Norfolk's Finest Drinkers Amateur Riders' Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:20 | Winning time: 5m 34.4s

Vaxalco³³⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 12-2| J: Jack Andrews⁽³⁾| T: N B King| OR: 102

16/1

19-race maiden who has his first run under rules since 2015 here. Changed hands for just £2,000 in August. Makes stable debut with a watching brief advised.

Form: 57682/6-

Sideways^p1¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr Tommie M O'Brien| T: Christian Williams| OR: 98

11/4

Was better over hurdles for David Dennis than he has so far shown over fences for this trainer. However, beginning to go the right way and is interesting in cheekpieces over this shorter trip.

Form: 42/3063

Polo The Mumm^b,h,t²⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: Miss H Welch⁽⁷⁾| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 88

4/1

Off the mark over fences last time time when winning under a hand ride at Wincanton. Up 8lb for that, but merits plenty of respect in this follow-up bid.

Form: 640641

Apachee Prince^b,t¹⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 10-13| J: Mr Alex Ferguson⁽³⁾| T: O Murphy| OR: 85| BF

8/1

2lb lower than when scoring over hurdles when with Alastair Whillans in 2017. 0-7 for this trainer, and held from this mark over fences last time. Improvement needed.

Form: P32453

Sizing Sahara¹⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 10-6| J: Aaron Anderson⁽⁵⁾| T: P Henderson| OR: 78

4/1

Has not won since 2013. Drops in trip and also 4lb in the ratings here for his first chase run in some time. Others preferred.

Form: 347-7P5

Stonebrigg Legend²³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: William Humphrey⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs S J Humphrey| OR: 71

11/4

Showed some promise on her chase debut at Huntingdon in November, and was going well enough when falling last time, when 6lb 'wrong'. Just 1lb out of the handicap here and not written off if jumping round.

Form: 7-3854F

Forecasts

Sideways (11/4), Stonebrigg Legend (11/4), Polo The Mumm (4/1), Sizing Sahara (4/1), Apachee Prince (8/1), Vaxalco (16/1)

A competitive heat in prospect. Polo The Mumm could be all the rage after winning well last time, but the runners she beat were exposed and it will be tougher here from 8lb higher. Preference is for SIDEWAYS, who is on the up and looks worth siding with this time. Stonebrigg Legend is not ruled out of the prize money along with Apachee Prince.