19:40 Huntingdon

Tuesday 22 May 2018

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Champions League Final Betting At 188Bet Handicap Chase

Off time: 20:33 | Winning time: 5m 7.20s

King Spirit¹⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: R T Dunne| T: T Lacey| OR: 108| BF| C

6/1

Money was down at Ludlow this month on second start back from four years off and first outing since wind surgery but ran poorly and was pulled up. Interesting to see if confidence is retained.

Form: 4312/6-P

Charlie Papa Lima^t²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Harry Bannister| T: H Whittington| OR: 108| BF

13/8

Found only one too strong in chasing bow at Taunton (2m2f, good to firm) recently, that was a decent start in this sphere and there should be more to come.

Form: 234552-

Chateau Robin^p1²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: David Bass| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls| OR: 105

5/1

Fair effort in fourth over C&D last month, coming off a break, there might be some improvement on just fourth chase start and cheekpieces could help bring about some further improvement.

Form: 722/224-

Canyouringmeback^h¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: James Davies| T: N J Gifford| OR: 103

11/4

Runner-up here 12 days ago over a longer trip and travelled like the best horse for a long way. Runs from the same mark now and should give this a bold sight.

Form: 26506-2

Oakidoaki^p,t²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Brendan Powell| T: B G Powell| OR: 93

9/1

Yet to win in 12 starts and jumping errors/attitude have been his downfall at times. Better effort over C&D last month (third) and eased 1lb by the assessor if building on that run.

Form: 5624U3-

That's The Deal¹⁴

Age: 14| Weight: 10-6| J: Benjamin Poste| T: J R Cornwall| OR: 88| C| D

33/1

Held since winning over an extended 2m7f at this track (good) in October. Races off a mark 3lb lower than for that victory but the 14-year-old likely to find a few too good in this contest.

Form: 446P7-3

Black Banjo^t³²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: Charlie Hammond⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss C Dyson| OR: 78| D

22/1

Well held on last month's chasing bow at Southwell and runs here from 4lb out of the handicap, watching brief seems safest.

Form: P78795-

Non-Runners

Not A Role Model⁸

Weight: 12-4| Age: 6

T: S Thomas J: R Patrick

Mahlerdramatic¹¹

Weight: 10-13| Age: 8

T: B Ellison J: N de Boinville

Forecasts

Charlie Papa Lima (13/8), Canyouringmeback (11/4), Not A Role Model (11/4), Chateau Robin (5/1), King Spirit (6/1), Oakidoaki (9/1), Mahlerdramatic (10/1), Black Banjo (22/1), That's The Deal (33/1)

CANYOURINGMEBACK travelled like the best horse in the race here last time over a longer trip before just failing to get home, dropped in trip from the same mark, compensation may await for him. This is competitive however with Kempton winner Not A Role Model expected to well from the front under a penalty while Charlie Papa Lima and Chateau Robin are also considered.