Netbet Josh Gifford Memorial Novices' Chase

Off time: 14:21 | Winning time: 4m 50.3s

Amour de Nuit⁴³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 140| BF

5/2

Shrewdly managed by top trainer to win 7-20, but last run requires some explanation. Trainer 2-3 in this race and has a 54% strike rate with his chasers here.

Form: 115124

Whatswrongwithyou^h⁴¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: N de Boinville| T: N J Henderson| OR: 135

1/1

Fair hurdler who opened his chase account when getting up late at Ffos Las. Tougher test on paper now but interesting stable are prepared to risk his handicap mark by coming here.

Form: 113-621

La Cavsa Nostra⁵⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N P Mulholland

33/1

Two soft ground point-to-point wins in Ireland but showed little in either start for new yard and out of his depth here.

Form: 112F-90

Rule 4

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Non-Runners

Diakali⁵⁹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 10

T: G & J Moore J: Joshua Moore

Forecasts

Whatswrongwithyou (1/1), Diakali (11/10), Amour de Nuit (5/2), La Cavsa Nostra (33/1)

A good run from Whatswrongwithyou will see his handicap rating surge above his current mark. The Seven Barrows raider has failed to run to his hurdles mark over fences, but he still has a chance here as his two main rivals have questions to answer. Amour De Nuit is happy in these small fields but his last run requires explanation. He is hard to dismiss with his trainer's fine record in this race but there is a chance he was drawn out his comfort zone too early last time and that seems likely again if DJAKALI sets off in customary style. He's been aimed too high on his last two starts but his previous efforts set him a class apart if on song.