Fox Family Chase (Open Handicap Chase)

Off time: 16:16 | Winning time: 5m 2.7s

Hammersly Lake²⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: B S Hughes| T: C E Longsdon| OR: 159| D

6/1

Impressed when winning over 2m5f at Cartmel (good-to-firm) earlier this month. Finished third over this C&D prior to that and is one to note despite a 6lb rise in the weights.

Form: 15P-731

Imperial Presence⁵⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: R Johnson| T: P Hobbs & J White| OR: 142

13/8

In good form this season and followed up a 2m2f Kempton (good) win with success over an extended 2m3f at Stratford (good) last month. Form of that latest success is working out well.

Form: 12/52-11

Voix D'Eau^p,t²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: Mr M Legg⁽⁵⁾| T: H Fry| OR: 140| D

4/1

Finished third to Imperial Presence over an extended 2m3f at Stratford (good) last month. Has won at Worcester (2m4f, good) in a four runner contest since and is of interest once more.

Form: 50-2331

Princeton Royale^b²⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 10-7| J: Wayne Hutchinson| T: N B King| OR: 140| BF| C

11/2

Finished in the first two on all six starts this season. Chased home Hammersly Lake at Cartmel (2m5f, good) last time out and an interesting runner in this contest.

Form: 2221-12

Quite By Chance^t¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-6| J: T Scudamore| T: C L Tizzard| OR: 139| D

7/2

Ran well to finish runner-up over 3m2f at Newton Abbot (good) earlier this month. Versatile trip wise but vulnerable to better handicapped rivals.

Form: 5P07-52

Non-Runners

Vosne Romanee⁷

Weight: 11-0| Age: 7

T: Dr R D P Newland J: Sam Twiston-Davies

Newton Geronimo³⁵

Weight: 10-2| Age: 9

T: B Pauling J: R P McLernon

Forecasts

Imperial Presence (13/8), Vosne Romanee (3/1), Quite By Chance (7/2), Voix D'Eau (4/1), Princeton Royale (11/2), Hammersly Lake (6/1), Newton Geronimo (7/1)

IMPERIAL PRESENCE holds a couple of these on running at Stratford last month and he can register his fourth chase victory in this classy handicap chase. The selection remains open to improvement and can get the better of Cartmel winner Hammersly Lake who carries top weight here. Third place can go the way of Vosne Romanee who finished behind the selection at Stratford.