Douglas Home & Co. Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:45 | Winning time: 5m 35.1s

Sleep Easy^p²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 123

4/5

An infrequent winner in recent times (barren since March 2017); 0-2 over fences, comfortably beaten by Paul Nicholls-trained rivals at Wincanton (2m4f, good) and Fontwell (2m5½f, good).

Form: 280833-

Ain't My Fault^t⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: S Mulqueen⁽³⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 115

5/4

Irish PTP winner (3m yielding to soft) in May 2018; generally progressive over hurdles for Lucinda Russell despite not winning (0-5); beaten when falling heavily at Carlisle (2m3f) latest; contender on his rules chasing debut.

Form: 15427F-

Kitty Fisher³²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: Thomas Willmott⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss S E Forster| OR: 70

16/1

Dual PTP winner in 2017 (for Clive Storey); 0-13 under rules; plenty to find at these weights on rules chasing debut; very unlikely winner barring accidents.

Form: 670964-

Non-Runners

Flowery⁴⁰

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: I Jardine J: C O'Farrell

Forecasts

Sleep Easy (4/5), Ain't My Fault (5/4), Flowery (13/8), Kitty Fisher (16/1)

A race which makes minimal appeal for punting purposes. Sleep Easy is an infrequent winner. However, it's still early days over fences and thankfully for his connections he doesn't face another Paul Nicholls-trained runner on this occasion. Ain't My Fault should be suited by the switch to the larger obstacles (debut), but unbeaten over fences so far (2-2) the soundest advice is to stick with the once quirky (now more straightforward) front-runner FLOWERY.