Stockton Kia Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:15 | Winning time: 4m 26.80s

Jokers And Rogues¹⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 12-4| J: C O'Farrell| T: Mrs Dianne Sayer| OR: 101| BF| CD

10/1

Made all and beat today's rival Roxyfet by 15L over C&D (good to soft) in January, but those placings were reversed next time around; rates as vulnerable off top-weight from 10lb above his last winning mark.

Form: P54-315

Roxyfet¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: Billy Garritty⁽⁷⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 94| CD

11/4

Took his revenge on revised terms with today's rival Jokers And Rogues over C&D (good) last month; 4lb higher in the weights for that narrow last time out success and not always easy to predict; the bulk of his wins have come at this track.

Form: 6P3P21

Lucarno Dancer^t⁷⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: Callum Whillans⁽³⁾| T: D W Whillans| OR: 87| D

3/1

Soft ground proven and evidently back to her best for current handler Donald Whillans; 4lb higher than when making a winning chasing debut at Catterick (2m, good to soft) in December; very much respected.

Form: 15-F921

Two Hoots^t⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Quinlan| T: Miss J E Foster| OR: 83| C

5/2

Broke his duck at the 19th attempt when making all to score over an extended 2m3f here (soft) on his penultimate start; has produced a reasonable effort off his revised mark since; drops back to 2m; stablemate of Frankie Ballou.

Form: 455614

Hurricane Rita^p¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: C Brace⁽⁷⁾| T: C R Dore| OR: 83| D

4/1

Not the most reliable of mares and she has rather been around the block in terms of trainers; reverts to chasing for the first time since finishing sixth of 12 to Lightentertainment at Warwick (2m) on New Years Eve.

Form: 4856U5

Duhallowcountry^b¹³

Age: 13| Weight: 10-0| J: Joe Williamson⁽⁷⁾| T: V Thompson| OR: 65| CD

33/1

Prominent racing veteran; made all when beating Roxyfet by a neck in this contest in 2017 (soft) - also won the race in 2016. However, is 0-23 since and looks to be in decline.

Form: U44386

Non-Runners

Frankie Ballou⁷⁶

Weight: 11-12| Age: 10

T: Miss J E Foster J: Nathan Moscrop

Forecasts

Two Hoots (5/2), Roxyfet (11/4), Lucarno Dancer (3/1), Hurricane Rita (4/1), Jokers And Rogues (10/1), Frankie Ballou (14/1), Duhallowcountry (33/1)

So typically Sedgefield, this race makes little appeal and will probably take some solving with a number of difficult to predict customers in the line-up. Jokers And Rogues rates as vulnerable off top-weight, whilst the dual race winner (2016 & 2017) Duhallowcountry looks to be in a downward spiral of decline. Roxyfet is simply Roxyfet but on a going day is feared, as is the equally capable but seemingly out of form Frankie Ballou. Therefore, the very tentative advice is to stick with the inexperienced chaser LUCARNO DANCER who appears to have rediscovered her peak form since joining the Borders trainer Donald Whillans.