Brian Skinner's 82nd Birthday Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:35 | Winning time: 6m 57.30s

Morney Wing^p,t¹⁸¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-13| J: Joshua Moore| T: C J Mann| OR: 101

3/1

Cashed in on the falls of two rivals at the last when winning at Fakenham last season. Well held on two subsequent starts and is on a lenient mark if back to form after a lay-off.

Form: R2P136-

Chill In The Wood¹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Alan Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: D J S Ffrench Davis| OR: 100

5/1

Came a cropper at Chepstow last time, but two previous efforts, one of them over C&D, were encouraging. Likely to be thereabouts if putting in a clear round.

Form: 1-2823F

Quinto^p,t⁵³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Bryony Frost⁽³⁾| T: J D Frost| OR: 86

10/3

Pulled up on last two starts and has questions to answer following those displays. Has failed to win in nine starts over fences.

Form: 30-36PP

Hardtorock^p⁴⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-9| J: Daniel Sansom⁽⁵⁾| T: J W Mullins| OR: 83| C

13/8

Only two wins in 15 races over fences, but both have been achieved at this venue, latterly over 2m5½f last month. Up 6lb and has solid claims.

Form: P-37431

Broughtons Bandit¹³⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 10-9| J: Miss K Lyons⁽⁷⁾| T: P York| OR: 83

50/1

Pulled up in a point-to-point and a handicap chase on last two starts. Clearly comes with risks attached and is hard to recommend.

Form: 553/3PP

Flugzeug^p¹⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: Sean Houlihan⁽⁵⁾| T: J W Mullins| OR: 68| C| D

16/1

Last win came over C&D in May, last year. Disappointing since and, 6lb out of the handicap, has much lesser claims than stable companion Hardtorock.

Form: PP-330P

Forecasts

Hardtorock (13/8), Morney Wing (3/1), Quinto (10/3), Chill In The Wood (5/1), Flugzeug (16/1), Broughtons Bandit (50/1)

Morney Wing is undeniably well handicapped if returning to form, but Hardtorock and CHILL IN THE WOOD look more reliable propositions and the latter gets a narrow vote on the assumption his recent fall has not dented his confidence. The others make little appeal.