108

20/1

Placed in a novice hurdle on soft ground at Taunton in February. Well beaten twice since and probably best watched on handicap debut.

Form: F35354

Global Thrill^t¹²⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: Robert Williams⁽³⁾| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 107| D

20/1

Successful twice on good-to-soft ground earlier this season and put in a fair effort when third on soft ground at Wincanton in December. Returning from a break in this.

Form: 011313

Court Duty²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: James Best| T: J L Flint| OR: 105

16/1

Career best effort when finishing 17L third over C&D on heavy ground last time out. Worth a check in the market on handicap debut.

Form: 8-08443

Northandsouth^h⁵³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-5| J: Mr J Drinkwater⁽⁷⁾| T: S Drinkwater| OR: 99| BF| D

9/1

Three time winner over hurdles most recently on heavy ground at Lingfield in January. Placed off this mark since and an interesting runner in this.

Form: 555136

Grams And Ounces^t¹⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 10-4| J: M Hamill⁽⁵⁾| T: G Harris| OR: 98| C| D

8/1

Good effort in finishing 15L second off this mark on heavy ground last time out. Receives weight from most of his rivals and interesting to see how he performs here.

Form: 4-237F2

Hollywood All Star^v1⁴⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 10-4| J: Kielan Woods| T: D Killahena & G McPherson| OR: 98| D

16/1

Finished runner-up in first time cheekpieces in a selling handicap hurdle at Fakenham (soft) in February. Pulled up blinkers subsequently and wears a visor for the first time on this occasion.

Form: 6P-682P

Non-Runners

Darwins Theory⁴⁷

Weight: 10-11| Age: 10

T: Mrs F M Shaw J: Mr M Legg

Forecasts

Delface (9/2), Ardmayle (5/1), Cesar Collonges (5/1), Eddiemaurice (7/1), Grams And Ounces (8/1), Northandsouth (9/1), Ruby Yeats (10/1), Darwins Theory (14/1), Hollywood All Star (16/1), Court Duty (16/1), Dont Be Robin (20/1), Global Thrill (20/1), Great Lover (20/1), Passam (25/1)

CESAR COLLONGES put a disappointing handicap debut behind him when second last time out and with the ground and trip to suit he can register his second win under rules in this handicap hurdle. Delface is another to have finished runner-up last time out and he can fill the same position here while Darwins Theory, third at Plumpton last time out can claim third here.