16:50 Chepstow

Friday 26 April 2019

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Sun Trade Windows Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:50 | Winning time: 6m 49.90s

Kilcrea Bridge^p,t¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Brendan Powell| T: R G Hawker| OR: 100| BF

8/1

Exeter winner on heavy ground and landed his maiden point-to-point on a sound surface. Out of his depth last time but ran well over C&D on previous start in similar company.

Form: 315425

Timcoda^t¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden| OR: 99

6/1

Placed in three point-to-points but he has weakened in the closing stages over trips ranging from 2m-3m2f. The jury is still out after an early exit last time and he is probably best watched for now.

Form: 29663U

Day Of Roses¹²^{(ex 7)}

Age: 10| Weight: 11-11| J: Nick Scholfield| T: J Scott| OR: 92

9/2

Pulled-up at Exeter two runs ago but was back to a more suitable trip when a decisive winner at Stratford. A 7lb penalty still leaves him on the right side of the handicapper and the stable continue in excellent form (5-13 last 14 days).

Form: 11-R6P1

Sizing Scorpion²⁹⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: H Cobden| T: C L Tizzard| OR: 92

33/1

Won a 2m hurdle in Ireland in 2015. Has had just five runs since, the latest in July 2018 when pulled up for the third successive race.

Form: 100P/PP

Conas Taoi^p¹⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: Adam Wedge| T: Christian Williams| OR: 92| BF| D

4/1

Landed a Class 4 at Carlisle in February and has been placed three times since off his revised mark. Does not appeal as being attractively handicapped, but the drop to this low level promises another bold show.

Form: 821333

Midnight Magic^b,t¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: David Noonan| T: D Pipe| OR: 89

10/1

Has never been one to trust implicitly and his last two efforts have highlighted the wrong side of his character.

Form: 8054P9

Kovera^v³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: Alan Johns| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 84| D

6/1

Hacked up by 18L at Sedgefield (3m2f) for first chase success and followed up over hurdles in more workmanlike fashion. Found 3m around Musselburgh too sharp last time, but will be suited by conditions here if the rain holds off.

Form: 211P53

Cottonwool Baby^b,t1⁶⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-6| J: T Scudamore| T: M Scudamore| OR: 80

20/1

Soon in trouble at Huntingdon on return from an 18 month absence. Has little in the book to recommend her.

Form: P7/P4P-P

Dont Be Robin^v1¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: J J Burke| T: Mrs R Ford| OR: 78

7/1

Has generally shown modest form in point-to-points and under rules. Yet to convince he stays this far and others look more likely.

Form: 9453U5

Quarry Wizard^t,v¹³

Age: 9| Weight: 10-4| J: James Best| T: M F Harris| OR: 78

20/1

Rated a lot higher than this as a hurdler but neither run this year has promised a great deal. Won a point-to-point in 2016 so there may be enough talent to make a bold bid in a race as poor as this and a market check looks advisable.

Form: 90/4-695

Midnight Mustang^p¹²

Age: 12| Weight: 10-4| J: M Hamill⁽³⁾| T: Andrew Martin| OR: 78| D

14/1

Southwell winner in December who set things up nicely for Day Of Roses last time. Hard to see him reversing the form on these terms.

Form: 415562

Monty Massini³⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: Daniel Hiskett⁽³⁾| T: Miss Sarah Robinson| OR: 72

100/1

Showed precious little for Evan Williams and latest effort shows a change of scenery has failed to have the magical effect required.

Form: 558-7P0

Vouvray^p¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: L Treadwell| T: Christian Williams| OR: 48

22/1

Pulled up after a sequence of mistakes at Warwick last time and faces a huge task from 26lb out of the handicap.

Form: UFP-P6P

Forecasts

Conas Taoi (4/1), Day Of Roses (9/2), Kovera (6/1), Timcoda (6/1), Dont Be Robin (7/1), Kilcrea Bridge (8/1), Midnight Magic (10/1), Midnight Mustang (14/1), Quarry Wizard (20/1), Cottonwool Baby (20/1), Vouvray (22/1), Sizing Scorpion (33/1), Monty Massini (100/1)

DAY OF ROSES has had injury problems but there were no issues at Stratford last time when he easily disposed of a similarly modest field to this. The stable continue to fire in the winners at an impressive rate and he should have nothing to fear from Midnight Mustang who was 6L behind in second. Conas Taoi landed a better race than this at Carlise and has performed well despite his current mark looking a burden. The drop to this level should see him go close, whilst Kovera will be happier over this sort of trip having found things happening too quickly last time. He is at his best on a sound surface so the possibility of rain needs to be factored in.