All New Discovery River Tay Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:05 | Winning time: 5m 15.7s

Pain Au Chocolat¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: C O'Farrell| T: R Menzies| OR: 139| C| D

15/8

A winner on this card in 2017 (2m good) on his first start for Rebecca Menzies, and back to his 'winning mark' when bossing a small field 2m4f contest in a bog at Newcastle latest. Raised 4lb.

Form: 2U4251

Morning Royalty⁷³

Age: 11| Weight: 11-7| J: B S Hughes| T: James Moffatt| OR: 134

6/1

Veteran whose last chasing success came just over 12 months ago off this mark at Kelso (2m1f soft); beating Vengeur De Guye by 3L (Chidswell third). Raced mainly over 3m since, so this drop back in trip should suit.

Form: 1-12344

Wadswick Court^b,t¹⁹³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-6| J: James Bowen⁽³⁾| T: P & M Bowen| OR: 133| D

4/1

Doesn't ever do much racing during the winter months, which strongly implies that he wants decent underfoot conditions. Races from a mark which is 3lb above his last winning perch (July 2017) and likely to strip fitter for this race.

Form: 222165

Tiquer³³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-3| J: P J Brennan| T: A E Jones| OR: 130| D

6/4

Has a decent record fresh, and returned from wind surgery with a decisive 8L success at Newbury last month (2m4f soft). Now 7lb higher, but had the beating of Pain Au Chocolat there (won since), so holds every chance with conditions to suit.

Form: 4/131-71

Non-Runners

Chidswell¹

Weight: 11-1| Age: 9

T: N G Richards J: Craig Nichol

Forecasts

Tiquer (6/4), Pain Au Chocolat (15/8), Chidswell (3/1), Wadswick Court (4/1), Morning Royalty (6/1)

A trappy affair which features a couple of last time out winners. Pain Au Chocolat bossed his rivals when winning in a bog at Newcastle (2m4f) with rider Tony Kelly reporting afterwards that he tends to appreciate carrying a big weight against lesser rivals as opposed to being upped in class. Both Morning Royalty and Chidswell are handicapped to score, but not regular winners. Therefore, the spotlight falls upon the Alan Jones trained TIQUER to follow up his recent Newbury success from a 7lb higher mark. Wind surgery has apparently helped this veteran chaser, and he has plenty in his favour (namely trip and ground) today.