Chetwood Wealth Management Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 4m 47.80s

Flight To Milan⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mitchell Bastyan⁽⁵⁾| T: Evan Williams| OR: 107

2/1

Gone well over the hurdles course here and returns on the back of a highly promising chase debut last time out. Well worth considering.

Form: 25-8663

Drops Of Jupitor^h⁴³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Rex Dingle⁽⁵⁾| T: A J Honeyball| OR: 105

5/1

Won over this sort of trip at Exeter over hurdles two years ago but lost her way since. Chase starts since have been modest and although open to improvement, she's still got plenty to find.

Form: 64P-F55

Cnoc Sion^p³³

Age: 9| Weight: 10-1| J: David Noonan| T: R Brotherton| OR: 80

15/2

Made a mockery of his 66/1 starting price when victorious at Bangor in October but has shown precious little since. Finished a well beaten third of six in modest company last time needs to be bettered by some way. This is another poor race though.

Form: 601P63

Tactical Manoeuvre^t²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-1| J: Adam Wedge| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 80| C

9/4

Solid run here last time and possible the drop in trip will be more to his liking. Not the most consistent though and rarely runs two races the same. Needs everything to go his way.

Form: F-765P4

Kingston Mimosa⁶³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Daniel Hiskett⁽⁵⁾| T: Mark Gillard| OR: 71| D

20/1

Out of the weights and plenty to prove on chasing debut (hurdles form leaves a lot to be desired).

Form: 4/760-07

Midnight Owle^t⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: Charlie Hammond⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss C Dyson| OR: 70

11/2

Run above expectations twice lately and certainly seems to be better over fences than hurdles. Has a bit to find at the weights but has gone close from out of the handicap before, so dangerous to underestimate.

Form: PP4292

Opera Buffa²⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: James Best| T: L Hurley| OR: 68

50/1

Form under both codes has been underwhelming over the last year and the mare has done little since returning from wind surgery; she is probably best watched as she makes her debut for a new yard.

Form: P/44-5F0

Forecasts

Flight To Milan (2/1), Tactical Manoeuvre (9/4), Drops Of Jupitor (5/1), Midnight Owle (11/2), Cnoc Sion (15/2), Kingston Mimosa (20/1), Opera Buffa (50/1)

Giving weight away to this modest bunch may not prove to be too much of a problem for FLIGHT TO MILAN, who made a pleasing start to his chaing career last time and will be hard to beat if he steps things up a couple of notches. Midnight Owle is game enough to give it a go on these terms and shouldn't be underestimated despite being set to race from out of the weights. Cnoc Sion and Tactical Manoeuvre can scrap it out as the best of the rest.