19:50 Chepstow

Tuesday 15 May 2018

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Off time: 19:51 | Winning time: 2m 33.86s

(17)

River Dart⁷⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: S De Sousa| T: A W Carroll| OR: 67

4/1

His two career wins came in the summer of 2015 and he was out of form last year. Takes a big drop in class and jockey booking takes the eye.

Form: 3696-75

(7)

Miss Inga Sock²⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Georgia Cox⁽³⁾| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 67| C

9/2

Hit form at this fixture last year and subsequently went 40-7. Suited to some give underfoot and undulating tracks, but appeared not to stay when tackling this trip.

Form: 313614-

(9)

Innoko^p,h¹⁸¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-8| J: L Morris| T: R Stephens| OR: 66| C| D

7/1

Has six wins and fifteen frame finishes in a 56-race career. Probably better over further and high enough in the weights on return.

Form: 123225-

(6)

Nafaayes¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: L P Keniry| T: Jean-Rene Auvray| OR: 65

9/1

Hints of promise in three outings, the last two of them since joining current stable from Charlie Hills. Needs to show more in a competitive heat.

Form: 0-49

(15)

Officer Drivel^h,v¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: H Crouch| T: J & S Best| OR: 65| D

10/1

Last win came in August 2016. Missed the whole of last season and a return to form has not looked imminent in his two comeback runs.

Form: 185/046

(11)

Jalingo^b,t1⁸⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Tom Marquand| T: A Stronge| OR: 64WS

6/1

Twice a Flat winner in his younger days then good form for John Ferguson over hurdles in 2015 before encountering injury problems. Has returned to show little in three AW runs for this yard and has now had wind surgery.

Form: 343/6-98

(4)

Frantical⁸⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: William Carson| T: A W Carroll| OR: 58

25/1

Winner on good-to-soft ground over 1m2f last summer and has barely beaten a rival since. Remains above his winning mark and hard to fancy at present.

Form: 160-700

(3)

Suffice^t¹⁹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 8-13| J: T E Whelan| T: Mrs L J Young| OR: 57| D

16/1

Dual hurdle winner in 2016 but he has not had much racing since and has another six month absence to overcome.

Form: 004555/

(16)

Tilsworth Lukey¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Liam Jones| T: J R Jenkins| OR: 55

5/1

In good form at present and came from a long way to narrowly fail at Brighton. Open to further progress with a longer straight to play with and he may be capable of defying a further rise in the weights.

Form: 852132

(8)

Unsuspected Girl^t¹¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Joey Haynes| T: J M Bradley| OR: 51

25/1

Victorious in a 1m2f claimer at Windsor (good-to-soft) in October but well held in four starts since joining this yard and others make more appeal.

Form: 01078-0

(13)

Distant High^p²³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-7| J: Nicola Currie⁽⁵⁾| T: R J Price| OR: 51| C

20/1

Triple winner here over 1m2f but has gone close at this trip. Handles any going and has not raced off this mark since winning in 2015. Top claimer booked and has gone well after a break previously.

Form: 0/47637-

(1)

Shadow's Girl¹⁵³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-7| J: Hollie Doyle| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 45

33/1

Former point-to-point and bumper performer has shown nothing in three flat races including handicap debut when sent off at 150/1. Impossible to fancy from 5lb out of the weights.

Form: 8578-

Non-Runners

(14)

Time To Sea²²

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: J Butler J: L P Keniry

(10)

Upended²⁴⁸

Weight: 9-2| Age: 4

T: B J Llewellyn J: David Probert

(12)

Wildomar²⁴

Weight: 8-12| Age: 9

T: P W Hiatt J: Finley Marsh

(2)

Dancing Dragon²⁵³

Weight: 8-9| Age: 4

T: H Whittington J: Non Runner

(5)

Anton Chigurh¹⁵

Weight: 8-7| Age: 9

T: Mrs N S Evans J: Ryan Tate

Forecasts

River Dart (4/1), Miss Inga Sock (9/2), Tilsworth Lukey (5/1), Wildomar (5/1), Jalingo (6/1), Innoko (7/1), Dancing Dragon (8/1), Nafaayes (9/1), Officer Drivel (10/1), Upended (10/1), Time To Sea (10/1), Suffice (16/1), Distant High (20/1), Frantical (25/1), Unsuspected Girl (25/1), Shadow's Girl (33/1), Anton Chigurh (33/1)

This will take little winning and TILSWORTH LUKEY is in such a positive mood that he is hard to oppose with his current rate of improvement giving him plenty of appeal against opponents who are out of sorts. The booking of the champion jockey for River Dart points to a probable upswing in fortunes now that he drops into this grade for the first time. Wildomar had the run of the race when scoring on his return and now needs to show he can do it again on turf, whilst Time To Sea and Distant High are a couple of outsiders who could give a good account.