21:05 Perth

Wednesday 16 May 2018

All18:0518:3519:0519:3520:0520:3521:05

Bruce Farms Open Hunters' Chase

Off time: 21:05 | Winning time: 6m 2.63s

Creevytennant¹⁸¹

Age: 14| Weight: 12-6| J: Lily Pinchin⁽⁷⁾| T: F O'Brien| OR: 139| CD

6/4

Dual C&D winner including when taking this contest by 36L a year ago. Fair efforts over hurdles the last twice and likely to attempt to make all with his regular jockey in the saddle once more.

Form: 2/13124-

Double Whammy^v1³⁵³

Age: 12| Weight: 12-6| J: Mr B G Crawford⁽⁵⁾| T: I Jardine| OR: 127| C| D

10/1

Handicap chase winner on good ground over 3m2f in May last year. Absent since and wears a visor for the first time on his hunter chase debut.

Form: 15657/1-

Kilbree Kid^b,t²⁰⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 12-6| J: Mr N George⁽³⁾| T: T R George| OR: 128| CD

6/1

Good ground handicap chase winner over C&D last July but held by Creevytennant on there running here the following month. Unraced since pulling up at Exeter in October.

Form: 3/6515P-

Cultram Abbey¹⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr John Dawson| T: N G Richards| OR: 139| CD

13/2

Victorious in a similar race to this on soft ground here last time out. Interesting to see how he fares given this looks a much more competitive affair.

Form: 122231-

Mendip Express^t²³

Age: 12| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr D Maxwell| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 127| D

2/1

Won three times in this sphere in recent years including when the impressive 64L winner of a Hexham (soft) contest over this trip last month. Likely to run well once more.

Form: 952/441-

Afterclass^p¹⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr R Wilson⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs E McEwen| OR: 79| D

80/1

Failed to complete on four of his five starts prior to finishing runner-up in a Restricted point-to-point last month. Looks up against it in this company.

Form: PPU4P2-

Milans Well^b1¹⁰

Age: 12| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr D Delahunt⁽⁷⁾| T: W Young Jnr| OR: 98| D

100/1

Placed in a point-to-point at Mosshouses (good) earlier this month. More needed with blinkers applied for the first time on this occasion.

Form: P/P9PP-3

Thomond^t,v1¹⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr Kit Alexander| T: N W Alexander| OR: 114| D

40/1

Placed in three point-to-point contests this year but finished well behind Cultram Abbey at Kelso in January and wears a visor for the first time.

Form: 546332-

Non-Runners

Viacometti¹⁸

Weight: 11-12| Age: 9

T: Mrs K Lynn J: Miss C R Crane

Forecasts

Creevytennant (6/4), Mendip Express (2/1), Kilbree Kid (6/1), Cultram Abbey (13/2), Double Whammy (10/1), Viacometti (33/1), Thomond (40/1), Afterclass (80/1), Milans Well (100/1)

CREEVYTENNANT the oldest horse in the field at fourteen can record his fifth win at this venue by taking the concluding hunter chase. The selection has his regular partner in the saddle once more and the pair can make all with Mendip Express, an impressive winner at Hexham last time out taken to chase them home. Of the remainder it can fall to Cultram Abbey, a C&D winner last time to take third.