18:30 Chepstow

Saturday 2 June 2018

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Dribuild Group Handicap

Off time: 18:32 | Winning time: 2m 9.05s

(3)

Attest⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Tom Marquand| T: W Greatrex| OR: 76

11/4

Wore cheekpieces when scoring over hurdles in December. Seems genuine enough though, but others look better handicapped this time around.

Form: 356/2-

(1)

Lady Valdean^p¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Joshua Bryan⁽⁵⁾| T: J Santos| OR: 75| BF| D

8/1

Made all to score over this trip at Bath on firm ground. Longer trip and revised mark found her out at Newbury, but she will be more of a threat this time and she handled soft ground in France.

Form: 26-9616

(9)

Essenaitch¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Rossa Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 70| BF| D

4/1

Has a 6-43 record and has been placed on 12 other occasions. Perfectly at home on soft ground and at this level. Just needs to produce his typical effort to have every chance under a good claimer.

Form: 388322

(4)

Valdizar²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: George Downing| T: Ian Williams| OR: 67

14/1

Fourth to a subsequent Group 2 winner on debut and looked in need of the run on his stable debut. Worth a check in the market on first run in a handicap.

Form: 40-7

(7)

Miss Inga Sock¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Georgia Cox⁽³⁾| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 67| CD

10/1

Went 4-8 last year and ideally suited to these undulating tracks and some give in the ground. Ran better than her final position suggests on return when conditions were too quick.

Form: 13614-5

(6)

Tyrolean²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: E J Walsh⁽³⁾| T: D Burchell| OR: 62

5/1

Yet to win a race but shaped well enough after a break on his first run for this yard to believe that he has the ability to win something akin to this. Needed the run over C&D last time on heavy ground and should be a different proposition now.

Form: 67230-3

(11)

Power Home¹⁸⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: M Dwyer| T: D J Coakley| OR: 61

16/1

Winner of a low grade AW contest and yet to encounter ground as soft as forecast. Having first run since stopping quickly at Kempton in November.

Form: 536120-

(10)

Katabatika¹⁶¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: Theodore Ladd⁽⁷⁾| T: H Morrison| OR: 60

4/1

Sole victory came in a low grade AW contest over 1m4f off 6lb lower. Makes seasonal debut and probably has too many doubts to overcome.

Form: 341537-

(8)

Cooperess¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-2| J: Aaron Jones⁽³⁾| T: D Burchell| OR: 51

20/1

Winner of a modest four-runner race at Wolverhampton (9.5f) where the pace was slow. Best to treat that form with caution and she failed to stay this far in a more truly run race next time. 5lb out of the weights.

Form: 06-9184

(2)

Peak Storm^p,t¹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 8-2| J: Sophie Ralston⁽⁷⁾| T: J G M O'Shea| OR: 50| C

50/1

Could go around here in his sleep (seven-time course winner) but he's been running poorly for a while now both over hurdles and on the Flat. 6lb out of the handicap and hasn't won since 2015.

Form: 74080-0

Non-Runners

(5)

Shamrokh¹²

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: M Appleby J: D C Costello

Forecasts

Attest (11/4), Essenaitch (4/1), Katabatika (4/1), Tyrolean (5/1), Shamrokh (5/1), Lady Valdean (8/1), Miss Inga Sock (10/1), Valdizar (14/1), Power Home (16/1), Cooperess (20/1), Peak Storm (50/1)

Miss Inga Sock is a reliable performer under today's conditions and she caught the eye on her return when conditions were too quick. She will do a lot better here, but marginal preference is for ESSENAITCH who usually gives his running and is weighted to go close again. His rider is good value for his claim and that just tilts things in his favour. Tyrolean is a big threat and Valdizar is one to look out for in the market.