17:35 Chepstow

Saturday 6 April 2019

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Sid Hooper On Course Bookmaker Handicap Chase

Off time: 17:42 | Winning time: 6m 8.4s

Jetstream Jack^p²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 12-5| J: C Brace⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs S Leech| OR: 122| D

9/1

Grade 2 chaser at his peak but his career has nosedived and he was picked up cheaply out of a Market Rasen seller. Mark continues to tumble and best watched until signs of a revival.

Form: P5-P46P

Cyclop^p,t³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: David Bass| T: David Dennis| OR: 115| D

16/1

Dour stayer who is back to his last winning mark. Recent form figures make unpleasant reading but he was going well when losing his rider two outings ago. May have needed latest run but he was in trouble too early for that to be the only issue.

Form: 154PU-P

Domingo³⁹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: G Sheehan| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 115

11/2

Soft ground winner in France who disappointed on both starts for Jonjo O'Neill. Returns after a year off and market may be our best guide until we have seen more.

Form: F2/316P-

Church Hall^t²⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 11-9| J: Jamie Bargary| T: Mrs E Bishop| OR: 112| CD

8/1

Lightly raced over fences and sprang a 50/1 shock over C&D in January. Made a number of errors before losing his rider last time, but an obvious chance in this modest company if cutting out the mistakes.

Form: 5-3731F

The Lion Dancer^b³⁵⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Rex Dingle⁽⁵⁾| T: C J Mann| OR: 112| D

4/1

Came good around this time last year, rattling off a hat-trick of wins in pretty quick time. Stays well and handles soft ground, and this mark doesn't look beyond him if he's fit after an absence.

Form: 6R3111-

Farm The Rock^t¹²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: Sean Houlihan⁽³⁾| T: Katy Price| OR: 111| BF| DWS

9/2

Won at Bangor and Exeter before disappointing at Taunton when third as favourite. Had a wind op since so can perhaps regain the winning thread now; certainly one to consider.

Form: F4-9113

Royal Palladium^b²⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-7| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 110| D

9/2

Without a win since 2016 and he has started to look one paced. However, he has been taking on better horses than these and he has landed his last three class 4 races.

Form: 3PP-F94

Amiral Collonges^p³⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: L P Aspell| T: H J Evans| OR: 110| D

16/1

Has two ways of running and neither outing this year has shown him in a good light. May need a stiffer test and there are probably safer options.

Form: P22U-5P

Irish Octave^p¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: Benjamin Poste| T: Mrs R Gasson| OR: 102| D

7/1

Won a couple on summer ground in 2018 but handles a bit of cut too. Mark has just dipped below his last winning mark and encouraging signs here last month. Should make his presence felt off his lowly weight.

Form: 14F574

Non-Runners

Paddy The Oscar¹⁶

Weight: 11-9| Age: 16

T: G Harris J: Conor Ring

Forecasts

The Lion Dancer (4/1), Farm The Rock (9/2), Royal Palladium (9/2), Domingo (11/2), Irish Octave (7/1), Church Hall (8/1), Jetstream Jack (9/1), Amiral Collonges (16/1), Cyclop (16/1), Paddy The Oscar (16/1)

IRISH OCTAVE was in good form last summer and appeared to be coming to hand here last time and is now below his last winning mark. Royal Palladium could step up on recent form now dropped in grade, but Church Hall will need to jump better. The Lion Dancer and Farm The Rock have to prove their fitness and the remainder look out of form.