Betway 'Heed Your Hunch' Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 5m 14.2s

Old Salt^p,t⁴⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Alain Cawley| T: Stef Keniry| OR: 99

1/1

Fair fifth of six over an extended 2m at Doncaster (good) in a handicap hurdle in December. Pulled up in a similar race there a fortnight later and interesting to see how he fares returning to fences.

Form: 55005P

Cool Valley^p1²²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: Steven Fox⁽⁵⁾| T: W Young Jnr| OR: 95| D

6/5

Good effort in finishing 2L third over this C&D on good ground on his penultimate outing. Cheekpieces tried for the first time having finished well beaten at Kelso (2m1f, good) last time out.

Form: 244334

Duhallowcountry^b²³

Age: 13| Weight: 10-0| J: B S Hughes| T: V Thompson| OR: 69

7/1

Fair fourth in a 2m4f handicap chase at Newcastle (good-to-soft) early last month. Struggled over an extended 2m at Sedgefield (good-to-soft) last time out however and races from out of the handicap.

Form: 2P3U44

Non-Runners

Extreme Appeal⁷¹

Weight: 11-10| Age: 7

T: Miss Kelly Morgan J: Non Runner

Leonasisland³⁷

Weight: 10-0| Age: 7

T: W Coltherd J: S Mulqueen

Forecasts

Old Salt (1/1), Cool Valley (6/5), Extreme Appeal (5/2), Duhallowcountry (7/1), Leonasisland (15/2)

EXTREME APPEAL showed good form in point-to-point company last season and he can make his second start over a fences a winning one by taking this handicap contest. The selection ran a decent race on his Rules return in December and he can take this at the chief expense of Cool Valley who ran well over this C&D on his penultimate outing. Old Salt can claim third under top weight on his return to chasing.