Smarkets Novices' Chase

Off time: 13:30 | Winning time: 5m 14.30s

Odds by:

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Odds

Arctic Vodka

100/1

Brackenmoss Rory

200/1

Claud And Goldie

100/1

66/1

Dark Valley

200/1

Euxton Lane

4/1, 9/2, 5/1

9/2

Fleminport

14/1, 12/1

14/1

Garde Forestier

150/1, 125/1, 150/1

125/1

Nine O Three

200/1

Pookie Pekan

125/1

Red Rising

13/2, 6/1

5/1

Uncle Alastair

7/2, 10/3, 7/2, 10/3

7/2

Valnamixe Du Mee

100/1

Vinndication

11/10, 6/5, 5/4, 6/5, 11/10

1/1

SP Book Percentage 120.29

Forecasts

Vinndication (1/1), Uncle Alastair (7/2), Euxton Lane (9/2), Red Rising (5/1), Fleminport (14/1), Claud And Goldie (66/1), Arctic Vodka (100/1), Valnamixe Du Mee (100/1), Pookie Pekan (125/1), Garde Forestier (125/1), Dark Valley (200/1), Nine O Three (200/1), Brackenmoss Rory (200/1)

On paper, this promises to be a thoroughly informative Novices' Chase which should generate a plethora of future winners. Red Rising (Dan Skelton) and Uncle Alastair (Nicky Richards) both carry the Paul and Clare Rooney silks and are guaranteed to make an impression in this grade of contest on known bumper and hurdles form, but the same can also be said of the likes of Euxton Lane (Oliver Sherwood) and Fleminport (Jonjo O'Neill). However, the figures suggest that the Kim Bailey-trained VINNDICATION will take some stopping if equally effective over fences, so he's taken to improve the fine strike-rate of the Andoversford trainer at Carlisle since 1998 (4-19; 21%).