16:35 Hexham

Friday 5 October 2018

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188Bet Mobile Bet10 Get20 Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:35 | Winning time: 5m 23.90s

Cash Again³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-6| J: R P McLernon| T: B Haslam| OR: 106

11/1

Not at his best in three races during the summer, but has slipped won the weights accordingly. Has won off this mark and can get involved if staging a revival.

Form: 137-536

Jaunty Thor^t⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: R Johnson| T: G Elliott| OR: 98

4/9

Landed a Perth handicap hurdle under today's jockey last time and is switched to the bigger obstacles off a 13lb lower mark. Has drawn a blank in eight previous runs over fences, but only one of those runs has been for his current trainer.

Form: P20-221

Sommervieu^b,t²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Burke| T: C E Longsdon| OR: 104

33/1

Maiden after 10 runs over obstacles. Well held on last two runs over hurdles and fences and hard to make a strong case for despite tumbling handicap mark.

Form: 3P40-89

Rock On Barney^b¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Alain Cawley| T: G T Lynch| OR: 88

16/1

Irish raider who is still looking for his first win over fences after eight attempts, but was not disgraced when third at Ballinrobe last month. Not out of it off the same rating.

Form: FP8053

Notonebuttwo¹⁴³

Age: 11| Weight: 10-13| J: K Yeoman⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J Parkinson & S Smith| OR: 85| CD

7/1

Winner of three chases who was having his first run for current trainer when falling two out when in the lead at Sedgefield in May. Not been sighted since, but has to enter calculations off the same mark on the assumption all is well.

Form: U5P43-F

Eager To Know^p1³⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: Finian O'Toole⁽³⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 82

8/1

Still looking for his first win over fences, but has shown ability on more than one occasion and is feasibly weighted. One to keep an eye on in first-time cheekpieces.

Form: 73238P

Top Cat Dj^t¹³²

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: Thomas Willmott⁽⁷⁾| T: M A Barnes| OR: 68

40/1

Without a win in 26 starts over fences, which makes him hard to fancy, especially from 4lb out of the handicap.

Form: P045-8U

Non-Runners

Dun Faw Good¹⁸

Weight: 11-12| Age: 11

T: J Walton J: Jamie Hamilton

Forecasts

Jaunty Thor (4/9), Dun Faw Good (6/1), Notonebuttwo (7/1), Eager To Know (8/1), Cash Again (11/1), Rock On Barney (16/1), Sommervieu (33/1), Top Cat Dj (40/1)

It will be interesting to see if there is any market confidence behind Eager To Know now that he is equipped with cheekpieces, while Rock On Barney and Notonebuttwo are others worth consideration. However, this looks another for the Elliott/Johnson combination in the form of JAUNTY THOR, who is in good heart and can compete off a much lower mark than for his recent win over hurdles.