Book Direct At Western House Hotel Beginners' Chase

Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 6m 10.2s

Clondaw Kaempfer^b,t¹⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 135| D

4/6

A Grade 3 winner all the way back in 2014 but only won once since when winning over hurdles in January 2017. Only had two starts over fences, probably would have won on chase debut but stumbled and unseated after the last. Very much respected here.

Form: 77/02P8-

Daydream Island⁵²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Finian O'Toole⁽³⁾| T: Mrs S Walton| OR: 68

66/1

Shown very little ability and still a maiden after 21 starts. Hard to fancy against rivals that have shown much more.

Form: P6P7V6-

Imperial Prince¹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: D R Fox| T: I A Duncan| OR: 103

12/1

Won twice over hurdles at the start of 2016 and only seen sparingly since. Improved to finish third of six on last chase start but will need another sizable chunk of improvement here.

Form: 1/P9P73-

Miles To Milan¹⁰⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Aidan Coleman| T: O Murphy| BF

6/4

Last won over hurdles back in 2015 and out of form throughout 2016 before missing all of last year. Returned with a respectable fourth of 11 on debut for this yard in January and worthy of respect on chase debut.

Form: 1300P/4-

Forecasts

Clondaw Kaempfer (4/6), Miles To Milan (6/4), Imperial Prince (12/1), Daydream Island (66/1)

A moderate contest in which CLONDAW KAEMPFER should take a fair amount of beating given that he should already have a win next to his name over fences and if he can match his hurdles form, he will be setting a strong standard for his rivals. Miles To Milan ran well on first start for new connections last time but will need to take another step forward to win this. Imperial Prince can get the battle of Daydream Island in the battle for third.