Strong Flavours Catering Handicap Chase

Off time: 17:01 | Winning time: 4m 23.6s

Howlongisafoot^p¹⁶⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 12-3| J: Tom Cannon| T: C Gordon| OR: 101| C| D

5/1

Course winner and narrowly beaten in a 2m7f handicap chase on good ground at Worcester on his penultimate start. Drops in trip following a break having finished 38L fourth over an extended 2m5f at Fontwell (good-to-firm) the following month.

Form: 218924

Lightentertainment^p⁸²

Age: 11| Weight: 11-12| J: Dave Crosse| T: F Brennan| OR: 96| D

14/1

Victorious by 6L in a 2m handicap chase at Warwick (good-to-soft) in December. Pulled up at Lingfield the following month however and interesting to see how he fares on return from a break.

Form: 5135-1P

Champion Chase^b1²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: J E Moore| T: M R Bosley| OR: 88| BF

4/1

16 race maiden recorded a decent effort in finishing 16L second to Micquus in a novices' handicap chase over an extended 2m3f at Plumpton (soft) last time out. Blinkers tried for the first time.

Form: 22-F562

Micquus^p²⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: Daniel Sansom⁽⁵⁾| T: J W Mullins| OR: 88| CD

15/8

Completed a double here when winning by 16L over an extended 2m3f on soft ground last month. Raised 10lb for that victory and is one for the shortlist in this contest.

Form: 354P11

Brother Bennett^p,t¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-4| J: Page Fuller⁽³⁾| T: Miss Z C Davison| OR: 74| BF| CD

7/2

Winner of this race off a 4lb higher mark last year and finished third on both starts since returning from a break including when beaten 19L over an extended 2m at Huntingdon (good) last time out. Likely to run his race once more.

Form: 045333

Goonjim^t³²³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-4| J: Jamie Bargary| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 74| C

17/2

Course winner has had just two starts since finishing runner-up over an extended 2m1f at Fontwell (good) in May 2017 and probably best watched having pulled up at Uttoxeter (good) over an extended 2m6f on the most recent of those in May last year.

Form: 324/25-P

Forecasts

Micquus (15/8), Brother Bennett (7/2), Champion Chase (4/1), Howlongisafoot (5/1), Goonjim (17/2), Lightentertainment (14/1)

MICQUUS can complete a course hat-trick by taking this handicap chase. The selection won impressively over this trip last time out and can see off his rivals here with Howlongisafoot who is dropping back in distance capable of finishing second ahead of Brother Bennett who was the winner of this race 12 months ago.