Sky Sports Racing Virgin 435 Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:30 | Winning time: 5m 19.3s

Mr Kit Cat¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Henry Brooke| T: R Ross| OR: 99

20/1

Sold cheaply by Evan Williams (£2,000) in May 2018; finished a poor third on stable debut (2m, novices' limited handicap) here last month; dropped 3lb since.

Form: 6424P-3

Outnumbered¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Callum Bewley| T: C Grant| OR: 98

3/1

Completed safely on his third start over fences at Hexham (2m4f, heavy) latest, when simply no match for subsequent winner Glittering Love; dropped 4lb since with prowess on a sounder surface unknown.

Form: 486-FP3

Charlie Snow Angel^t¹⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: Miss S E Forster| OR: 95| C

14/1

Previous course winner (2m) who does also stay this trip; has failed to convince in four starts since scoring at Kelso (2m1f, heavy) in April; cheekpieces removed, yet remains a risky proposition.

Form: 31-P55P

Monsieur Bagot¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Grant Cockburn⁽³⁾| T: R Menzies| OR: 93

11/1

0-4 over hurdles in Ireland for Christian Delcros (2m3f-2m5f) and makes no appeal based upon what he has shown so far for Rebecca Manzies; pulled-up (hampered early) on chasing debut at Wetherby on Boxing Day.

Form: 00676P

Titian Boy^t³⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 10-9| J: Sam Coltherd⁽⁵⁾| T: N W Alexander| OR: 82| D

5/2

Struggling to make his mark of late (has fenced moderately), but is very attractively handicapped in a weak race as a result; represents an in-form trainer, so it could be worth taking a leap of faith.

Form: 444-56P

Younoso¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-4| J: Ross Chapman⁽³⁾| T: Miss T Jackson| OR: 77

2/1

Has shown improved form since switched to fences by Tina Jackson; a mere reproduction of his Wetherby Boxing Day third (beaten 6L) to Moving In Style (3m) could well prove good enough.

Form: 9777-33

Duhallowcountry^b¹⁰

Age: 13| Weight: 10-0| J: C J Todd⁽⁷⁾| T: V Thompson| OR: 71

33/1

Veteran who can force the pace; without a win since March 2017 (Sedgefield); makes little appeal from just outside of the handicap despite the paucity of talented opposition in the line-up.

Form: 642P3U

Forecasts

Younoso (2/1), Titian Boy (5/2), Outnumbered (3/1), Monsieur Bagot (11/1), Charlie Snow Angel (14/1), Mr Kit Cat (20/1), Duhallowcountry (33/1)

A race which quite truthfully is probably best ignored both short and longer-term. However, there will be a winner and the Tina Jackson-trained Younoso is one of the likelier candidates after a couple of fair chasing efforts at Wetherby. However, a leap of faith is taken on the well handicapped (but largely disappointing) TITIAN BOY. He represents an in-form trainer in the shape of Nick Alexander and is now a full 20lb lower (25lb if factoring in the 5lb claim of Sam Coltherd) than when finishing a close second to Halcyon Days over 2m here in March 2017 (heavy).