Wye Valley Brewery Chase (Novices' Limited Handicap)

Off time: 14:25 | Winning time: 5m 4.4s

Kupatana⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: H Cobden| T: P F Nicholls| OR: 133| BF| D

8/11

Won at Kempton in November but has failed to add to that tally since with some jumping errors creeping in. Has been moved to Paul Nicholls since and will have strong claims if putting her best foot forward.

Form: 112UF2

Kayf Blanco¹³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-5| J: Tom Humphries⁽⁷⁾| T: D Killahena & G McPherson| OR: 130

13/8

Everything fell into place at Fakenham last time when running out a ready winner over 2m5f. Hit with a 7lb rise for that win so will just about require a career best to follow-up here but will give it a good go.

Form: 26-3341

Jaisalmer⁷⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: J E Moore| T: M Bradstock| OR: 123

7/1

Best form has come on testing ground, and although his chase debut was a respectable effort behind the decent Knocknanuss (beaten 21L) at Fakenham, he will need to be much better than at Exeter last time with mark down another 3lb.

Form: 11P0-28

Non-Runners

Cave Top⁵

Weight: 11-3| Age: 7

T: O Greenall & J Guerriero J: W T Kennedy

Darcy Ward³²

Weight: 10-10| Age: 6

T: Jack Barber J: S Bowen

Forecasts

Kupatana (8/11), Kayf Blanco (13/8), Cave Top (9/2), Darcy Ward (5/1), Jaisalmer (7/1)

Slight ground concerns over a couple of these and it would be no surprise if Darcy Ward were to prove much more suitable to fences. He is respected on first start over the larger obstacles but preference is for KUPATANA. Things haven't been straight forward lately but a switch to Paul Nicholls may bring about some extra spark and she can get back to winning ways.