smarkets.com Novices' Chase

Off time: 14:20 | Winning time: 6m 8.1s

Lil Rockerfeller^p³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Wayne Hutchinson| T: N B King| OR: 153| D

4/11

High-class staying hurdler who is 2-2 over fences. Did not impress with his jumping last time and needs to sharpen up in that respect, but looks in a different league to these rivals.

Form: 20P2-11

Norse Da¹⁶³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Paul O'Brien⁽³⁾| T: Mrs H R J Nelmes

200/1

Pulled up on his last four starts over hurdles. Makes his chasing debut and is hard to make any sort of case for,

Form: PU/PP-PP

St Erney²⁸⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Rex Dingle⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss J Du Plessis

33/1

Second on his only start in a point-to-point. Unknown quantity, but would need to be well above average to beat the favourite.

Form: 2-

Tobefair^p¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: R Johnson| T: Mrs D A Hamer| D

5/2

Winner of seven successive hurdles from 2015 to 2017. Recent efforts have not been so good, but he probably needed his reappearance run at Newbury. Well held on his only previous start over fences.

Form: 10/493-8

Hoo Bally Diva¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-7| J: Sean Houlihan⁽⁵⁾| T: R H Buckler| OR: 109| D

10/1

Winner of two handicap hurdles earlier this year and made a sound enough start over fences when second to an odds-on shot over C&D earlier this month. Should be wiser for the experience.

Form: 26P/1-12

The Overflow¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-7| J: M G Nolan| T: Mrs S Gardner| D

66/1

Dual point-to-point winner who was unplaced in there runs over hurdles. Should do better now he is chasing, but is best watched in this company.

Form: 2P1505

Forecasts

Lil Rockerfeller (4/11), Tobefair (5/2), Hoo Bally Diva (10/1), St Erney (33/1), The Overflow (66/1), Norse Da (200/1)

Providing he jumps round safely, LIL ROCKERFELLER should be too classy for these rivals. Tobefair would be able to give him a race on the best of his hurdles form, but he has a bit to prove at the moment and a bigger danger to the favourite may be Hoo Bally Diva, who made a satisfactory start to his chasing career when runner-up over C&D.